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Dec
30
2020
By The African Mirror
From child marriage to revenge porn: 10 set-backs for women in 2020

From child marriage to revenge porn: 10 set-backs for women in 2020

NEWS
EMMA BATHA FROM mass job losses to soaring domestic violence, the rise of revenge porn and a widening gender poverty gap, 2020 has threatened to hobble progress on women's equality as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks global havoc. U.N. experts predict the gender poverty gap will widen in 2021 amid the economic downturn. Here are 10 set-backs women faced this year: CARING DUTIES/UNPAID LABOUR Even before COVID-19, women were doing three times as much unpaid care and domestic work as men, according to U.N. data, but this has soared in 2020 with women undertaking the lion's share of caring for sick…
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Dec
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Ghana opposition to challenge presidential election loss

Ghana opposition to challenge presidential election loss

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GHANA’S main opposition party plans to formally challenge the outcome of a presidential election won last month by incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo, a rare move in a country where losing candidates typically concede defeat. Akufo-Addo was declared the winner of the December 7 vote with 51.59%, ahead of the opposition National Democratic Party's (NDC) candidate, former President John Mahama, who received 47.37%. The contest witnessed heated rhetoric during campaigning and election-related violence that killed at least five people, a rarity in a country that has a reputation as one of West Africa's most stable democracies. "The NDC will contest the results…
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Dec
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Niger ruling party candidate Bazoum leads early presidential results

Niger ruling party candidate Bazoum leads early presidential results

NEWS
THE ruling party's presidential candidate in Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, held a large lead in the first partial results from Sunday's election, although his early score was short of the 50% he would need to avoid a second round. Former president Mahamane Ousmane Based on results published late on Monday by the electoral commission from 23 of 266 voting districts, Bazoum received nearly 40% of the vote, ahead of his nearest challenger, former president Mahamane Ousmane, who had about 16%. Bazoum, a former interior minister, is considered a strong favourite to succeed President Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down after two…
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Dec
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe bans use of mercury in mining

Zimbabwe bans use of mercury in mining

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ZIMBABWE has banned the use of mercury in mining and placed controls on its release from industrial operations, joining several countries which have phased out the toxic metal, state media has reported. The ban will affect small-scale gold miners who use it to extract gold. Small-scale miners now produce more than half of the country's bullion output. The state-owned Herald newspaper reported that Zimbabwe had ratified the Minamata Convention banning the use of mercury in mining and put in place regulatory measures to stop its release from industrial equipment like boilers, incinerators and power stations. Mercury, which is easily accessible…
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Dec
29
2020
By The African Mirror
We have let the guard down and are paying the price – South African president

We have let the guard down and are paying the price – South African president

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has put the blame squarely on the shoulders of fellow citizens whose failure to adhere to COVID -19 regulations has led to a dramatic increase in infections forcing the government to impose drastic measures. In a special address to the nation to reintroduce tough measures to stem the surge of the COVID-19 infections, Ramaphosa said South Africans had let their guards down and were now paying the price. “We have not been wearing masks.  We are not washing our hands or sanitising.  And we are not keeping a safe distance from others. …
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Dec
29
2020
By The African Mirror
How COVID-19 may result in one million excess deaths from other diseases in Africa

How COVID-19 may result in one million excess deaths from other diseases in Africa

NEWS
NITA BHALLA AFRICA’S 1.3 billion people may have fared better than expected in terms of containing COVID-19 but the pandemic has dealt a severe blow to already weak health services, raising fears of excess deaths from other illnesses plaguing the continent. A World Health Organization (WHO) analysis of 14 African countries found a more than 50% decline in services ranging from the provision of skilled birth attendants to the treatment of malaria cases in May, June and July this year. "The COVID-19 pandemic has brought hidden, dangerous knock-on effects for health in Africa," Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said in…
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Dec
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Seven year-old boy who adores Elon Musk is sensation on Ugandan aviation scene

Seven year-old boy who adores Elon Musk is sensation on Ugandan aviation scene

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ELIAS BIRYABAREMA A seven year-old Ugandan boy has become a sensation in his country with his precocious display of aircraft knowledge and budding flying skills. Graham Shema has been interviewed on local television and his name is prefixed in newspapers and on social media with “Captain”. Germany’s ambassador and the country’s transport minister have invited him for meetings. A lover of math and science, the student has flown as a trainee three times on a Cessna 172. He says he wants to be a pilot and an astronaut, and someday travel to Mars. “My role model is Elon Musk,” said…
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Dec
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Burkina Faso President Kabore vows reconciliation during second term

Burkina Faso President Kabore vows reconciliation during second term

NEWS
BURKINA Faso President Roch Marc Kabore has vowed to bring together the West African nation torn by violent Islamist militant attacks as he embarks on his second and final five-year term. Kabore was sworn into office in a ceremony attended by nearly a dozen peers from the region following his victory in a November 22 presidential election which he won with 57.87% of the vote. Once a stable country in the turbulent Sahel region, landlocked Burkina Faso has been sucked into a violent security crisis during much of Kabore's first term. The crisis has also overwhelmed much of West Africa…
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Dec
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Violence closed 800 polling stations in Central African Republic

Violence closed 800 polling stations in Central African Republic

NEWS
MORE than 14% of polling stations in the Central African Republic failed to operate during Sunday's presidential and legislative election due to armed rebels who attacked voters and barred electoral staff, the electoral commission has announced. Around 800 out of a total 5,408 polling stations nationwide did not open, Theophile Momokouama, an executive of the electoral authority, told a news conference in Bangui. "There were localities where voters were brutalized, threatened with death. The electoral staff were forbidden to deploy on the ground," Momokouama said. The diamond- and gold-rich nation of 4.7 million has struggled to stabilise due to a…
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Dec
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Three French soldiers killed in Mali

Three French soldiers killed in Mali

NEWS
THREE French soldiers were killed in Mali yesterday when their armoured vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device while in operations in the region of Hombori, the French Presidency said in a statement. The soldiers, on a mission in the southern region of Hombori, were part of France's Barkhane military operations in Mali against Islamic fighters.
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