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Oct
31
2020
By The African Mirror
EXCLUSIVE-Half aid workers report racism at work in past year – poll

EXCLUSIVE-Half aid workers report racism at work in past year – poll

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SONIA ELKS HALF of aid workers have experienced racism at work in the past year, with staff and activists saying agencies are failing to combat discrimination in their ranks, a global survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and aid consultancy Aid Works found. An online survey of 286 aid workers in 63 countries found 143 people had experienced racism at work in the past year, ranging from having contributions overlooked, to pay disparities and overt racist comments, but fewer than half reported it. The findings come as aid agencies face closer scrutiny, with sexual abuse scandals tarnishing a $30 billion…
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Oct
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Congolese husband of Angola’s Isabel dos Santos dies in diving accident -colleague, relatives

Congolese husband of Angola’s Isabel dos Santos dies in diving accident -colleague, relatives

NEWS
SINDIKA Dokolo, the Congolese businessman and art collector husband of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, has died in a diving accident in Dubai, a colleague and two family members said on Friday. They said the exact cause of the 48-year-old's death on Thursday was not clear. Dokolo and dos Santos, the daughter of Jose Eduardo dos Santos who ruled Angola for 38 years until 2017, faced corruption charges, including allegations that they steered $1 billion in state funds to companies in which they held stakes during her father's presidency. Dokolo and Isabel dos Santos have both denied wrongdoing. Angolan authorities…
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Oct
31
2020
By The African Mirror
France tightens security after Nice attack, protests flare in parts of Muslim world

France tightens security after Nice attack, protests flare in parts of Muslim world

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TANGI SALAUN and CAROLINE PAILLIEZ FRANCE has stepped up security nationwide to guard against Islamist attacks after the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, while protests flared in parts of the Middle East, Asia and Africa over French caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. President Emmanuel Macron deployed thousands of soldiers to protect sites including places of worship and schools, and the nation was at its highest level of security alert after the second deadly knife attack in its cities in two weeks. Police were holding a 21-year-old Tunisian migrant, identified by a French police source and Tunisian officials as…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Ex-FIFA boss guilty of falsifying documents and Al-Khelaifi eared in TV rights case

Ex-FIFA boss guilty of falsifying documents and Al-Khelaifi eared in TV rights case

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THE chairman of Qatar-based media group BeIN Sports and president of French soccer club Paris St Germain, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, was cleared in a case over the awarding of television rights for the World Cup, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court said on Friday. Nasser Al-Khelaifi. PIcture: Wikimedia Commons Al-Khelaifi had been accused of inciting former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement. The trial was not connected to Al-Khelaifi's role at Paris St Germain. Valcke was cleared of accepting bribes and criminal mismanagement but was given a suspended fine of 24,000 Swiss francs ($26,500) for the lesser offence…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Suspected jihadist freed by Mali is detained in Algeria

Suspected jihadist freed by Mali is detained in Algeria

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ALGERIA’S defence ministry has announced that it has detained a suspected jihadist militant who was released this month by Mali as part of a prisoner swap, underscoring its fears of insecurity in the Sahel region. Mustapha Derar, an Algerian national, was arrested in Tlemcen after security forces tracked him from his crossing of the border into Algeria, the ministry said in a statement. Derar had joined a terrorist group in 2012, it added. Mali, grappling with an Islamist insurrection, released scores of prisoners including suspected militants early this month, days before jihadists freed four hostages: a Malian politician, a French…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Somali women demand guarantee of 30% of parliament in 2021 election

Somali women demand guarantee of 30% of parliament in 2021 election

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NITA BHALLA and MOHAMMED OMER  WOMEN’S rights groups, prominent businesswomen and female politicians in Somalia are urging the country's male-dominated parliament to pass a bill reserving 30% of seats for women in next year's general election. Women hold 24% of the 329 seats in Somalia's lower and upper houses of parliament, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), up from 14% in the previous election. In June, Somalia's lower house approved a bill allowing for 30% of parliamentary seats to be reserved for women, but the bill has not been tabled before the upper house for approval. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Tanzania’s opposition candidate calls election a “travesty”

Tanzania’s opposition candidate calls election a “travesty”

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TANZANIA’S leading opposition presidential candidate urged countries around the world on Thursday not to recognise the eventual results of an election held the previous day, calling it a "travesty" due to widespread irregularities. Tundu Lissu, the main challenger to incumbent President John Magufuli, told Reuters the defects in the process meant that the results - expected within a week - could not be trusted. Magufuli is seeking a second, five-year term in presidential and parliamentary polls marked by complaints of restricted internet access and accusations of fraud. Tundu Lissu addressing the parliament of Tanzania in Dodoma. Photo Likumbage "The results…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Suspected Islamists kill 18, torch church in east Congo

Suspected Islamists kill 18, torch church in east Congo

NEWS
ASSAILANTS killed at least 18 people and burned down a church in a village in eastern Congo, a civil rights group and local committee said, blaming fighters from an Islamist militia group operating in the area. The army confirmed the attack on Baeti village in North Kivu province, around 20 km (12 miles) west of the city of Oicha, but declined to give a death toll. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group active in eastern Congo since the 1990s, has killed more than 1,000 civilians since the start of 2019, according to U.N. figures, despite repeated military…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Tunisian man beheads woman, kills two more people in Nice church

Tunisian man beheads woman, kills two more people in Nice church

NEWS
THE Tunisian suspect in yesterday’s attack in which three people were killed in Nice in southern France was not listed by Tunisian police as a suspected militant before he left the country in September, a judiciary official said. Brahim Aouissaoui, 21, left Tunisia by boat on September 14 said the official, Mohsen Dali, and arrived in Nice on Wednesday. Tunisia has opened an investigation into Aouissaoui, who was detained by French police after the attack, Dali said. Aouissaoui is originally from the village of Sidi Omar Bouhajla near Kairouan, but had lately been living in Sfax and police are questioning…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
At least 140 Europe-bound migrants drown off Senegal coast – U.N.

At least 140 Europe-bound migrants drown off Senegal coast – U.N.

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AT least 140 Europe-bound migrants drowned off the coast of Senegal when their boat caught fire and capsized, marking the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year, the U.N. migration agency has disclosed. The boat carrying 200 people sank a few hours after leaving the fishing town of Mbour, 100 km (60 miles) south of the capital Dakar, on Saturday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Video shared on local media showed a rescue boat of local fishermen approaching a thick column of dark smoke in the open ocean, as people swam frantically towards them. The Senegalese and Spanish navies and…
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