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Dec
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Rise in executions in Egypt in past two months-Amnesty

Rise in executions in Egypt in past two months-Amnesty

NEWS
EGYPT executed 57 men and women in October and November, nearly double the 32 people reported in the whole of 2019, according to Amnesty International. At least 15 of those executed had been sentenced to death in cases related to political violence following what Amnesty called unfair trials, the London-based human rights group said in a report. "The Egyptian authorities have embarked on a horrifying execution spree in recent months, putting scores of people to death, in some cases following grossly unfair mass trials," said Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Research and Advocacy Director. The state…
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Dec
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Pope condemns “terroristic massacre” of Nigerian farmers

Pope condemns “terroristic massacre” of Nigerian farmers

NEWS
POPE Francis has condemned the killing of scores of farmers and villagers in northeast Nigeria by suspected Islamist militants as a "terroristic massacre" that offended the name of God. Francis spoke of Saturday's attack during his weekly general audience, held virtually from his library in the Vatican because of the coronavirus pandemic. "I want to assure my prayers for Nigeria, which unfortunately once again has been bloodied by a terroristic massacre," the Pope said. Around 30 of the men were beheaded in the attack, which began on Saturday morning in the village of Zabarmari, and the U.N. estimated that at…
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Dec
03
2020
By The African Mirror
United Nations and Ethiopia reach aid pact for war-hit Tigray

United Nations and Ethiopia reach aid pact for war-hit Tigray

NEWS
ETHIOPIA and the United Nations have agreed to channel desperately-needed humanitarian aid to a northern region where a month of war has killed, wounded and uprooted thousands. The pact, announced by U.N. officials, gives aid workers access to government-controlled areas of Tigray, where federal troops have been battling the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and captured the regional capital. The war is believed to have killed thousands, sent 45,000 refugees into Sudan, displaced many more within Tigray and worsened suffering in a region where 600,000 people already depended on food aid even before the flare-up from November 4. As hundreds…
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Dec
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Malta jails Libyan hijacker for 25 years

Malta jails Libyan hijacker for 25 years

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ONE of two Libyan men who hijacked a plane and diverted it to Malta four years ago was jailed for 25 years by a Maltese judge yesterday. The Afriqiyah Airlines Airbus 320 was on an internal flight to Tripoli when it was hijacked on December 23, 2016 by the men, supporters of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. They threatened to blow up the plane unless their demands were met, but the Maltese government refused to negotiate before the 109 passengers on board were released. The hijackers, one of them flying the all-green former Libyan flag, surrendered after four hours without…
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Dec
03
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa set out its priorities as president of UN Security Council

South Africa set out its priorities as president of UN Security Council

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER  SOUTH Africa has assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and has set, at the core of its programme, enhancing peace and security efforts around the world and strengthening the UN and Africa. South Africa now occupies the unique position of simultaneously holding the presidency of the UN Security Council and the leadership of the African Union (AU). SA month-long presidency of the UNSC also marks the end of the country’s term as an elected member of the UNSC. These priorities were set out by Jerry Matjila, South Africa’s permanent representative to the United…
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Dec
02
2020
By The African Mirror
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world

NEWS
GUY FAULCONBRIDGE and PAUL SANDLE BRITAIN has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week. A vaccine is seen as the best chance for the world to get back to some semblance of normality amid a global pandemic which has killed nearly 1.5 million people and upended the global economy. "The government has today accepted the recommendation from the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for use," the government said. "The vaccine will be…
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Dec
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Communities in oil-rich Niger Delta pin hopes on Shell climate case

Communities in oil-rich Niger Delta pin hopes on Shell climate case

NEWS
NELLIE PEYTON  AS a legal case over energy giant Shell's planet-heating emissions kicked off in the Netherlands, activists said the health and livelihoods of people in Nigeria's oil-producing region would hinge on its outcome. Royal Dutch Shell faced its first court hearing on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by environmental and human rights groups in The Hague, the company's headquarters. Seven green groups, including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Netherlands, filed the case on behalf of more than 17,000 Dutch citizens who say Shell is threatening human rights by knowingly undermining international climate goals. They are demanding the company…
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Dec
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Music producer for presidential candidate Wine hurt in clashes in Uganda

Music producer for presidential candidate Wine hurt in clashes in Uganda

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ELIAS BIRYABAREMA A music producer for Ugandan pop star and presidential candidate Bobi Wine has been wounded in the mouth by a rubber bullet during clashes between security personnel and Wine's supporters, a spokesman for his party and police said on Tuesday. The incident is the latest in escalating violence in the East African country as authorities crackdown on supporters of Wine, who is seeking to end the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni, 76, in an election scheduled for January 14. Joel Senyonyi, spokesman for Wine's party National Unity Platform (NUP), said Daniel Oyerwot was hit by the rubber…
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Dec
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia war may turn into guerrilla insurgency, experts say

Ethiopia war may turn into guerrilla insurgency, experts say

NEWS
ETHIOPIA’S nearly month-long war against rebellious northern forces may be transforming into a guerrilla conflict, experts have said, even though federal troops declared victory after capturing the Tigrayan regional capital at the weekend. Fighting since November 4 is believed to have killed thousands of people, as well as forcing refugees into Sudan, dragging in Eritrea, and worsening hunger and suffering among Tigray's more than 5 million people. Reports of clashes between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's soldiers and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) were still coming out of the region, though communications remain largely cut and outside access blocked. Abiy…
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Dec
02
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. judges question Ivory Coast cocoa farm slavery claims against Nestle and Cargill

U.S. judges question Ivory Coast cocoa farm slavery claims against Nestle and Cargill

NEWS
LAWRENCE HURLEY U.S. Supreme Court justices have appeared wary of barring lawsuits against American companies over alleged human rights abuses abroad but signalled they could toss out a case accusing Cargill Inc and a Nestle SA subsidiary of knowingly helping perpetuate slavery at Ivory Coast cocoa farms. The two companies are asking the nine justices to reverse a lower court ruling that allowed the lawsuit, brought on behalf of former child slaves from Mali who worked at the farms, filed against them in 2005 to proceed. The case concerns a 1789 U.S. law called the Alien Tort Statute that lets…
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