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Oct
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Kidnapped politician, French aid worker to be freed in Mali prisoner swap

Kidnapped politician, French aid worker to be freed in Mali prisoner swap

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MALI will release scores of suspected Islamist insurgents in a prisoner exchange for opposition leader Soumaila Cisse and French aid worker Sophie Petronin, two security sources and a diplomatic source said on Monday. Cisse, a popular politician who served as finance minister from 1993 to 2000, was kidnapped by gunmen while campaigning in the northern region of Timbuktu in March, while Petronin, who ran a charity for malnourished and orphaned children, was abducted near the northern city of Gao in late 2016. They are two high-profile examples of Mali's deepening security crisis caused by the persistent presence of jihadist groups…
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Oct
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia bans flights over dam for security reasons – aviation chief

Ethiopia bans flights over dam for security reasons – aviation chief

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ETHIOPIA has banned all flights over its giant new hydropower dam on the Blue Nile for security reasons, the head of its civil aviation authority has said. Ethiopia is locked in a dispute with Egypt and Sudan over its $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which Cairo has said could threaten its main supply of water. "All flights have been banned to secure the dam," the director-general of the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority, Wesenyeleh Hunegnaw, told Reuters by phone. He declined to give more details on the reasons. Last week, air force chief Major General Yilma Merdasa told local media…
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Oct
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Seizing art: One African man’s protest against colonial ‘pillagers’

Seizing art: One African man’s protest against colonial ‘pillagers’

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YIMING WOO IN June, Mwazulu Diyabanza stood in a Paris museum next to a 19th century funerary post from central Africa and berated France for taking it and tens of thousands of other artworks from its former colonies. He and an associate prised the carved wooden ornament from its stand in the Quai Branly museum as a third man live-streamed the act on social media. Diyabanza was stopped by a security guard as he made for the exit. “My mother used to tell me that when the Europeans arrived, they pillaged these artifacts, they pillaged our patrimony,” he told Reuters.…
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Oct
05
2020
By The African Mirror
Calls for punishment, aid sector reform after sex abuse scandal in Congo

Calls for punishment, aid sector reform after sex abuse scandal in Congo

NEWS
PHILIP KLEINFELD AID organisations have vowed to probe allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by Ebola response workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo after an investigation by The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation prompted widespread outrage and calls for change. More than 50 women recounted abuse – many of them multiple incidents – by men who said they were aid workers in the 2018-2020 Ebola response, often promising jobs for sex. Five of the seven NGOs and UN agencies implicated have pledged to open inquiries into the allegations, which centred on the eastern town of Beni. Nigel…
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Oct
05
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. welcomes transitional government in Mali

U.S. welcomes transitional government in Mali

NEWS
DIANE BARTS THE United States said on Saturday that it welcomed the establishment of a transitional government in Mali as "an initial step towards a return to constitutional order." Moctar Ouane In late September, President Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel appointed president of the transition, named veteran diplomat Moctar Ouane as interim prime minister. The men will be tasked with overseeing an 18-month transition back to civilian rule after the August 18 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. "We urge the transitional government to honor its commitments to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), including holding democratic elections…
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Oct
05
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia’s Oromo celebrate tense thanksgiving amid tight security

Ethiopia’s Oromo celebrate tense thanksgiving amid tight security

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW  THOUSANDS of people from the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, have celebrated their thanksgiving festival in Bishoftu city amid tight security after the authorities said they had seized weapons and foiled attacks in previous days. The Irreecha festival has been the scene of violent protests before by the Oromo, who have long complained of political exclusion. Recent unrest, including the killing of a popular singer in June and the arrest of prominent Oromo politicians, heightened concern of violence at the two-day festival. On the eve of the festival, forces from both regional and federal police, as well from…
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Oct
05
2020
By The African Mirror
India and South Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid COVID-19 drug production

India and South Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid COVID-19 drug production

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INDIA and South Africa want the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property rules to make it easier for developing countries to produce or import COVID-19 drugs, a letter to the WTO shows. In their letter dated October 2 the two countries called on the global trade body to waive parts of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which governs patents, trademarks, copyright and other intellectual property rules globally. "As new diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines for COVID-19 are developed, there are significant concerns (over) how these will be made available promptly, in sufficient quantities and…
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Oct
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Tanzania suspends opposition leader’s election campaign

Tanzania suspends opposition leader’s election campaign

NEWS
TANZANIAN authorities on Friday suspended the election campaign of leading opposition candidate Tundu Lissu for seven days over accusations of inciting violence in the run-up to a national vote set for October 28. The National Electoral Commission said the decision was taken by its ethics committee after it received two complaints from the ruling party and another party about the language Lissu had used on the campaign trail. It was the latest attempt to derail the campaign of Lissu, a fierce critic of President John Magufuli’s administration. Magufuli faces 14 challengers with analysts saying a divided opposition is likely to…
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Oct
04
2020
By The African Mirror
EU removes Libya’s powerbroker Saleh from sanctions list

EU removes Libya’s powerbroker Saleh from sanctions list

NEWS
THE European Union has removed an east Libyan powerbroker from its sanctions blacklist to encourage peace efforts and ensure the EU plays a central role in any negotiated settlement in Libya. Aguila Saleh, leader of a rival parliament in eastern Libya, no longer faces EU travel bans and asset freezes imposed four years ago, the EU said, confirming a Reuters report on September 9 that the so-called de-listing was planned. "The de-listing of speaker Saleh was agreed in light of his recent constructive engagement in support of a negotiated political solution to the Libyan crisis," an EU statement said. After…
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Oct
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Sudan and main rebel groups formalise peace deal

Sudan and main rebel groups formalise peace deal

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DENIS DUMO  SUDAN Suda's power-sharing government and several rebel groups on Saturday formalised a peace agreement aimed at resolving decades of conflict which left millions displaced and hundreds of thousands dead. Three major groups signed a preliminary deal in August - two factions from the western region of Darfur and one from the southern region - after months of talks hosted by South Sudan. Another powerful rebel group, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, which had not participated in initial peace negotiations, agreed last month to join new talks hosted by South Sudan. Dancers from Darfur and…
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