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Sep
14
2020
By The African Mirror
As occupations gather pace, S. African landowners fear for their property

As occupations gather pace, S. African landowners fear for their property

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG ON an abandoned private farm south of Johannesburg, the sound of hammers bashing nails into corrugated iron, brooms sweeping away the dust and a faint chatter of voices can be heard on a nearby road. It is the sound of dozens of shacks being hastily built in the Walkerville town of the Midvaal, a semi-rural farming area in South Africa, where growing demand for land and housing is fueling a wave of similar occupations. "We're here to build ourselves a new home and a new life," said Tantaswa, 37, who did not want her real name used for…
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Sep
14
2020
By The African Mirror
Protesters set government building on fire in eastern Libya

Protesters set government building on fire in eastern Libya

NEWS
PROTESTERS set fire to the government's headquarters in the Libyan city of Benghazi, as rare demonstrations over living conditions and corruption continued in the east of the country for a third day. The protests late on also erupted in Al-Bayda, where the government was previously based, in Sabha in the south, and for the first time in Al-Marj, a stronghold of eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar, witnesses said. Libya has been split into rival camps with parallel institutions in the east and west since 2014. Eastern Libya and much of the south is controlled by Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA), which…
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Sep
14
2020
By The African Mirror
Survivor recalls horror after Congo mine collapse

Survivor recalls horror after Congo mine collapse

NEWS
CRISPIN KYALA  KINYENYE Furaha passed out from shock when he realised a mine collapse in eastern Congo had buried more than 50 fellow miners including his brother, he said, as the hunt continued for bodies two days after the disaster. Miners searching the site near the town of Kamituga in the Democratic Republic of Congo have yet to recover any remains since heavy rains on Friday caused the artisanal gold mine to cave in, burying those working below ground. Before the rain started, Furaha had left the site to remove some large rocks. Soon after, a child ran up to…
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Sep
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Police fire teargas as migrants demand to leave Greek island after fire

Police fire teargas as migrants demand to leave Greek island after fire

NEWS
LEFTERIS PAPADIMAS  GREEK police fired teargas during a protest by angry migrants left homeless by a blaze at Europe's largest refugee centre, who demanded to leave the island of Lesbos as authorities started building a new encampment for them. More than 12,000 people, most from Africa and Afghanistan, have been sleeping rough since flames swept through the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp earlier this week. Some residents had COVID-19, raising fears the outbreak could spread. Under a hot sun on Saturday, hundreds of migrants, many chanting "Freedom" and "No Camp", gathered as bulldozers cleared ground in preparation for tents to be…
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Sep
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Congo gold miners scour rubble for bodies after cave-in

Congo gold miners scour rubble for bodies after cave-in

NEWS
INFORMAL gold miners in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have scoured rubble for more than 50 colleagues presumed dead after a mine collapsed under the weight of heavy rain. Hundreds of young men in rubber boots crowded around the site of Friday's cave-in, with some removing rocks by hand from the muddy hillside, video footage showed. Dozens of people die each year in accidents in largely unregulated artisanal mines in Congo, where often ill-equipped diggers borrow deep underground in search for ore. Alexandre Bundya, mayor of the nearby town of Kamituga, Mpila, ordered two days of mourning. The office of…
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Sep
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast government seeks end to violence ahead of October election

Ivory Coast government seeks end to violence ahead of October election

NEWS
IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara's government has reached out to his main opponents and religious leaders to intervene and ease tensions following his decision to bid for a third term in next month's election. Ouattara made his appeal to religious leaders during a tour of the east of the country. A source in Ouattara's office told Reuters that informal discussions have been held with political leaders. The world's top cocoa-producing nation has seen a spate of violent protests, with a least 10 killed and over a hundred wounded in clashes between protesters and police since Ouattara announced his bid in…
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Sep
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali negotiators back charter that could see soldier as interim president

Mali negotiators back charter that could see soldier as interim president

NEWS
PAUL LORGERIE and TIEMOKO DIALLO  MALI’S ruling junta pushed through a political charter on Saturday that could lead to the appointment of a soldier as interim president despite objections from the coalition that led anti-government protests before last month's coup. Approval for the roadmap, meant to chart the country's course after the August 18 coup that toppled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, came after three days of negotiations between the junta, political leaders and civil society groups. International powers, fearful that political instability will undermine a fight against Islamist militants across West Africa's Sahel region, have pushed for a swift transition…
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Sep
13
2020
By The African Mirror
South African Defence Minister submits report on ANC trip to Zimbabwe

South African Defence Minister submits report on ANC trip to Zimbabwe

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has handed over a report to her boss, President Cyril Ramaphosa, which explains why she gave a lift to  ANC officials in a government aircraft on a trip to Zimbabwe. In the face of strong criticism from opposition parties and civil society organisations, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday gave Mapisa-Nqakula 48 hours to provide an explanation. Mapisa-Nqakula sumbitted the report before the deadline expired. Opposition parties reacted with anger and demanded action after it emerged that an ANC delegation which included secretary-general Ace Magashule, national…
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Sep
12
2020
By The African Mirror
At least 50 killed in collapsed gold mine in east Congo

At least 50 killed in collapsed gold mine in east Congo

NEWS
At least 50 people are thought to have died when an artisanal gold mine collapsed near Kamituga in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local mining NGO said. The cave-in occurred on the "Detroit" mine site at around 3 p.m. local (1300 GMT) following heavy rains, said Emiliane Itongwa, president of the Initiative of Support and Social Supervision of Women. "Several miners were in the shaft which was covered and no one could get out. We are talking about 50 young people," Itongwa said. Photos and videos on social media showed hundreds of people, some of whom…
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Sep
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Severe floods hit 760,000 people in West and Central Africa

Severe floods hit 760,000 people in West and Central Africa

NEWS
BOUREIMA BALIMA  NIGERIAN student Hachimou Abdou has had to catch a boat to classes since river water swamped his route to university in the capital Niamey - one of about 760,000 people hit by severe flooding in recent weeks in parts of West and Central Africa. Floods are common during the rainy season, but in recent years climate change, land degradation and poor urban planning have led to more frequent disasters as rapidly-growing cities struggle with heavier-than-normal rainfall. Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Niger, Mali, Nigeria, Congo Republic and Senegal are among those worst-hit this year, with at least 111…
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