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Oct
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt court starts sex crimes trial of student in #MeToo case

Egypt court starts sex crimes trial of student in #MeToo case

NEWS
MENNA A. FAROUK A former Cairo university student appeared in court charged with blackmail and indecent assault of at least three women in a closely-watched case prompted by social media that opened up a rare public debate on sex crimes. Ahmed Bassam Zaki, aged in his early 20s and a former student at the American University in Cairo, attended a closed session with the trial adjourned to November 7, a lawyer from the defence team, Ahmed Ragheb, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. In September, the public prosecutor referred Zaki to the criminal court on charges of "sexually assaulting three girls…
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Oct
12
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa lays out conditions to seize land, says investors will be reassured

South Africa lays out conditions to seize land, says investors will be reassured

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's government has laid out conditions for when land might be confiscated without reimbursement, saying a new law submitted to parliament would pass constitutional muster and reassure investors unnerved about property rights. The law would allow land to be confiscated without reimbursement in certain cases if it is unused, abandoned or poses a safety risk, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille told a news conference. But she emphasised that compensation would also be possible and final decisions would be in the hands of the courts. "The bill brings certainty to South Africans and investors because it clearly…
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Oct
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s police disbands controversial anti-robbery Squad after protests

Nigeria’s police disbands controversial anti-robbery Squad after protests

NEWS
ALEXIS AKWAGYRIRAM and ABRHAHIM ACHIRGA THE head of Nigeria's police dissolved its Special Anti-Robbery Squad with immediate effect, a police statement said, prompted by days of protests across the country against alleged brutality by the controversial unit. The protests broke out after a video circulated last week allegedly showing members of the unit - known as SARS - shooting dead a man in Delta state. It also prompted a globally-trending social media campaign to abolish the squad. Demonstrators also alleged that police shot dead another man while marching in the southwestern city of Ogbomosho on Saturday. Police did not respond…
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Oct
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Fire breaks out on Mount Kilimanjaro, says Tanzania National Park

Fire breaks out on Mount Kilimanjaro, says Tanzania National Park

NEWS
A fire broke out on Mount Kilimanjaro and authorities were trying to contain it, Tanzania’s National Parks service (TANAPA) said. The parks service posted a blurry photograph on its Twitter account of what appeared to be Mount Kilimanjaro with several pockets of flames burning on it, with the message: “A fire emerged on Mount Kilimanjaro this afternoon. Efforts in containing it (are) going on. More details to follow.” TANAPA official Pascal Shelutete told Reuters by phone on Sunday evening that he had no further details. Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest peak, at nearly 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) above sea level.…
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Oct
11
2020
By The African Mirror
President Buhari orders the police to address claims of police brutality

President Buhari orders the police to address claims of police brutality

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER STUNG by protests against police brutality, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the country's police leadership to address citizens' concerns and ensure that rogue officers are brought to book. On the day that police fired teargas to disperse dozens of protesters, Buhari summoned Nigeria’s inspector general of the police. “The Inspector General has my firm instructions to conclusively address concerns of Nigerians regarding excesses and ensuring erring personnel are brought to justice. I appeal for patience and calm, even as Nigerians freely exercise their right to peacefully make their views known,” Buhari said. He said the Nigerian…
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Oct
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Tributes for Priscilla Jana, “people’s lawyer” and political activist

Tributes for Priscilla Jana, “people’s lawyer” and political activist

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER MANY South Africans, among them political activists who were defended by Priscilla Jana against the brutal apartheid system, have paid warm and emotional tributes to the “the people’s lawyer” who passed on at 78. Jana not only provided legal services to the political activists but looked after their families, adopting some of the children whose parents were detained. Jana represented many political activists, including Nelson and Winnie Mandela. Rapu Molekane was a teenage underground operative of the ANC’s Umkhonto we Sizwe when Jana defended him and members of the South African Youth Congress. Molekane, a diplomat and…
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Oct
11
2020
By The African Mirror
South Sudan families displaced by fighting forced out again by floods

South Sudan families displaced by fighting forced out again by floods

NEWS
ANDREEA CAMPEANU BY the time the waters started rising, ethnic violence had already forced South Sudanese mother Vorgol Poulo, her husband, and their seven children to flee their home twice this year. They were desperate to stay home when the rains began in July but ten days of heavy rainfall destroyed most of their possessions, forcing them out for a third time. "The cows are sick. We have lost so many, we don't know the number," said Pulo, who sold charcoal before flooding put most of the market under water. She spoke to Reuters on a patch of grass poking…
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Oct
10
2020
By The African Mirror
EU to offer Mozambique support in tackling insurgency

EU to offer Mozambique support in tackling insurgency

NEWS
THE European Union will offer Mozambique support in tackling a wave of militant attacks in the country's north by rebels with links to Islamic State, according to the EU's ambassador to the southern African nation. The rebel attacks in Cabo Delgado province date back to 2017 but the violence has gathered pace this year with insurgents seizing important towns for brief periods and hitting military and other strategic targets. Mozambique had asked the EU for help in training its armed forces to battle the insurgency, which has raised fears for stability and security in southern Africa. "The government of Mozambique…
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Oct
10
2020
By The African Mirror
French aid worker describes years in captivity in Mali desert

French aid worker describes years in captivity in Mali desert

NEWS
PAUL LORGERIE AT one point during her four years in the hands of jihadist militants in northern Mali, French aid worker Sophie Petronin said she felt like giving up hope. She wandered into the desert, sat on the ground in the baking sun and wept. The 75-year old, who ran a charity for malnourished and orphaned children when she was kidnapped near the desert city of Gao in late 2016, was one of four hostages released and flown to the capital Bamako late on Thursday. She said snippets of news from home had provided comfort while in captivity and that…
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Oct
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Gunmen abduct Kenyan just acquitted in shopping mall attack trial, relative says

Gunmen abduct Kenyan just acquitted in shopping mall attack trial, relative says

NEWS
GUNMEN have abducted a man moments after he was released from state custody in the Kenyan capital a day after he was acquitted in one of the country's most high-profile terrorism cases, his sister has revealed. A Kenyan court had acquitted Liban Abdullah Omar on Wednesday of charges of helping al Qaeda-linked Somali militants storm Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall in a 2013 attack in which at least 67 people were killed. Two other defendants were found guilty of assisting the jihadist attackers. The abduction occurred on Thursday as Omar was in a taxi accompanied by some relatives heading home after…
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