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Oct
29
2020
By The African Mirror
South African deputy judge president admits to link to Zuma’s wife, denies conflict

South African deputy judge president admits to link to Zuma’s wife, denies conflict

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s deputy judge president, Raymond Zondo, who chairs the judicial commission into state capture, has admitted to a link to the former president Jacob Zuma’s estranged wife but denied that the association constituted conflict. Zondo disclosed today that he had a relationship with Thobeka Madiba’s sister in the 90s and that the relationship ended before Zuma married Madiba. He was responding to a contention from Zuma, via his lawyers, that the relationship was the source of a conflict. In their letter, Zuma’s attorneys called for the recusal of Zondo, accused him of bias against the former…
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Oct
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Amnesty disputes Nigerian army claim it did not shoot Lagos civilians

Amnesty disputes Nigerian army claim it did not shoot Lagos civilians

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CAMILLUS EBOH and PAUL CARSTEN NIGERIA’S Lagos state government asked the army to intervene to restore order amid anti-police brutality protests, but soldiers did not shoot civilians, the military said, an assertion an Amnesty International investigation disputed on Wednesday. Nigeria has been on edge following one of its biggest social upheavals in 20 years. Demonstrations across the country turned violent on October 20 when witnesses in Lagos said the military opened fire on peaceful protesters shortly after local authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew, drawing international condemnation. The Lagos government asked the army to deploy due to "violence which led to…
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Oct
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Libyan investigators find more mass graves in recaptured city

Libyan investigators find more mass graves in recaptured city

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LIBYA authorities have dug 12 bodies from four more unmarked graves in the city of Tarhouna, adding to the scores of corpses already discovered since the area was recaptured in June by the Government of National Accord (GNA). Tarhouna had for years been controlled by a militia known as the Kaniyat, run by the local Kani family, which fought alongside Khalifa Haftar's eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA). The GNA has issued arrest warrants for Kaniyat leaders who are now believed to be in eastern Libya. When Turkish support helped the internationally recognised GNA take back Tarhouna in a sudden advance…
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Oct
29
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s Deputy President distances himself from criminal acts

South Africa’s Deputy President distances himself from criminal acts

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER DAVID Mabuza, South Africa’s Deputy President, has denied any involvement in crime. Mabuza was forced to issue the denial after 11 people, including a member of parliament, Bongani Bongo, were arrested and appeared in court on charges of fraud and corruption. Bongo and 10 others appeared in court in connection with crimes committed at the time when Mabuza was the Premier of Mpumalanga province. In a statement, Mabuza’s office said while the alleged crimes took place during his tenure as Premier, he categorically denied any involvement and condemned any attempt to drag his name in any form…
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Oct
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Congo army says it killed 33 militiamen in days of intense fighting

Congo army says it killed 33 militiamen in days of intense fighting

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ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo's army says it killed 33 militiamen and lost two soldiers as it seized two rebel strongholds in four days of intense fighting in the north-eastern Ituri province. United Nations peacekeepers also helped the army repel an attack by a wing of the armed militia group known as CODECO, which attempted to storm the province's capital Bunia on Saturday, a U.N. spokesman said. Drawn largely from the Lendu ethnic group, CODECO is accused by the U.N. of widespread and systematic killings, beheadings, rape and other barbaric acts that have contributed to prolonged instability in…
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Oct
29
2020
By The African Mirror
How S.A government workers helped themselves to COVID-19 millions

How S.A government workers helped themselves to COVID-19 millions

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER OVER 6000 South African government workers illegally got paid R41-million from a special relief fund set up to assist private-sector employees whose salaries were reduced because of the onset of COVID-19. The payments, made through the Temporary Employment Relief Scheme (TERS), to the civil servants are now the subject of a probe by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU). Advocate Andy Mothibi, head of the SIU, revealed the irregular payments when he briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Finances on investigations into the payments made out of the TERS, which is managed by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). …
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Oct
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Two sentenced to death in Mali over hotel, restaurant attacks

Two sentenced to death in Mali over hotel, restaurant attacks

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TIEMOKO DIALLO A Malian court handed a death sentence to a suspected jihadist and his co-defendant on Wednesday, his lawyer said, after he pleaded guilty to shooting five people to death in a 2015 attack and planning two other attacks targeting Westerners that killed 37. In a court appearance in Bamako on Wednesday, Fawaz Ould Ahmed described in detail how he carried out the attack on La Terrace restaurant in March 2015. He said he was also involved in planning a raid that killed 17 at Hotel Byblos in the town of Sevare in August and another that killed 20…
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Oct
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Tanzania president Magufuli seeks second term as polls open

Tanzania president Magufuli seeks second term as polls open

NEWS
TANZANIANS headed to the polls today for presidential and parliamentary elections that President John Magufuli hopes will hand him another five-year term despite criticism from rights groups that the government has stifled political dissent. Magufuli's main challengers include Tundu Lissu, who was shot 16 times in 2017, and former foreign minister Bernard Membe. The attack on Lissu, who returned from three years in exile in July, has never been solved. People turned out early to cast their ballots in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday morning. "The voting process is good, calm," local pastor Clement Fumbo told Reuters after voting. "I…
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Oct
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Ramaphosa exposed to COVID-19, goes into self-quarantine

Ramaphosa exposed to COVID-19, goes into self-quarantine

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER CYRIL Ramaphosa, the South African President and chairperson of the African Union, has gone into self-isolation after being exposed to a COVID-19 positive dinner guest. The South African presidency announced that Ramaphosa attended a Adopt-a-School dinner on Saturday, October 24, and has since been informed that one of the guests is infected with COVID-19. Ramaphosa, who has not shown any symptoms, will be in quarantine and continue with his duties. This is what the South African presidency said: “On Saturday, 24 October, the President attended a fundraising dinner of the Adopt-a-School Foundation, which is a partner entity…
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Oct
28
2020
By The African Mirror
‘I was going to die there’: Lagos panel begins hearing police brutality claims

‘I was going to die there’: Lagos panel begins hearing police brutality claims

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LIBBY GEORGE A judicial panel investigating claims of police brutality and the shooting of protesters began hearing complaints in Lagos on Tuesday in a nation on edge following Nigeria's biggest upheaval in 20 years. Independent investigations were a core demand of protesters who successfully demanded the end of a widely feared police branch called the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The demonstrations turned violent on October 20 when witnesses said the military opened fire on peaceful protesters. The army said it was not there. Authorities said at least 13 states have established judicial panels. The Lagos panel has yet to receive…
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