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Nov
13
2020
By The African Mirror
At least 74 migrants dead in shipwreck off Libya coast, IOM says

At least 74 migrants dead in shipwreck off Libya coast, IOM says

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AT least 74 migrants died in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the United Nations' migration agency said, with 47 survivors brought to shore by coastguards and fishermen. Libya, which has had no stable central government since a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, is a major transit point for mainly African migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean and reach Europe. At least 900 have already drowned this year attempting the crossing, according to the agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Another 11,000 have been stopped at sea and returned to Libya, where migrants are often detained, exploited…
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Oct
22
2020
By The African Mirror
NIGERIA BURNS

NIGERIA BURNS

NEWS
NIGERIA’S biggest city Lagos and several states were under curfews as unrest rooted in anti-police protests broke out again following a day of violence, including the shooting of civilians by security forces. Fires burned across Lagos and residents reported hearing gunfire despite President Muhammadu Buhari's appeal for "understanding and calm". Armed police tried to enforce a round-the-clock curfew in the commercial capital, setting up checkpoints. But groups of young men blocked a number of major roads with overturned traffic signs, tree branches and rocks. Smoke billowed from buildings that were ablaze. Video verified by Reuters showed armed police in the…
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Oct
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Sudanese police fire tear gas to disperse hundreds gathered across the capital

Sudanese police fire tear gas to disperse hundreds gathered across the capital

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SUDANESE security forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of people in demonstrations across the capital Khartoum, as crowds gathered to put pressure on the government to improve conditions and push ahead with reform. The rallies came just days after President Donald Trump announced the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a designation that dates back to toppled ruler Omar al-Bashir and made it difficult for the transitional government to access urgently needed debt relief and foreign financing. Calls for protests started days earlier, aiming to coincide with the anniversary of the overthrow…
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Oct
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Change the law to prevent politicians and families from benefiting from state tenders

Change the law to prevent politicians and families from benefiting from state tenders

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has recommended that the law must be changed to make it illegal for politicians and their immediate families to benefit from state tenders. The SIU has also suggested that, once the legislative changes have been made, intentional non-compliance should be a criminal offence. The SIU is at the heart of a co-ordinated crackdown by the South African government against fraud and corruption in the billions spent on measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.  It works with the Hawks, an elite investigations unit, the National Prosecuting Authority and the Auditor General’s office.…
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Oct
22
2020
By The African Mirror
U.N. acting Libya envoy ‘optimistic’ on ceasefire talks

U.N. acting Libya envoy ‘optimistic’ on ceasefire talks

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STEPHANIE NEBEHAY THE United Nations' acting Libya envoy is "quite optimistic" that ongoing talks between the warring sides would lead to a lasting ceasefire after they agreed to reopen land and air routes across front lines. Speaking midway through week-long talks, Stephanie Williams said the sides had also agreed to maintain "the current state of calm on the front lines and avoid any military escalation". Khalifa Haftar "That is why I continue to be very optimistic that the parties here are going to reach a more lasting and permanent ceasefire," she told a news conference at the U.N. in Geneva.…
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Oct
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Anglo American’s South Africa unit faces class action over Zambia lead poisoning

Anglo American’s South Africa unit faces class action over Zambia lead poisoning

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HELEN REID and TANISHA HEIBERG ANGLO American's South African division is being sued over allegations of negligence at a lead mine it part-owned in Zambia nearly 50 years ago, according to a class action filed in South Africa's High Court. South African law firm Mbuyisa Moleele and UK-based Leigh Day said they filed the suit "on behalf of a class estimated to comprise more than 100,000 individuals" thought to have been poisoned by lead from the mine in Zambia's Kabwe district. "The application is brought by 13 representative plaintiffs on behalf of children under 18, and girls and women who…
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Oct
21
2020
By The African Mirror
NIGERIAN SHOOTINGS: Denials of fatalities, an appeal for calm and a 24-hour curfew

NIGERIAN SHOOTINGS: Denials of fatalities, an appeal for calm and a 24-hour curfew

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER NIGERIA’S Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has denied that there were fatalities after the army opened fire on unarmed protestors in the suburb of Lekki. The governor described the shooting as people protested against police brutality on Tuesday night as among the "darkest hours from our history as a people." Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for understanding and calm, a day after soldiers opened fire on protesters in the city of Lagos. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Photo: European Union 2015 - European Parliament He did not directly address the shootings, but called on Nigerians to have…
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Oct
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali soldiers airdrop provisions to village besieged by suspected jihadists

Mali soldiers airdrop provisions to village besieged by suspected jihadists

NEWS
MALI’S military has airdropped food into a village in the centre of the country where more than 2,000 residents have been besieged by suspected Islamist militants for the past two weeks. The situation in Farabougou, most of whose population is ethnic Bambara, has again underscored the government's difficulties imposing its authority in a part of the country where jihadists linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are gaining strength. The siege began two weeks ago when the militants, who have generally sided with Fulani herders in their conflicts with farming communities like the Bambara, kidnapped several villagers and clashed with…
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Oct
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Sudan has paid the $335-million compensation for U.S. bombing

Sudan has paid the $335-million compensation for U.S. bombing

NEWS
SUDAN has transferred the compensation it has agreed to pay U.S. victims of militant attacks and their families, the central bank governor has announced. The payment of $335-million is part of a deal with the United States to get Sudan removed from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, which has been a hurdle for Khartoum as it sought debt relief and external borrowing. Sudan has transferred the required amount, bank governor Mohamed al-Fatih Zainelabidine told a news conference. ​ Acting Finance Minister Hiba Mohamed Ali also said that Sudan needed to accelerate the adjustment of its foreign exchange rate.…
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Oct
21
2020
By The African Mirror
More arrests loom as South Africa’s COVID billions are probed

More arrests loom as South Africa’s COVID billions are probed

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER AS South Africa’s crackdown on COVID-19 corruption gains steam, it has emerged that a staggering 67% of the R15-billion spent by the government on personal protective equipment (PPE) is suspicious and now the subject of high-level investigations. SA’s law enforcement agencies, brought together by President Cyril Ramaphosa to co-ordinate their investigations into COVID-19 related fraud and corruption, have revealed to the country’s parliament the true extent of the suspected graft and disclosed that more arrests would be made, some as early as tomorrow. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU), the Hawks - the elite crime busters - and…
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