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Aug
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Libya’s rival authorities announce ceasefire

Libya’s rival authorities announce ceasefire

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LIBYA’S internationally recognised government in Tripoli announced a ceasefire and the leader of a rival parliament in eastern Libya also appealed for a halt to hostilities. The statements offered hope for a de-escalation of a conflict that has wracked the country since a 2011 uprising, displacing hundreds of thousands, slashing oil production, and opening space for migrant smugglers and militants. However, previous efforts to secure lasting ceasefires have stalled, and political leaders hold limited sway over armed groups in two broad factions that have been largely split between the west and east of Libya since 2014. The Tripoli-based Government of…
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Aug
21
2020
By The African Mirror
U.N. team meets detained Mali president as coup supporters plan to rally

U.N. team meets detained Mali president as coup supporters plan to rally

NEWS
U.N. human rights officials have met overnight with Mali's ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and other officials who have been held by mutineers since a military coup earlier this week, the U.N. mission there has announced.  There has been no word from Keita since Tuesday, when he dissolved parliament and then resigned after being detained at gunpoint, deepening the crisis facing a country struggling to fend off an insurgency by Islamist militants. The human rights team was given access to Keita and other detainees, the U.N. peacekeeping mission, known as MINUSMA, said on Twitter. It provided no details on what…
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Aug
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Somali pirates hijack Panama-flagged ship

Somali pirates hijack Panama-flagged ship

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ABDIQANI HASSAN SOMALI pirates have hijacked a Panama-flagged ship, a regional official told Reuters on Thursday, the first successful hijack since 2017. The ship was travelling from the United Arab Emirates to Mogadishu port when it appeared to develop mechanical problems said Musse Salah, the governor of Gardafu region in the semi-autonomous northern region of Puntland. It was attacked by six pirates on Wednesday night, he said. The number and nationality of the crew was unclear but discussions were underway to free them, he said. At the height of their power in 2011, Somali pirates launched 237 attacks off the…
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Aug
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Rwanda arrests ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero on terrorism charges

Rwanda arrests ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero on terrorism charges

NEWS
CLEMENT UWIRINGIYIMANA RWANDA has detained Paul Rusesabagina - the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country’s 1994 genocide - on terrorism charges and paraded him in front of media in handcuffs. Rusesabagina was played by Don Cheadle in the Oscar-nominated film ‘Hotel Rwanda’ which told the story of how he used his job as a hotel manager and his connections with the Hutu elite to protect Tutsis fleeing the slaughter. On Monday, two police officers brought the 66-year-old to the headquarters of Rwanda Investigations Bureau and let media film him and take photographs. Rusesabagina,…
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Aug
31
2020
By The African Mirror
“My name is Ennock Mlangeni…You don’t know me yet…”

“My name is Ennock Mlangeni…You don’t know me yet…”

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FROM a small obscure town in South Africa to a major European city. From painting in a township shack in Sasolburg to a world-class exhibition Belgium.  That is the incredible inspirational journey of artist Ennock Mlangeni, famously known for painting celebrities such as Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, Oprah Winfrey and DJ Black Coffee, has landed his first international solo exhibition. Mlangeni’s first solo exhibition  - "The Butterfly Finds its Wings" - opened on August 28 in Genk, Belgium at the Uitstalling Contemporary Art Gallery will run the exhibition until 4 October. And he sold two works on…
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Aug
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Mauritius fishermen battle to save dozens dolphins near oil spill

Mauritius fishermen battle to save dozens dolphins near oil spill

NEWS
GIULIA PARAVICINI FISHERMEN have battled to save dozens of injured dolphins washed ashore in Mauritius where in recent days at least 40 of the animals were found dead in a lagoon near the site of an oil spill from a Japanese bulk carrier which struck a coral reef. Yasfeer Heenaye, a fisherman near Pointe aux Feuilles on the island's eastern shore, said he had counted at least 45 dead dolphins since they were first discovered on Wednesday, and said half a dozen more dolphins were in the bay fighting for their lives. He said he believed the animals' vision was…
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Aug
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Ten militants and five civilians killed in east Congo violence – army, local leader

Ten militants and five civilians killed in east Congo violence – army, local leader

NEWS
TEN Islamist militants were killed after they ambushed an army convoy in eastern Congo, according to the military, while a community leader said five civilians were killed by members of the same rebel group soon after. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group operating in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for more than three decades, has killed more than 1,000 civilians since the start of 2019, according to United Nations figures. The latest violence saw six Congolese soldiers wounded in clashes with the militants following the ambush near the town of Mbau, army spokesman Antony Mwalushayi said…
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Aug
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt detains second suspect in alleged rape case, three more held in Lebanon

Egypt detains second suspect in alleged rape case, three more held in Lebanon

NEWS
EGYPTIAN public prosecutors have ordered the detention of a second man suspected of being involved in an alleged gang rape at a luxury hotel in Cairo in 2014 pending investigations, they said in a statement on Sunday. Police arrested the man on August 28, days after a first suspect was arrested in Cairo. Seven other suspects fled the country between July 27 and July 29 after claims against them began circulating on the internet, the public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. Five of the seven suspects escaped to Lebanon, where security forces August 28 arrested three of them after receiving…
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Aug
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Presidential praise for medical doctor who looked after Mandela

Presidential praise for medical doctor who looked after Mandela

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African president Cyril Ramaphosa has paid homage to Dr Vejay Ramlakan, the late South African medical doctor who looked after the health of at least three presidents of that country, including Nelson Mandela. Ramlakan, 62, a retired South African Defence Force Surgeon-General, passed away after suffering a heart attack. Ramaphosa said Ramlakan contributed to the liberation of all South Africans as one of the founding members of the United Democratic Front and as a member of the African National Congress’ armed wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe.  “My thoughts are with General Ramlakan’s family, friends, comrades and former…
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Aug
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Influential Libyan interior minister suspended amid protests

Influential Libyan interior minister suspended amid protests

NEWS
THE head of Libya's internationally recognised government has suspended his powerful interior minister from his duties, saying his handling of street protests and a violent crackdown against them would be investigated. The move coincides with reports of growing friction between Fayez al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), and Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha, an influential figure from the port city and military power base of Misrata. Bashagha, who was nominated in 2018, played a central role during a 14-month offensive on Tripoli by eastern-based forces that the GNA repelled in June with military support from Turkey.…
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