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Aug
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Uproar after Somali lawmaker presents bill to legalise child marriage

Uproar after Somali lawmaker presents bill to legalise child marriage

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ABDI SHEIKH HAFSA was married off at 13 by her father to a man who paid $100. She and her mother say she was beaten and raped for two years before they convinced him to divorce her. "The man just slept with me, beating me always," she said, sitting by her mother, who clutches her daughter tightly. "I regretted I was born." There is no law mandating a minimum age for marriage in Somalia. A bill introduced in parliament this month by a presidential ally caused a storm of criticism from lawmakers when they realised it would legalise marriage at…
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Aug
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Migrants play dangerous cat-and-mouse game with police in Calais

Migrants play dangerous cat-and-mouse game with police in Calais

NEWS
PASCAL ROSSIGNOL STANDING in front of the remains of dozens of inflatable craft in the backyard of a police station, Captain Eric Binet has a message for migrants considering the sea crossing to Britain: don't risk your lives. Warm weather and a deceptively calm-looking sea are tempting dozens of migrants to board rubber dinghies for the 30 km crossing to Dover, whose white cliffs are visible from Calais, while police try to stop them before they put to sea. On Wednesday, a young Sudanese man was found dead on a French beach, the first victim this year of a new…
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Aug
24
2020
By The African Mirror
East Libyan forces dismiss ceasefire push by rivals

East Libyan forces dismiss ceasefire push by rivals

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THE eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) dismissed a ceasefire announcement by authorities in the capital, Tripoli, as a marketing stunt, saying rival forces were mobilising around front lines in the centre of the country. Its spokesman, Ahmed Mismari, said the LNA was ready to respond to any attempted attack on its positions around the coastal city of Sirte, and Jufra, to the south. Mismari's comments were the first by the LNA after the announcement on Friday of a ceasefire and a call for the resumption of oil production by Fayez al-Sarraj, who heads the Government of National Accord (GNA) in…
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Aug
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Sudan ready to cooperate with ICC over Darfur

Sudan ready to cooperate with ICC over Darfur

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SUDAN’S prime minister has announced that the country is ready to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) so those accused of war crimes in Darfur appear before the tribunal, a list that includes ousted President Omar al-Bashir. Bashir, who has been in jail in Khartoum since he was toppled after mass protests last year, is wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur in a conflict that killed an estimated 300,000 people. The government reached a deal with rebel groups in February that all five Sudanese ICC suspects should appear before the…
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Aug
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali mediation talks “going very well”

Mali mediation talks “going very well”

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TALKS between Mali's military junta and mediators from West Africa's regional bloc continue in Bamako in an ongoing effort to return the country to civilian rule. The delegation from the Economic Community of West African States, led by Nigeria's former president Goodluck Jonathan, met junta leaders led by Colonel Assimi Goita behind closed doors for several hours on Sunday morning, before adjourning for lunch. A senior officer close to the junta told Reuters that the morning's discussion had focused on the bloc's sanctions on Mali following the military coup. The two sides also met briefly, for about 20 minutes on…
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Aug
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Talks to find a political settlement for Mali coup get underway

Talks to find a political settlement for Mali coup get underway

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MEDIATORS from West Africa's regional bloc have arrived in Mali and started talks aimed at reversing a coup that has been condemned abroad, but celebrated by many in a country battling an Islamist insurgency and simmering political unrest. Leaders from the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have taken a particularly hard line on Tuesday's ouster of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. They quickly shut borders and ended financial flows - a move diplomats said was as much about dissuading opponents at home as stabilising Mali. "They cannot tolerate this taking place. They are taking it very personally. It…
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Aug
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Suspected Islamist militants kill 13 in eastern Congo villages

Suspected Islamist militants kill 13 in eastern Congo villages

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ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE  SUSPECTED Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Congo, the army and a village chief said, the latest in a spate of attacks the United Nations says may constitute war crimes. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group operating in he fokkers cast in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have killed more than 1,000 civilians since the start of 2019, according to U.N. figures. Militiamen tied up the victims in the villages of Kinziki-Matiba and Wikeno, 10 km east of the city of Oicha, before killing them in the attack…
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Aug
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Comedian mocks Zimbabwe’s government, despite fear of reprisal

Comedian mocks Zimbabwe’s government, despite fear of reprisal

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MACDONALD DZIRUTWE  VICTOR Mpofu is using satire to shine a light on Zimbabwe's political problems, reaching a growing audience despite living in fear of retribution from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government. Mpofu, aka Doc Vikela, has seen his followers on YouTube channel Simuka Comedy grow from less than 1,000 subscribers in January when he ventured into political satire to 23,000 now. The 34-year-old father of two is among a generation of online stand-up comedians critical of government excesses. Critics have accused Mnangagwa of reverting to the authoritarian tendencies of the Robert Mugabe era amid a worsening economic crisis. In his skits,…
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Aug
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Ebola outbreak in western DR Congo hits 100 cases

Ebola outbreak in western DR Congo hits 100 cases

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FISTON MAHAMBA THE Ebola outbreak in western Democratic Republic of Congo has infected 100 people as of Friday, killing 43 of them, the World Health Organization said. The latest outbreak of the virus was declared on June 1 in Mbandaka, a city of 1 million people on the River Congo, just before Congo declared the end of a previous outbreak in the east that had dragged on for two years. It has spread to remote villages in Equateur province spanning more than 300 km of dense forest with few roads, the WHO said in a statement. The pace of the…
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Aug
22
2020
By The African Mirror
‘COVID generation’ risks child marriage, forced labour, ex-leaders warn

‘COVID generation’ risks child marriage, forced labour, ex-leaders warn

NEWS
EMMA BATHA FORMER world leaders have for urgent global action to stop coronavirus creating a "COVID generation" with millions of children deprived of education and forced into marriage and work. As lockdowns end, they urged governments to invest in catch-up programmes to prevent irretrievable damage to children's futures. "We cannot stand by and allow these young people to be robbed of their education and a fair chance in life," said the letter signed by 275 former world leaders, economists and educationalists. Signatories included former U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon, former Irish president Mary Robinson, former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark…
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