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Nov
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Spain to send more police to Senegal to curb illegal migration, says foreign minister

Spain to send more police to Senegal to curb illegal migration, says foreign minister

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SPAIN will increase its police presence in Senegal to tackle criminal networks behind an upsurge in illegal migration from the West African coast to its territory, Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya has announced. Laya spoke after meeting her counterpart Amadou Ba in the Senegalese capital Dakar to discuss the crisis, which has seen around 17,000 migrants land on the Canary Islands this year, a more than 1,000% increase from 2019, driven by economic hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. To encourage would-be migrants to pursue regular channels, Spain will broaden the social security rights of Senegalese citizens legally resident in Spain,…
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Nov
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia PM gives Tigray forces 72 hours to surrender regional capital

Ethiopia PM gives Tigray forces 72 hours to surrender regional capital

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ETHIOPIAN Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave Tigrayan regional forces 72 hours to surrender before the military begins an offensive on the regional capital of Mekelle. "We urge you to surrender peacefully within 72 hours, recognising that you are at the point of no return," Abiy said in a message posted on Twitter on Sunday evening. Tigrayan forces could not immediately be reached for comment. A military spokesman said earlier that advancing Ethiopian troops plan to surround Mekelle with tanks and may shell the city to force surrender. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which is refusing to surrender its rule…
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Nov
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Another denial that Malawi president smuggled Bushiri out South Africa

Another denial that Malawi president smuggled Bushiri out South Africa

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa has issued a second denial that Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera smuggled self-styled ‘prophet’ Shepherd Bushiri after a working visit to the country. The SA government issued the denial after the Sunday Independent, quoting anonymous sources, published a story claiming that Bushiri and his wife Mary, who skipped bail, slipped out of the country with the help of Chakwera and some local authorities. The government dismissed the story and said it remained committed to investigating the matter, which led to a diplomatic tiff between South African and Malawi.  Phumla Williams, a spokesperson of the government, said:…
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Nov
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian general dismisses bloody Lagos protest videos as fake

Nigerian general dismisses bloody Lagos protest videos as fake

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ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM A judicial panel investigating claims that Nigerian soldiers shot dead peaceful protesters in Lagos has viewed videos appearing to show people hurt or saying that they were being fired on, but an army general dismissed the footage. Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo, who heads the army's 81st Division in Lagos, also said soldiers had been deployed to the protest with both live rounds and blanks, having previously told the panel only blanks were used. The panel is looking into allegations that the army and police last month opened fire on and killed people protesting at the city's Lekki Toll…
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Nov
22
2020
By The African Mirror
UN, several countries denounce arrests of Egyptian activists

UN, several countries denounce arrests of Egyptian activists

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THE U.N. human rights office, the United States and several European countries on Friday criticised the arrest of three members of a prominent Egyptian rights group after a meeting with diplomats in Cairo. In the past week, security forces detained three staff, including the director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), after 13 senior diplomats visited the group for a briefing on human rights on November 3. EIPR said all three have been ordered detained for 15 days on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news, in what critics see as the latest escalation of…
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Nov
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Voting has started in Burkina Faso, amid escalating violence in the north

Voting has started in Burkina Faso, amid escalating violence in the north

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EDWARD McALLISTER and HENRY WILKINS DJENEBA Sawadogo was making a cake when she heard a noise she did not recognise - a series of sharp cracks that rang across the village of Tongomayel in northern Burkina Faso in June 2019. A dozen gunmen had opened fire, killing her friends and neighbours and forcing the survivors to flee south. In the rush, Sawadogo left behind her identity card, which would have allowed her to vote in Sunday's legislative and presidential elections. "My papers are at home. There is no one there to get them," said the 20-year-old as she comforted her…
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Nov
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia pushes toward Tigray capital, rebuffs African mediation

Ethiopia pushes toward Tigray capital, rebuffs African mediation

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ETHIOPIAN forces had seized another town in their advance on the capital of northern Tigray region and the government has rebuffed an African Union (AU) push to mediate in the war with rebel forces in the region. More than two weeks into Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's offensive, his government said Tigrayan forces were digging in and using bulldozers to plough up roads around their capital Mekelle, home to about half a million people. Hundreds, possibly thousands, have died and more than 30,000 refugees have fled to Sudan. The conflict has spread beyond Tigray, whose forces have fired rockets at the…
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Nov
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Mozambique’s village of beheadings retaken from insurgents

Mozambique’s village of beheadings retaken from insurgents

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OVER 1,000 Mozambique troops have recaptured the northern village of Muidumbe from Islamist insurgents, police general commander Bernardino Rafael said, killing 16 and destroying some of their logistics. Mozambique's northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, home to gas developments worth some $60 billion, is grappling with an insurgency linked to Islamic State that has gathered pace this year, with insurgents regularly taking on the army and seizing entire towns. Speaking to troops in a field in Muidumbe, an area where local media reported a spate of beheadings by insurgents last week, Rafael congratulated the men for their victory onbut warned they…
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Nov
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Sole female candidate for Burkina Faso presidency says education key to progress

Sole female candidate for Burkina Faso presidency says education key to progress

NEWS
SAM MEDNICK YELI Monique Kam, the only woman among the 12 candidates challenging Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Kabore in elections on Sunday, did not set out to create her own political party. But when the male-led parties she has worked with for the last decade refused repeatedly to pick her as a parliamentary candidate, she felt she had no choice. The 47-year-old, only the second woman to run for the presidency of Burkina Faso, said she was motivated by a desire to boost girls' education and get more women into public service - something she sees as key to…
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Nov
21
2020
By The African Mirror
South African police fire tear gas during Cape anti-racism march

South African police fire tear gas during Cape anti-racism march

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SOUTH African police have fired tear gas and stun grenades to stop a large crowd of Economic Freedom Front (EFF) supporters from reaching a high school in Cape Town following a racial spat over a matriculation party. Hundreds of protesters belonging to South Africa's second-largest opposition party gathered in Brackenfell, a mainly white Afrikaner community in Cape Town's northern suburbs, to protest against perceived entrenched racism at the school. On November 9, a smaller protest outside the school was marred by violence when concerned parents and community members, mainly white, overwhelmed a group of EFF members with bats and fists.…
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