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Dec
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenyan doctors go on strike protesting inadequate benefits, PPEN

Kenyan doctors go on strike protesting inadequate benefits, PPEN

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OMAR MOHAMMED and GEORGE OBULUTSA DOCTORS employed in Kenya's public hospitals have gone strike, saying the government is risking their lives by forcing them to treat COVID-19 patients without adequate protection and not insuring them for treatment if they fall ill. The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union, with 7,000 members nationwide, announced their decision late on Sunday on Twitter. It said the government had not responded to grievances the union has been raising since March when the country reported its first coronavirus case. "It's about the safety and welfare of the doctors," Chibanzi Mwachonda, secretary-general of the union,…
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Dec
22
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. charges Libyan in 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270

U.S. charges Libyan in 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270

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MARK HOSENBALL and DAVID SHEPARDSON THE United States has unsealed criminal charges against a third alleged conspirator in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, mostly Americans. The suspect, Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi, a former senior Libyan intelligence official, was charged with two criminal counts related to the bombing. He is in Libyan custody, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said, adding that U.S. officials are hopeful that Libya will allow Masud to be tried in the United States. "No amount of time or distance will stop the United States and…
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Dec
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Russia, Rwanda send military support to Central Africa Republic to quell election violence

Russia, Rwanda send military support to Central Africa Republic to quell election violence

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ANTOINE ROLLAND RWANDA and Russia have sent troops and supplies to the Central African Republic to help counter a surge in violence by rebel groups ahead of Sunday's election, officials and a security source in Bangui said. Security forces and U.N. peacekeepers have been battling rebels who have occupied towns and roads outside the capital. The authorities accuse former president Francois Bozize, whose presidential candidacy was rejected by the courts, of plotting a coup with several militant groups. A spokesman for Bozize's KNK party has denied the accusations. President Faustin-Archange Touadera, who is seeking re-election, came to office in 2016…
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Dec
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Climate risks to health set to worsen inequity, harm children

Climate risks to health set to worsen inequity, harm children

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LAURIE GOERING RISING global health risks driven by climate change will hit the poorest, most vulnerable people the hardest - and failure to prepare for those threats will mean more deaths and suffering, according to a leading environmental health scientist. From impoverished families living in flood-prone homes to women whose cultures require them to stay covered in extreme heat, climate impacts on health have "a strong equity component", said Kristie Ebi, a professor at the University of Washington's Center for Health and the Global Environment. Besides hiking dangers from deadly heat and spreading diseases, climate change will fuel a rise…
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Dec
21
2020
By The African Mirror
‘You will die in the forest’ – Nigerian schoolboys describe kidnap ordeal

‘You will die in the forest’ – Nigerian schoolboys describe kidnap ordeal

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SEUN SANNI and ISMAIL ABBA ANNAS Shuaibu says he awoke to the sound of gunshots fired by men who burst into his boarding school in northwest Nigeria in a nighttime raid. He and hundreds of other boys were rounded up and forcibly marched out of the school and into a nearby forest. After several hours trekking through woodland, the gunmen ordered them to stop walking and warned them not to try to flee, Shuaibu said. "They said even if you tried to escape, or we allowed you to run, you will go nowhere. Rather, you will die in the forest,"…
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Dec
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Three people killed when abandoned bomb explodes in Ethiopian capital – state news agency

Three people killed when abandoned bomb explodes in Ethiopian capital – state news agency

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THREE people were killed when an abandoned bomb exploded in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, a state news agency reported. The incident happened in the Lideta area near the centre of the capital, Ethiopia News Agency reported, adding the explosion killed three homeless people and injured five others. The explosion occurred amid a six-week conflict in the northern Tigray region between federal forces and a rebellious force there, but there was no indication it was linked to that. "An investigation regarding the explosion is now going on and the public will be informed once the investigation is completed," the agency reported.…
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Dec
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Africa crosses 2.5 million COVID-19 cases

Africa crosses 2.5 million COVID-19 cases

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ANURAG MAAN  THE total number of coronavirus cases in Africa has crossed 2.5 million, according to a Reuters tally, as a second wave of infections hits the continent. Countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Mauritania, Ghana and Ivory Coast have seen a sharp rise in cases and are reporting near-record levels of infection, according to a Reuters tally. [nL1N2IQ3KC Quick measures including travel restrictions and border closures enabled countries in Africa to limit the spread when first cases were reported in March. But the economic impact of the measures prompted governments to ease them. As people relax…
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Dec
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Central African Republic opposition calls for election delay due to violence

Central African Republic opposition calls for election delay due to violence

NEWS
ANTOINE ROLLAND CENTRAL African Republic's main opposition coalition on Sunday demanded the December 27 general election be postponed due to violence by armed groups outside the capital Bangui, while the government insisted the vote would go ahead. On Saturday, the authorities accused former president Francois Bozize of plotting a coup after his candidacy was rejected, as U.N. peacekeepers dispersed armed rebel groups occupying roads and towns near Bangui. Fighting was ongoing in several towns, including Mbaiki, about 100 km (62 miles) from Bangui, according to one security source and two humanitarian sources. Francois Bozize The opposition alliance, called Cod2020, which…
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Dec
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Tunisia militants behead shepherd near Algeria border

Tunisia militants behead shepherd near Algeria border

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ISLAMIST militants kidnapped and beheaded a young shepherd in mountains in Tunisia near the border with Algeria, security sources and residents said. Troops found the body of Okba Dhouibi after he had been seized by militants, the sources said. Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said that the act would not go unpunished. Tunisian forces are carrying out operations in the Kasserine and Saloum mountain range to flush out Ajned Kilafha militants allied to Islamic State. Militants linked to Al Qaeda and IS groups have been sheltering for years in the desolate, hilly terrain along a stretch of the border with Algeria…
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Dec
20
2020
By The African Mirror
Thousands protest in Sudan in call for faster reform

Thousands protest in Sudan in call for faster reform

NEWS
THOUSANDS of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of the capital Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman, demanding an acceleration of reforms on the second anniversary of the start of an uprising that ousted Omar al-Bashir. The veteran leader was deposed by the military in April 2019 after months of mass protests against poor economic conditions and Bashir's autocratic, three-decade rule. Many Sudanese are unhappy with what they see as the slow or even negligible pace of change under the transitional government that has struggled to fix an economy in crisis. The government was formed under a three-year power sharing…
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