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Nov
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian minister says it’s unclear who shot protesters in Lagos

Nigerian minister says it’s unclear who shot protesters in Lagos

NEWS
ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM "HOODLUMS" wearing military uniforms may have shot Nigerian protesters campaigning against police brutality and it was too soon to tell if soldiers were involved, the country's attorney general has said. Demonstrations across the country turned violent on October 20 when witnesses in Lagos said the military opened fire on peaceful protesters in the upmarket Lekki district shortly after local authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew, drawing international condemnation. Soldiers and police killed at least 12 people in two Lagos neighbourhoods on October 20, according to witnesses and rights group Amnesty International. The army and police have denied involvement. Attorney-General…
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Nov
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Uganda’s Museveni warns off disruptors as he starts bid for another term

Uganda’s Museveni warns off disruptors as he starts bid for another term

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDA’S veteran president Yoweri Museveni has warned that anyone breaking the peace would regret their actions as he formally started his bid for another term in office. The 76-year-old, who is Africa's third-longest ruling head of state, is due to face Bobi Wine, a pop star turned opposition politician, in a February vote. "I am hearing ... some people want to disturb our peace. Whoever tries will regret (it)," the former guerrilla leader said after the Electoral Commission accepted his nomination papers. "For us we do not joke, we fought to bring peace," he told reporters in comments…
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Nov
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast president on track for election win, opposition cry foul

Ivory Coast president on track for election win, opposition cry foul

NEWS
AARON ROSS IVORY COAST President Alassane Ouattara edged closer to claiming a landslide election victory, partial tallies showed, though opponents said his bid for a third term was illegal and the results were skewed by an opposition boycott. The president has been named winner of all constituencies announced so far, most with more than 90 per cent of the vote, after a bitter presidential vote marred by deadly violence. Two major opposition candidates on the ballot had asked their supporters not to take part in Saturday's election, in protest at Ouattara's decision to run. Their parties said whole swathes of…
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Nov
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kill 32, burn houses in attack in Ethiopia

Gunmen kill 32, burn houses in attack in Ethiopia

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW  GUNMEN have killed 32 people and torched more than 20 houses in a raid on an area of western Ethiopia, a regional administrator has revealed. The killings were carried out on Sunday by an armed group called OLF Shane in the Western Wollega Zone of the Oromiya region, administrator Elias Umeta told Reuters. "We buried today 32 of them. About 700 to 750 people were also displaced from the area," he said. OLF Shane split from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), an opposition party that spent years in exile but was allowed to return to Ethiopia after Prime…
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Nov
02
2020
By The African Mirror
The courtroom battle for the freedom of the Bushiris

The courtroom battle for the freedom of the Bushiris

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE state has tabled a compelling case on why religious leader Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, should not be granted bail and kept in custody until the finalisation of his R120-million fraud and money laundering case. Bushiri, his wife, Willah Mudolo, Zethu Mudolo and Landiwe Ntlokwana were applying for bail after their arrest in connection with a suspected R120 ponzi scheme through which members of the Enlightened Christians Gathering were defrauded. In the Pretoria magistrate’s case, the state argued that Bushiri was a flight risk who had, before his arrest, attempted, on three occasions, to board…
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Nov
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Algerian voters shun referendum aimed at ending political crisis

Algerian voters shun referendum aimed at ending political crisis

NEWS
HAMID OULD AHMED and LAMINE CHIKHI FEWER  than one in four Algerian voters took part in Sunday's constitutional referendum, officials said, despite government efforts to encourage high turnout as part of a strategy to turn the page on last year's political unrest. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the powerful military had presented the new constitution as a sign that they had addressed the causes of public anger that prompted mass weekly protests for more than a year. The referendum result will be announced on Monday at 10 a.m. (0900 GMT). However, Sunday's turnout of only 23.7%, according to the election body,…
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Nov
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Tanzania police arrest main opposition party leader ahead of protests

Tanzania police arrest main opposition party leader ahead of protests

NEWS
TANZANIAN police have arrested Freeman Mbowe, the leader of the main opposition party Chadema, according to Tundu Lissu, the party's candidate in last week's presidential election. The opposition has demanded a repeat election, citing widespread irregularities, and called for protests against the outcome, which returned President John Magufuli to office with 84% of the vote. Those arrested with Mbowe include a former member of parliament Godbless Lema, the former mayor of Dar es Salaam, Isaya Mwita, and the former mayor of Ubungo municipality, Boniface Jacob. "I got a message around midnight that they had been taken in," Lissu told Reuters…
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Nov
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Comic Relief stops sending celebs to Africa after white saviour furore

Comic Relief stops sending celebs to Africa after white saviour furore

NEWS
SOPHIE DAVIES  BRITISH charity Comic Relief says it will stop sending celebrities to Africa to raise funds following criticism that figures like singer Ed Sheeran acted like "white saviours". The charity won a Norwegian advocacy group's Rusty Radiator Award for the worst appeal of 2017 for a video about street children in Liberia, where Sheeran offered to pay their hotel bills, criticised as "poverty tourism" by the jury. "African people don't want us to tell their stories for them, what they need is more agency, a platform and partnership," comedian Lenny Henry, co-founder of Comic Relief, said in a statement.…
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Nov
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Voting ends in Algeria referendum with apparent low turnout

Voting ends in Algeria referendum with apparent low turnout

NEWS
HAMID OULD AHMED and LAMINE CHIKHI ALGERIANS have finished voting in a referendum on a new constitution, but early turnout figures suggested little enthusiasm for changes intended by the government to turn the page on last year's political unrest. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the powerful military have pushed the referendum, but many in a mass protest movement that shook Algeria last year have opposed the vote as a sham. Officials had announced participation of only 13% by 2 p.m. (1300 GMT), five hours before polls closed in a vote conducted amid stringent health restrictions because of the global pandemic. By…
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Nov
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara takes early lead in election

Ivory Coast’s Ouattara takes early lead in election

NEWS
AARON ROSS and ANGE ABOA IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara has taken a strong early lead as he seeks a third term in an election that has been marked by deadly violence, winning all 20 of the voting districts that were announced by the electoral commission. Ouattara, 78, won at least 99% of the vote in eight of the districts announced from Saturday's vote, most of which are ruling party strongholds. There are 108 districts in total, more of which are expected to be announced soon. The president has been expected to win re-election after his opponents called for a…
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