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Sep
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Supermarket giants pull offensive product off their shelves

Supermarket giants pull offensive product off their shelves

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER Following a massive public outcry over a racist advert, three South African supermarket giants - Shoprite, Pick n Pay and Woolworths - have joined health and beauty chain Clicks and removed hair products from TRESemmé from their shelves. The step by Shoprite, Pick n Pay and Woolworths followed a harrowing three days for Clicks after it was forced to shut its doors by protests led by South African opposition party, the Economic Freedom Front.  Clicks non-executive director Nkululeko Gobodo has said, in a radio interview, that while Clicks understood that people were angry because of a racist…
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Sep
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Ugandan move to regulate online activity is tool to curb dissent ahead of polls – rights groups

Ugandan move to regulate online activity is tool to curb dissent ahead of polls – rights groups

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ELIAS BIRYABAREMA RIGHTS groups have asked Uganda to reverse a move that requires some social media users to get a licence and pay fees, saying the move is aimed at censoring content critical of the government ahead of a presidential election. In the election due around February, President Yoweri Museveni, 75, and Africa's third longest-ruling leader is seeking another five-year-term which would extend his period in office to 40 years. He is expected to face competition from pop star and lawmaker Bobi Wine - real name, Robert Kyagulanyi- who has exploited his music to galvanise a large following among young…
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Sep
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenya’s $580m medical equipment leasing deal ‘criminal’ -Senate panel

Kenya’s $580m medical equipment leasing deal ‘criminal’ -Senate panel

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DUNCAN MIRIRI  THE Kenyan government's deal to lease various medical equipment in a $580 million deal was a "criminal enterprise" that flooded hospitals with overpriced, unnecessary equipment, a senate committee said in a report. Kenya signed contracts with five private firms in 2015 to lease specialised equipment like CT scanners to the country's 47 county governments, who manage most health services, in a deal praised by the World Bank at the time for its ability to be replicated elsewhere on the continent. The firms included China's Shenzhen Mindray, India's Esteem Industries, General Electric and Philips. But lawmakers said the deal…
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Sep
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Exclusive: EU prepares to lift sanctions on Libyan powerbroker, diplomats say

Exclusive: EU prepares to lift sanctions on Libyan powerbroker, diplomats say

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THE European Union is considering removing a broker in eastern Libya from its sanctions blacklist to encourage peace efforts and ensure the EU plays a central role in any negotiated settlement, said three diplomats. After months of inaction, the European powers see a chance to reaffirm their role in Libya, in turmoil since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, after a ceasefire in August and to counter the growing military involvement of Turkey and Russia. The EU has blacklisted Aguila Saleh, head of the rebel-held parliament in eastern Libya, since 2016 on charges of obstructing peace efforts. But diplomats…
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Sep
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Floods kill at least 13 and injure 19 in Burkina Faso

Floods kill at least 13 and injure 19 in Burkina Faso

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FLOODS have killed at least 13 people and injured 19 others in Burkina Faso following days of heavy rains across the country, including the capital, the government has announced. The finance ministry will allocate 5 billion CFA francs ($9.06 million) to help the flood victims, said government representative Abdoul Karim Sango. "This rainfall has caused a lot of damage in our country," he told Reuters. Many people had lost their homes, Sango said, without giving further details. The government has instructed the minister of Territorial Administration to house the disaster victims in public buildings, he said. It was not immediately…
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Sep
09
2020
By The African Mirror
SOUTH AFRICANS CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF HERO GEORGE BIZOS : 1927 – 2020

SOUTH AFRICANS CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF HERO GEORGE BIZOS : 1927 – 2020

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER GEORGE Bizos arrived in Durban, South Africa, as refugee, aged 13, after his father had helped soldiers escape Nazi camps. He went on to play a massive role in the courts in helping anti-apartheid activits escape the death penalty as well as the full brutality of apartheid. Today, South Africans from walks of life are celebrating the life and times of Bizos, who passed on aged 92, of natural causes.  South Africans of all ages and generations have paid emotionals tributes to Bizos, a man who defended ordinary people, the country’s political royalty, became a respected legal…
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Sep
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Namibia eases coronavirus restrictions to attract tourists

Namibia eases coronavirus restrictions to attract tourists

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NAMIBIA has further eased restrictions for international tourists to try to prevent the collapse of a sector hit by the coronavirus pandemic after the country closed its borders in March. The Tourism Ministry has announced that tourists could go to their pre-booked destinations and take part in activities for up to five days, after which they will be tested for the virus. If they stay at their pre-booked destination for less than five days they can proceed to another destination without a test. In rules introduced in July, tourists had to quarantine at their first destination for seven days, which…
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Sep
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Dozens of abandoned migrants rescued in Sahara

Dozens of abandoned migrants rescued in Sahara

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MORE than 80 African migrants have been rescued from the Sahara desert after they were robbed and left to die by people they had paid to smuggle them to Libya, according to the U.N. migration agency, citing survivors. Drivers abandoned four trucks carrying the migrants from Nigeria, Togo, Mali and Ghana with no food or water about 230 km (143 miles) north of the Sahara crossroad town of Niger's Dirkou after spotting military vehicles. Three days later, an IOM rescue team found the group, which included children, by chance on Sept. 3. Many were dehydrated, injured and in need of…
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Sep
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Record floods threaten pyramid sites in Sudan

Record floods threaten pyramid sites in Sudan

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RECORD floods in Sudan have threatened sites housing the royal pyramids of Meroe and Nuri, two of the country's most important archaeological areas, an official said on Tuesday. The royal bath at Meroe, a basin that fills during the annual flooding of the Nile, was at risk from unprecedented water levels, and teams have been working since Monday to protect the site from being swamped, said Hatem al-Nour, director of Sudan's antiquities and museums authority. Meroe is an ancient city on the east bank of the River Nile about 200 km (125 miles) northeast of the capital Khartoum. It was…
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Sep
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Netanyahu and Chad official discuss possible exchange of envoys – Israeli statement

Netanyahu and Chad official discuss possible exchange of envoys – Israeli statement

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ISRAEL and a Chadian envoy have discussed a possible upgrading of relations that would include a mutual exchange of ambassadors, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has said. Chadian President Idriss Deby visited Israel in 2018 to start a process of reviving ties that the African country severed in 1972. Israel has cast the process as part of an outreach to the Arab and Muslim world. That process now includes the announcement last month of a normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates. In Tuesday's talks, a Chadian delegation led by Abdelkarim Deby, the president's son, and Netanyahu discussed "appointing ambassadors…
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