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Sep
17
2020
By The African Mirror
South Sudanese fighter for women’s voices honored by U.S. peace group

South Sudanese fighter for women’s voices honored by U.S. peace group

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SOUTH Sudanese activist Rita Lopidia was just a child when shells started falling in her hometown of Juba, forcing her and her family to flee the fighting in the 1990s. Her experience with years of civil war and displacement and her campaign for women's participation in peace negotiations earned her the inaugural Women Building Peace Award on Tuesday from the Washington-based United States Institute of Peace (USIP). The award, the first of its kind bestowed by the USIP, recognises the crucial role women play in preventing conflict and forging peace and reconciliation in war-torn countries. USIP is a non-partisan federal…
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Sep
17
2020
By The African Mirror
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero could face maximum life in prison, prosecution says

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero could face maximum life in prison, prosecution says

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CLEMENT UWIRINGIYIMANA PAUL Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, may face 25 years to life in prison if convicted of various offences, the prosecution said. Rusesabagina, who once called for armed resistance to the government in a YouTube video, was charged in a Kigali court on Monday with 13 counts including terrorism, complicity in murder and forming or joining an irregular armed group. "For some of the crimes, he may face 25 years, and some even go up to life imprisonment," Faustin Nkusi, spokesman of Rwanda's prosecution authority, told Reuters on phone. Rusesabagina…
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Sep
17
2020
By The African Mirror
Ex-FIFA secretary general Valcke and BeIN sports chairman go on trial over TV rights

Ex-FIFA secretary general Valcke and BeIN sports chairman go on trial over TV rights

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BRIAN HOMEWOOD FORMER FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and the chairman of Qatar-based media group BeIN Sports, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, have gone on trial in Switzerland over the award of television rights for the World Cup and Confederations Cup. The 59-year-old Valcke, already banned by FIFA's ethics committee for 10 years for ethics violations, has been charged with accepting bribes, aggravated criminal mismanagement and falsification of documents. Al-Khelaifi, who is also president of French champions Paris St Germain and sits on the executive committee of European soccer body UEFA, has been charged with inciting Valcke to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement. A…
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Sep
17
2020
By The African Mirror
Ex-head of world athletics Diack jailed for two years for corruption

Ex-head of world athletics Diack jailed for two years for corruption

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THE former head of world athletics' governing body, Lamine Diack, has been convicted in France of corruption in a Russian doping scandal and sentenced to spend at least two years in jail. Diack, 87, was found guilty of accepting bribes from athletes suspected of doping, to cover up test results and let them continue competing, including in the 2012 London Olympics. The court also found Diack guilty of accepting Russian money to help finance Macky Sall's campaign for the 2012 Senegal presidential election, in exchange for slowing anti-doping procedures. Prosecutors said Diack had solicited bribes totalling 3.45 million euros ($4.10…
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Sep
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Naked woman shot 36 times by Mozambique army after ‘casting spell’

Naked woman shot 36 times by Mozambique army after ‘casting spell’

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ZEENAT HANSROD THE military in Mozambique hounded, beat, and killed a naked woman, says rights group Amnesty International after verifying video footage of the attack. The images have been circulating since September 7th and were filmed by one of the men. “That’s public execution. Four men shot a defenceless, naked woman 36 times, even while she is lying motionless on the ground, apparently dead,” said David Matsinhe, Lusophone Regional Researcher for Southern Africa at Amnesty International. “This is cruel, chilling. I have never seen anything like that before.” A short video footage depicting the scene circulated widely on social media on 14 September.…
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Sep
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali must appoint civilian government immediately, says regional bloc

Mali must appoint civilian government immediately, says regional bloc

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MALI’S military coup leaders must hand over power to a civilian transitional government immediately, the chairman of the West African regional bloc said on said, as a deadline expired for the ruling junta to appoint interim leaders. The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed economic sanctions after the August 18 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and said a new president should be appointed by Tuesday. But the junta pushed through a charter on Saturday that says the interim president can be a soldier or a civilian and has not yet indicated when the new government would…
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Sep
16
2020
By The African Mirror
‘There’s nothing we can do,’ striking South African undertakers tell bereaved

‘There’s nothing we can do,’ striking South African undertakers tell bereaved

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EMMA RUMNEY GRIEVING South African families are being left searching for someone to collect the bodies of deceased relatives after funeral parlours like Hloni Swarts' went on strike in a country with one of the world's highest coronavirus rates. Swarts, owner of Hloni Funerals, told Reuters he had to tell distressed families, "there's nothing we can do", as the three-day strike entered its second day. He tried to help them arrange for a stretched government service to collect bodies instead, but they still complained. Funeral workers are striking in the country over changes to a host of procedures and regulations,…
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Sep
16
2020
By The African Mirror
At least 24 migrants drowned off Libya – IOM

At least 24 migrants drowned off Libya – IOM

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TWO dozen migrants and refugees on board a rubber dinghy trying to cross from Libya to Europe are believed to have drowned after their boat capsized, the UN's International Organization of Migration has announced. Three boats were thought to have departed from Libya's Zawiyah on Sunday night. The Libyan coast guard found 45 people onboard two boats and brought them back but the third had capsized, the IOM's Safa Msehli said at a Geneva briefing. "Two bodies were retrieved and very few survivors have reported to IOM staff at the disembarkation point last night so at least 22 others have…
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Sep
16
2020
By The African Mirror
ANC admits the error of its ways

ANC admits the error of its ways

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE ANC has admitted that it was wrong to fly to Zimbabwe on a political mission in a government plane and has pledged to pay back the costs of the flight. The South African governing party also said it was not right for the delegation to violate COVID-19 regulations of no international travel. In a statement, ANC spokesman Pule Mabe said the ANC delegation, in its quest to help find a solution to the crisis in Zimbabwe ”travelled in an unusual manner.” “We profusely humble ourselves where we went wrong during the lockdown and will reimburse the…
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Sep
16
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. slaps more election-related visa restrictions on Nigerians

U.S. slaps more election-related visa restrictions on Nigerians

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THE United States has imposed additional visa restrictions on Nigerians over election-related activities in the African nation, the State Department said, accusing them of being responsible for undermining the democratic process. The restrictions were imposed on the individuals, who were not named, "for their actions surrounding the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State elections and in the run up to the September and October 2020 Edo and Ondo State elections," the State Department said in a statement. "These individuals have so far operated with impunity at the expense of the Nigerian people and have undermined democratic principles," State Department spokeswoman…
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