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Sep
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Eastern Libyan forces say they killed Islamic State leader

Eastern Libyan forces say they killed Islamic State leader

NEWS
EASTERN  Libyan forces say they killed the leader of the Islamic State group in North Africa during a raid in the southern desert city of Sebha. The Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesman Ahmed al-Masmari said Abu Moaz al-Iraqi was among nine militants killed during the raid earlier this month but was only identified afterwards. Islamic State in Libya was formed by al Qaeda militants who took advantage of the chaos after the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi to seize territory and launch attacks. The group took control of the central coastal city of Sirte in early 2015 and established a…
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Sep
25
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. to provide $108 million aid to South Sudan

U.S. to provide $108 million aid to South Sudan

NEWS
THE United States would provide more than $720 million in humanitarian assistance for the response to the crisis in Syria and nearly $108 million for South Sudan. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun made the announcement on Syria at an event on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. He said the money would go "both for Syrians inside the country and for those in desperate need across the region." At the same event, Acting USAID Administrator John Barsa announced nearly $108 million for the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Biegun said the additional funds for Syria…
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Sep
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenya High Court suspends move to dissolve parliament over lack of women

Kenya High Court suspends move to dissolve parliament over lack of women

NEWS
NITA BHALLA KENYA’S High Court has suspended any move to dissolve parliament after the country's top judge said it was necessary as neither of the legislative houses had enough women lawmakers. Chief Justice David Maraga on Monday advised President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve parliament, saying lawmakers had failed to meet a 2010 constitutional provision which allows for one-third of seats to be occupied by women. The chief justice's move upset many male parliamentarians, including the speaker of the house, who said it was unlawful, ill-advised and premature and would plunge the East African nation into a constitutional crisis. Under Kenyan…
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Sep
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenya anti-graft agency slams procurement of COVID-19 equipment

Kenya anti-graft agency slams procurement of COVID-19 equipment

NEWS
HUMPHREY MALALO KENYA’S anti-corruption agency has documented evidence of "criminal" behaviour by officials over the procurement of COVID-19 emergency equipment, said a report presented to the Senate. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission began investigating allegations of graft in June over the procurement and supply of COVID-19 equipment by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority. The commission said there was "irregular expenditure" of 7.8 billion Kenyan shillings ($71.96 million). The revelations come at a time when medical staff in the East African nation have gone on a series of strikes over low pay and poor-quality protective equipment to treat COVID-19 patients. "The…
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Sep
25
2020
By The African Mirror
UK seeks to seize $39 mln from lawyer who helped corrupt Nigerian politician

UK seeks to seize $39 mln from lawyer who helped corrupt Nigerian politician

NEWS
ESTELLE SHIRBON BRITISH prosecutors have launched an attempt to confiscate 30.8 million pounds ($39.3 million) from a London lawyer who assisted a Nigerian politician in looting and laundering funds from the oil state he governed. Bhadresh Gohil was convicted in 2010 of 13 counts of money-laundering and other offences linked to his role in the case of James Ibori, who was governor of Delta State in southern Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. Gohil was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Then a partner at a firm in the London district of Mayfair, Gohil had helped Ibori channel stolen funds through…
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Sep
25
2020
By The African Mirror
South African hit ‘Jerusalema’ inspires people worldwide to shake off COVID-19 blues

South African hit ‘Jerusalema’ inspires people worldwide to shake off COVID-19 blues

NEWS
FROM Sao Paulo to Sweden, thousands of people around the world, including priests, police, ministers and frontline workers, have posted clips of themselves dancing to South African house song "Jerusalema". With confirmed global coronavirus deaths nearing a grim milestone of one million, a vaccine still some time away and lockdowns and social distancing measures to curb the pandemic's spread weighing on public life, the up-tempo gospel groove has provided a moment's relief across borders and language barriers. Yet 150 million YouTube views later, the song's producer is still not sure why. Master KG told Reuters on Thursday he was in…
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Sep
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Mozambique asks EU for help in tackling insurgency

Mozambique asks EU for help in tackling insurgency

NEWS
MOZAMBIQUE has asked the European Union for support in tackling a wave of militant attacks in the country's north by rebels with links to Islamic State, a conflict that has raised fears for stability and security in southern Africa. The Islamist attacks in Cabo Delgado province date to 2017 but the violence has gathered pace this year, with insurgents seizing important towns for brief periods and hitting military and other key targets. The Portuguese news agency Lusa said on Tuesday Mozambique had written to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to ask for help in training its armed forces to…
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Sep
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian gas tanker explosion kills at least 28

Nigerian gas tanker explosion kills at least 28

NEWS
AT least 28 people were killed when a gas tanker exploded in the central Nigerian state of Kogi and started a blaze, a road safety agency official said. Bisi Kazeem, spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), said nine children were involved in the accident, which happened opposite a petrol station along Lokoja-Zariagi highway in the state. State governor Yahaya Bello said in a statement the accident, which occurred early on Wednesday, led to loss of lives and destroyed many vehicles, properties and other valuables in the tanker fire. Traffic accidents are common in Nigeria, where roads are bad…
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Sep
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Four Africans make it to the prestigious Time magazine’s 100 most influential list

Four Africans make it to the prestigious Time magazine’s 100 most influential list

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER NIGERIAN Tony Elumelu, one of Africa’s leading investors and philanthropists and Ethiopian Dr Tedros  Adhanon Ghebreyesus, the man who is leading the global fight against COVID-19 are among the four Africans who have made it into the exclusive and much-sought club of the TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential list. Elumelu is chairman and founder of Heirs Holdings, Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organisation director-general, are joined on the list by Congolese microbiologist Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum and  Abubacarr Tambadou, the Gambian lawyer, former Justice Minister and Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal tribunals. 45Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,…
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Sep
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Three Egyptian policemen, four militants killed in prison break attempt

Three Egyptian policemen, four militants killed in prison break attempt

NEWS
THREE Egyptian policemen were killed while preventing four Islamist militants on death row fleeing a Cairo prison, the interior ministry said. All four militants were killed in the failed attempt to escape from Tora prison, it added in a statement. Three of the prisoners named in the statement were convicted in 2018 with establishing and joining a militant group called Ansar al-Sharia and killing at least 10 policemen in a series of attacks between August 2013 and May 2014. The fourth was convicted in 2018 of killing a Christian doctor, local newspapers said. The interior ministry statement did not give…
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