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Oct
04
2020
By The African Mirror
WHO ‘outraged’ by sex abuse reports in Congo Ebola operation

WHO ‘outraged’ by sex abuse reports in Congo Ebola operation

NEWS
EMMA FARGE THE World Health Organization (WHO) has promised an investigation into "horrific" allegations of sexual abuse by aid workers combating an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "To be very clear, we are outraged to read these reports," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news briefing in Geneva, promising punishment for perpetrators. "We will not tolerate behaviour like this from our staff, contractors or partners." The Thomson Reuters Foundation reported on Tuesday that more than 50 women had accused aid workers from the WHO and leading charities of sexual exploitation and abuse. Anyone found involved…
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Oct
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Blasphemy convictions spark Nigerian debate over sharia law

Blasphemy convictions spark Nigerian debate over sharia law

NEWS
ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM and ABRAHAM ACHINGA  FUAD Adeyemi, an imam in Nigeria's capital Abuja, respects those who believe that a 22-year-old man accused of sharing a blasphemous message on WhatsApp should be punished. But he thinks the death sentence is too harsh. He was referring to a ruling handed to Yahaya Aminu Sharif by a sharia court in the northern state of Kano in August. On the same day, the court sentenced a 13-year-old boy, Omar Farouq, to 10 years in prison, also for blasphemy. The sentences caused an international outcry and sparked a broader debate in Nigeria about the role…
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Oct
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Power, poverty, and aid: The mix that fuelled sex abuse claims in Congo

Power, poverty, and aid: The mix that fuelled sex abuse claims in Congo

NEWS
ROBERT FLUMMERFELT and NELLIE PEYTON STRATEGIES put in place to stop such abuses largely failed during the outbreak that swept through the country from 2018 to 2020, aid officials and workers, gender analysts, and researchers who examined the response told reporters in nearly a year of interviews. Reports commissioned by organisations and donors also cited abuse concerns. Fifty-one women told reporters they had been sexually abused or exploited by men identifying themselves as aid workers in Beni, one of the outbreak’s epicentres. Not one said she knew of a hotline, email address, or person to contact to report the incidents. Most…
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Oct
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Togo names new government with record number of women ministers

Togo names new government with record number of women ministers

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TOGO’S  first female prime minister has appointed a new government with a record 30% of the 33 ministerial positions given to women, according to the cabinet list announced on state television. Prime Minister Victoire Tomegah-Dogbe, who was appointed earlier this week after the resignation of the previous government, named Essozimna Marguerite Gnakade as defence minister - the first time a woman has held that role. President Faure Gnassingbe The change in government had been expected since President Faure Gnassingbe won re-election in March, extending his 15-year rule and a family dynasty that began when his father took power in a…
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Nov
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia bombs arms depots around Tigray region

Ethiopia bombs arms depots around Tigray region

NEWS
THE Ethiopian Air Force has bombed arms depots and destroyed military hardware in the northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. The strikes hit sites in and around the regional capital Mekelle and destroyed heavy artillery including rocket launchers, Abiy said in a statement broadcast by state-affiliated Fana. Abiy, who won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, launched a military campaign on Wednesday against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which dominated politics in the country until he came to office in 2018. Ethiopia's leader justified his decision to launch a war in the north of the country, saying on…
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Nov
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Netherlands uncovers network helping Ugandan asylum seekers fake being gay

Netherlands uncovers network helping Ugandan asylum seekers fake being gay

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KAROLIN SCHAPS THE Dutch government has said it will reassess the cases of dozens of Ugandans granted asylum after it uncovered a criminal network that helped would-be refugees from the country fake their sexual orientation. The Netherlands started accepting asylum claims from LGBT+ Ugandans in 2014, when the African country briefly introduced the death penalty for gay sex before dropping it under international pressure. Same-sex relations are still punishable by life in prison and campaigners say other laws are used to discriminate against LGBT+ people. This week the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) said it had uncovered an organised…
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Nov
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast opposition leaders face prison for forming rival government – prosecutor

Ivory Coast opposition leaders face prison for forming rival government – prosecutor

NEWS
OPPOSITION candidates in Ivory Coast’s election face charges of terrorism and up to life in prison for denouncing the vote and creating a rival government after President Alassane Ouattara’s victory, a public prosecutor said. The opposition boycotted the October 31 ballot after Ouattara decided to run for a third term in a country that has a two-term limit. When results showed Ouattara won with 94%, former president Henri Konan Bedie and ex-prime minister Pascal Affi N’Guessan said they did not recognise the vote and announced a transition government. Ouattara, in power since 2010, says approval of a new constitution in…
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Nov
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Cameroon buries seven children killed in school shooting

Cameroon buries seven children killed in school shooting

NEWS
THE plaque on Nzakame Rhema’s coffin marks the “sunset” of her short life - October 24, 2020, the day gunmen burst into her school in Cameroon’s South West region and killed seven children. In the town of Kumba on Thursday, hundreds of people came to pay their respects as the children’s coffins, draped in the Cameroonian flag, were laid next to their portraits. Gospel choirs sang and speakers offered prayers. The children were buried later in separate funerals. “My heart bleeds a lot because her death was so tragic,” said Rhema’s weeping mother, Manyi Tita. “My daughter never committed any…
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Nov
06
2020
By The African Mirror
U.N. chief ‘deeply alarmed’ by armed clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray

U.N. chief ‘deeply alarmed’ by armed clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray

NEWS
GIULIA PARAVICINI and DAWIT ENDESHAW THE head of the United Nations is deeply alarmed by fighting in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, where federal troops have been exchanging fire with the powerful ethnic faction that led the ruling coalition for decades. Prime Minister's Abiy Ahmed's government is mobilising troops from around the country and sending them to Tigray, after two days of clashes between government forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). "The stability of Ethiopia is important for the entire Horn of Africa region. I call for an immediate de-escalation of tensions and a peaceful resolution to the dispute,"…
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Nov
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Ugandan elections set for January 14, as “Grandfather” challenged by young Wine

Ugandan elections set for January 14, as “Grandfather” challenged by young Wine

NEWS
UGANDANS will vote on January 14 in a presidential election that pits long-ruling incumbent Yoweri Museveni against ten rivals, including a young pop star who is emerging as the strongest challenger. The Electoral Commission announced the election date in a statement issued late on Wednesday. Polling to elect lawmakers to parliament will be conducted at the same time. Robert Kyagulanyi In power since 1986, the 76-year-old Museveni is often referred to as "Jajja", meaning "Grandfather". And the biggest threat to Africa's third longest-ruling president keeping his authoritarian grip on the East African nation is expected to come from pop star…
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