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Dec
26
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia sets national election for mid-2021

Ethiopia sets national election for mid-2021

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ETHIOPIA will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, 2021, the National Electoral Board has announced, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tries to quell outbreaks of deadly political and ethnic violence in several regions. Abiy's Prosperity Party, a pan-Ethiopian movement he founded a year ago, faces challenges from increasingly strident ethnically-based parties seeking more power for their regions. Africa's second most populous nation has a federal system and 10 regional governments, many of whom have border disputes or face low-level unrest. In the northern Tigray region, thousands of people are believed to have died and 950,000 have fled their homes…
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Dec
26
2020
By The African Mirror
Pompeo says U.S. began work to set up consulate in Western Sahara

Pompeo says U.S. began work to set up consulate in Western Sahara

NEWS
THE U.S. State has begun the process to set up a U.S. consulate in Western Sahara after President Donald Trump's administration this month recognized Morocco's sovereignty over the region. In a departure from longstanding U.S. policy, Washington agreed to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over the Western Sahara, a desert region where a decades-old territorial dispute has pitted Morocco against the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, a breakaway movement that seeks to establish an independent state. The recognition was part of a U.S.-brokered deal in which Morocco became the fourth Arab country after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan to normalize ties with…
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Nov
21
2025
By STAFF REPORTERS
US attempts to derail historic African G20 summit based on false claims

US attempts to derail historic African G20 summit based on false claims

NEWS
THE United States has launched a last-minute diplomatic offensive to undermine South Africa's historic G20 Leaders' Summit this weekend, the first-ever gathering of the world's most powerful economies on African soil. The US has delivered the threat while peddling what officials describe as misinformation. In a strongly-worded diplomatic note dated November 15, Washington warned Pretoria against issuing any G20 summit declaration without US agreement, claiming South Africa's priorities "run counter to US policy views." "As of this correspondence, the United States will not participate in the G20 Sherpa Meeting from 16-19 November or the G20 Leaders' Summit from 22-23 November.…
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Dec
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigeria school abductions sparked by cattle feuds, not extremism, officials say

Nigeria school abductions sparked by cattle feuds, not extremism, officials say

NEWS
ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM THE kidnap of 344 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria had the appearance of an Islamist militant attack. There was even a video purporting to show some of the boys with members of Boko Haram, the extremists behind the 2014 kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the northeast. But four government and security officials familiar with negotiations that secured the boys' release told Reuters the attack was a result of inter-communal feuding over cattle theft, grazing rights and water access – not spreading extremism. The mass abduction of children in Katsina state would mark a dramatic turn in clashes…
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Dec
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopian troops kill armed men behind deadly village attack

Ethiopian troops kill armed men behind deadly village attack

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ETHIOPIAN troops clashed with armed men involved in a deadly attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, killing 42 of them and seizing bows and arrows and other weapons, state-affiliated Fana TV has reported. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he was sending more soldiers to secure the region bordering Sudan, the day after unidentified gunmen killed more than 100 people in a village there. Ethiopia has been grappling with outbreaks of violence since Abiy was appointed in 2018 and accelerated democratic reforms that loosened the state's iron grip on regional rivalries. "The massacre of civilians in Benishangul-Gumuz region is very tragic,"…
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Dec
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Diplomat and ex-journalist Qwelane dies

Diplomat and ex-journalist Qwelane dies

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AFRICA MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s governing party, the ANC, has led tributes for Jon Qwelane, a diplomat and former journalist who has passed on Qwelane, former editor Tribute magazine and ex-deputy editor of the Sunday Star, famous columns and former talk show host on Radio 702, left journalism for the world of politics and diplomacy. He was South Africa’s ambassador to Uganda in 2010. Later he was taken to court in South Africa for his homophobic comments. The Supreme Court of Appeal later overturned his conviction for hate speech. The ANC said Qwelane served SA with distinction and unwavering commitment.…
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Dec
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Judge orders detention of Tunisian media magnate Karoui

Judge orders detention of Tunisian media magnate Karoui

NEWS
TAREK AMARA A judge has ordered the detention of Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui on suspicion of financial corruption, a spokesman for the judicial court said. Karoui is the leader of the Heart of Tunisia party, the second-largest party in parliament, and has previously run for president. His party is one of three that support the technocratic government in parliament. Karoui's aides and party officials were not immediately available to comment. TAP state news agency said Karoui was to face charges of tax evasion and money laundering. Karoui was arrested in August 2019 but released a few months later on…
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Dec
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Humanitarian disaster at South Africa’s borders on Christmas eve

Humanitarian disaster at South Africa’s borders on Christmas eve

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER A humanitarian crisis is unfolding at South Africa’s borders with Zimbabwe and Mozambique where hundreds of people - including children - have spent four days in kilometres long queues, trying to get home for Christmas. Unconfirmed reports claimed that a Zimbabwean woman died between Musina and the Beit Bridge border, whilst waiting to cross.  South African non-governmental organisations yesterday called for the provision of water, food and sanitation services to the stranded Zimbabweans and Mozambicans who face the threat of spending Christmas on the road, between home and their places of employment. The long queues of trucks…
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Dec
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kill more than 100 in attack in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region

Gunmen kill more than 100 in attack in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region

NEWS
GUNMEN killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, the human rights commission said, as residents described fleeing the latest deadly assault in an area bedevilled by ethnic violence. The attack occurred in the village of Bekoji in Bulen county in the Metekel zone, the state-run Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said in a statement, an area where multiple ethnic groups are living. Africa's second-most populous nation has been grappling with regular outbreaks of deadly violence since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was appointed in 2018 and accelerated democratic reforms that loosened the state's…
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Dec
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Fearing violence, shops shut, people hunker down before Central African vote

Fearing violence, shops shut, people hunker down before Central African vote

NEWS
ANTOINE ROLLAND PANIC has gripped the streets of Central African Republic's capital Bangui with businesses closing and people holing up in their homes as the country braced for a general election that has stoked the embers of violence. Rwanda and Russia have sent military aid to help the government restore calm as security forces and United Nations peacekeepers battle rebels who have occupied towns and roads outside the capital. Russia, seeking to increase its influence in Africa, is an ally of President Faustin-Archange Touadera, a relationship often seen as a threat to the influence of former colonial power France in…
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