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Dec
20
2020
By The African Mirror
Chaos and jubilation as freed Nigerian schoolboys reunite with family

Chaos and jubilation as freed Nigerian schoolboys reunite with family

NEWS
AFOLABI SOTUNDE PARENTS sobbed, mobbed their children in hugs and even kissed the ground in gratitude as they reunited with scores of schoolboys who had been kidnapped a week earlier in northwest Nigeria. Hundreds of adults jostled to find their offspring among the 344 dusty and dazed looking children who had arrived by bus in Katsina state on Friday morning. Those who succeeded cheered and grabbed their children, but scores more were still waiting by early evening. "I feel like God has granted me paradise because I am so happy," said an ebullient Hamza Kankara after she found her son,…
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Dec
20
2020
By The African Mirror
Mauritius shipping disaster caused by lack of attention to safety – owner

Mauritius shipping disaster caused by lack of attention to safety – owner

NEWS
JAPAN'S Nagashiki Shipping said on Friday the grounding of one of its large bulk carriers that caused an ecological disaster in Mauritius was due to a lack of safety awareness and a failure to follow rules as it pledged better training and oversight. The findings were assumptions based on interviews with crew members, the company said. A bulk carrier owned by Nagashiki and chartered by Mitsui OSK ran aground on a reef in Mauritius in July and began leaking oil, causing an ecological disaster in the pristine seas around the Indian Ocean island. Four people died when a tug sank…
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Dec
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Burundi’s ex-President Pierre Buyoya dies aged 71

Burundi’s ex-President Pierre Buyoya dies aged 71

NEWS
PIERRE Buyoya, the former president of Burundi who twice seized power in military coups and oversaw a prolonged ethnic civil war that killed 300,000 of his countrymen, has died at 71, the government has announced. Buyoya died just two months after being convicted in absentia by a court in Burundi of the 1993 murder of a successor, a killing that triggered more than a decade of ethnic bloodletting. "The death of former president Pierre Buyoya is confirmed. There is no more doubt," the head of the information and communications division at the office of Burundi's President Willy Nyamitwe said in…
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Dec
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Freed Nigerian schoolboys return home, tell of beatings and hunger

Freed Nigerian schoolboys return home, tell of beatings and hunger

NEWS
AFOLABI SOTUNDE SCORES of schoolboys who were rescued from kidnappers in northwest Nigeria have arrived back home, many of them barefoot and wrapped in blankets after their week-long ordeal. The boys, dressed in dusty clothes, looked dazed and weary but otherwise well as they got off buses in the city of Katsina. Within hours - before many had met their waiting parents - they were whisked to a reception with President Muhammadu Buhari, who had come under mounting pressure to free them and deal with insecurity in the north. One boy, who did not give his name, said the captors…
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Dec
19
2020
By The African Mirror
COVID-19 doesn’t stop gay Imam’s quest for inclusion and education across Africa

COVID-19 doesn’t stop gay Imam’s quest for inclusion and education across Africa

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG IT’S hard to pull up a chair and talk sex or fly imams over closed borders for gender training in a pandemic. But Imam Muhsin Hendricks wasn't about to let COVID-19 destroy his carefully crafted Islamic training programme - he'd faced down too much else in his 53 years. One of the first imams to come out as gay, Hendricks is a pioneer, known continent-wide for pursuing dialogue with fellow Muslim leaders about a topic many don't want to discuss. Same-sex relations remain a taboo across much of Africa and in much of the Muslim world. Seeking to…
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Dec
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Hundreds of Lebanon’s most vulnerable migrant maids flown home, many more wait

Hundreds of Lebanon’s most vulnerable migrant maids flown home, many more wait

NEWS
BAN BARKAWI HUNDREDS of Lebanon's most vulnerable migrant maids have been repatriated with funds raised by local charities, but thousands more remain stuck and destitute due to a deep economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to campaigners. Their top priority has been aiding women with health problems or young children and those who have lost jobs and accommodation during the crisis, which has worsened the plight of workers trapped in a system long compared to modern slavery. "They have medical issues, some of them have kids, some of them are pregnant, some of them face domestic violence and want…
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Dec
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Re-elected Ghana President Akufo-Addo faces hung parliament

Re-elected Ghana President Akufo-Addo faces hung parliament

NEWS
GHANA President Nana Akufo-Addo faces a hung parliament after the opposition clinched the last undeclared seat on Friday, potentially complicating his ability to implement economic measures to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Akufo-Addo's New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) each won 137 seats, which represents a loss of dozens of NPP seats. One constituency was won by an independent candidate. Akufo-Addo won a second four-year term in the December 7 vote, narrowly defeating the NDC's presidential candidate, former president John Mahama. Mahama has said he will contest the results, which he called "fraudulent". Akufo-Addo has…
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Dec
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia offers reward for word on fugitive Tigrayan leaders

Ethiopia offers reward for word on fugitive Tigrayan leaders

NEWS
ETHIOPIA has offered a 10 million birr ($260,000) reward for information on the location of fugitive leaders of a rebellious force in the northern Tigray region. The money for helping capture heads of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) was announced on state-run broadcaster EBC and tweeted by a government taskforce. TPLF leaders, possibly hiding in surrounding mountains since they lost Tigray's capital on November 28, had said they were fighting back. Reuters has not been able to reach them for comment for more than a week. Thousands of people are believed to have been killed and nearly a million…
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Dec
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Tshwane’s multi-billion waste tenders scandal

Tshwane’s multi-billion waste tenders scandal

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SEVERAL waste collection and management contracts, collectively worth more than R6-billion and irregularly awarded by the City of Tshwane (COT) to companies in which over 4000 employees, several politicians and union members have interests, are the subject of investigations by the Hawks. Investigations by The African Mirror have discovered a nine-year-old network, which used at least 22 companies to milk the COT for the past 11 years and has been the subject of three forensic probes. The forensic investigators submitted reports with recommendations that the city must cancel the contracts, suspend, take action against those implicated and…
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Dec
18
2020
By The African Mirror
UN agency seeks extra $204 million for Zimbabwe as hunger bites

UN agency seeks extra $204 million for Zimbabwe as hunger bites

NEWS
THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for an additional $204 million to support four million of the most food-insecure Zimbabweans for the next six months. Drought in 2019 and this year has left millions facing hunger. That includes about one-third of the rural population, who are expected to face "crisis" or "emergency" levels of hunger, and 2.3 million hungry urban dwellers, WFP said. An economic recession during the past two years has compounded the problem for the country of 15 million people. "We are deeply concerned that if WFP does not receive enough funding to reach the…
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