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Sep
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Commission probing state capture adopts hardline stance against ex-president Zuma

Commission probing state capture adopts hardline stance against ex-president Zuma

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER A special judicial commission set up to investigate allegations of fraud, corruption and the capture of the state by corrupt individuals, civil servants and politicians is taking steps to force former South African President Jacob Zuma to appear before it. Deputy Judge President Raymond Zondo, head of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, disclosed today, the day that Zuma was scheduled to appear, that he will hear an application from the commission's legal team to issue summonses against Zuma. This comes after Zuma wrote to the commission and said he would not be able to appear because of…
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Sep
21
2020
By The African Mirror
World leaders to mark United Nations at 75 as pandemic challenges organization

World leaders to mark United Nations at 75 as pandemic challenges organization

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS WORLD leaders will come together, virtually, today to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic challenges the effectiveness and solidarity of the 193-member world body. As COVID-19, which emerged in China late last year, began to spread around the world, forcing millions of people to shelter at home and dealing a devastating economic blow, countries turned inward and diplomats say the United Nations struggled to assert itself. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Reuters that the pandemic has exposed the world's fragilities. He plans to tell world leaders on Monday that they need…
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Sep
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast opposition calls for protests to stop Ouattara’s third term bid

Ivory Coast opposition calls for protests to stop Ouattara’s third term bid

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ANGE ABOA IVORY Coast's main presidential election challenger and a group of opposition parties have called for a civil disobedience campaign to stop President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a third term on October 31. The election is seen as one of the biggest tests of the stability of the West African nation since a disputed election led to a brief civil war in 2010-11. Henri Konan Bedie Ivory Coast's Constitutional Council has cleared Ouattara, former president Henri Konan Bedie and two other candidates to contest in the vote. Bedie told a packed opposition PDCI party hall in Abidjan that the…
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Sep
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Some Libyan oil facilities restart operations – companies, engineers

Some Libyan oil facilities restart operations – companies, engineers

NEWS
WORKERS at Libya's major Sharara field have restarted operations, two engineers working there said, after National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced a partial lifting of force majeure. They said flaring had restarted at the field and shared a video of it, and added that engineers had been returning to the area since Wednesday. It was unclear when production might restart and there was no immediate comment from the NOC. Two other NOC companies said they had issued directives to staff to start working to prepare to recommence production as soon as possible. Libya's oil sector has stood almost entirely quiet since…
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Sep
20
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia files terrorism charges against leading opposition activist

Ethiopia files terrorism charges against leading opposition activist

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ETHIOPIA has filed terrorism charges against a prominent media mogul and opposition politician from the Oromo ethnic group, Jawar Mohammed, the attorney general's office has announced. Jawar, founder of the Oromiya Media Network and a member of the Oromo Federalist Congress party, was arrested in June amid the widespread unrest that followed the assassination of popular Oromo musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa. Jawar and 22 other activists, including Oromo opposition leader Bekele Garba, face charges relating to the violation of anti-terrorism laws, telecom fraud laws and firearms laws, the attorney general's office said in a statement on social media. Those charged include…
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Sep
20
2020
By The African Mirror
Libya’s NOC lifts force majeure on oil, except where fighters remain

Libya’s NOC lifts force majeure on oil, except where fighters remain

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LIBYA’S National Oil Corporation (NOC) has lifted force majeure on what it deemed secure oil ports and facilities but said the measure would remain in place for facilities where fighters remain. On Friday eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar said his forces would lift their eight-month blockade of oil exports but did not say if they would leave the facilities they control. Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) and allied forces including mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group hold some of Libya's largest oil fields and export ports, and the NOC had already rejected any return to operations until they left the facilities,…
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Sep
20
2020
By The African Mirror
About 9,000 migrants on Greece’s Lesbos move into tent camp after fire

About 9,000 migrants on Greece’s Lesbos move into tent camp after fire

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THOUSANDS of asylum-seekers have moved into a new temporary facility on the Greek island of Lesbos, government officials said on Saturday, 10 days after a fire destroyed the Moria camp. The fire that broke out in Moria on September 9 left over 12,000 people, most of them refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and various African countries, without shelter, proper sanitation or access to food and water. No one was hurt in the blaze. About 9,000 people had been resettled in the new tent camp, set up by authorities at Kara Tepe near the port of Mytilene, by Saturday morning. A few…
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Sep
19
2020
By The African Mirror
UN staff in Uganda accused of sexual abuse and exploitation

UN staff in Uganda accused of sexual abuse and exploitation

NEWS
SAMUEL OKIROR THE United Nations has launched an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse and the exploitation of vulnerable women by members of its staff in Uganda’s drought-stricken northeastern Karamoja region. The inquiry by the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services, which began early this month, follows allegations by a whistleblower of sexual abuse and exploitation by a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) staffer against a “female victim” – and a more general pattern of serious sexual misconduct by other UN staff working in what is Uganda’s poorest region. The allegations centre on the World Food Programme compound in the…
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Sep
19
2020
By The African Mirror
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero says he was duped into coming to Rwanda

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero says he was duped into coming to Rwanda

NEWS
CLEMENT UWIRINGIYIMANA PAUL Rusesabagina, depicted in a Hollywood movie as a hero who helped save Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide, said he believed he was flying to Burundi at the invitation of a pastor, but was instead lured to Rwanda and arrested on terrorism charges. Rusesabagina was speaking to the New York Times in an interview the paper said had been authorised by the Rwandan government and had taken place in the presence of government officials. The 66-year-old political dissident and former hotel manager was propelled to fame after the Oscar-nominated film "Hotel Rwanda" portrayed him using his connections with…
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Sep
19
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa to allow travel from all of Africa from October 1

South Africa to allow travel from all of Africa from October 1

NEWS
SOUTH Africa will allow travel from October 1 to and from all countries in Africa as well as other countries where levels of COVID-19 infections are not too high, a government minister has announced. For countries outside Africa, the government will determine whether entry is allowed depending on that country's COVID-19 infection and transmission rate, Cooperative Governance Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said. The government will prepare a list of countries from where travel will be restricted, Dlamini-Zuma said, but did not specify when the list will be published. Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma briefs media on COVID-19 level 2 regulations, 17…
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