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Dec
16
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s ANC in a political crisis

South Africa’s ANC in a political crisis

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SOUTH  Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) finds itself in a serious political crisis that threatens unity in the party led by Cyril Ramaphosa. At the heart of the crisis is the disagreement around a resolution taken at the party’s 54th conference in 2017 that individuals who face criminal charges should step down from their positions in the party and in government. Yesterday, the ANC’s national integrity committee, set up to uphold the part’s reputation by taking action against those accused of criminal activity, ruled that Ace Magashule, the party’s secretary-general, should "step aside" from his position pending the outcome…
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Dec
16
2020
By The African Mirror
French and Russian trolls duke it out in Central Africa election, Facebook says

French and Russian trolls duke it out in Central Africa election, Facebook says

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JACK STUBBS RIVAL French and Russian disinformation campaigns have sought to deceive Internet users -- and unmask each other -- in the Central African Republic (CAR) ahead of a December 27 presidential and parliamentary election, Facebook has said. Facebook said it was the first time it had seen such a direct battle of the trolls by competing foreign states on its platforms, with the rivals' fake accounts denouncing each other as "fake news". The company said it had suspended three networks totalling almost 500 accounts and pages for so-called "coordinated inauthentic behaviour". One network was linked to "individuals associated with…
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Dec
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Somalia cuts ties with Kenya, shots fired at Mogadishu protests

Somalia cuts ties with Kenya, shots fired at Mogadishu protests

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ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA has cut diplomatic relations with neighbouring Kenya, accusing it of meddling in politics as protests and gunfire erupted in the capital Mogadishu over delayed elections. The dispute could undermine cooperation in the fight against the Islamist group al Shabaab in Somalia, where Kenya provides 3,600 troops to an African Union peacekeeping force. "Somalia calls back all its diplomats from Kenya and orders Kenyan diplomats to leave Somalia within seven days," Somali Information Minister Osman Dube told the state news agency. Dube added in a statement read on Radio Mogadishu that Nairobi was interfering, but did not give…
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Dec
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s Boko Haram behind schoolboys’ abduction – audio message

Nigeria’s Boko Haram behind schoolboys’ abduction – audio message

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A man identifying himself as the leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram has said the Islamist group was behind the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys, as anxious parents begged the government to secure their release. Pupils who escaped kidnap on Friday, by jumping over the fence of the Government Science secondary school in Katsina state in northwestern Nigeria and fleeing through a forest, said the attackers were armed with Ak-47 assault rifles and rounded up their victims before marching them off. Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is forbidden" in the local Hausa language, has waged an insurgency in…
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Dec
15
2020
By The African Mirror
ANC secretary-general should step aside, the party’s Integrity Commission rules

ANC secretary-general should step aside, the party’s Integrity Commission rules

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER ACE Magashule, the ANC secretary-general should step aside voluntarily or be suspended by the party, because he is facing criminal charges, the ANC’s Integrity Commission (IC)  has ruled. Magashule appeared before the IC, chaired by ANC veteran George Mashamba on Saturday where he explained himself in connection with the criminal charges he faces. He has to answer to  21 corruption-related charges linked to a R230m asbestos eradication tender awarded during his tenure as Free State premier. Download In its three page report, the IC recommended that Magashule should, in line with the party's resolution taken at the…
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Sep
30
2021
By The African Mirror
SA reduces COVID-19 restrictions to lowest level

SA reduces COVID-19 restrictions to lowest level

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER BOUYED by decreasing infection and hospitalisation rates, impressive progress in vaccinating the nation as well as the desire to return to normal, South Africa has relaxed COVID-19 restrictions, unveiling measures aimed at boosting an economy devastated by the pandemic. In a special address to the nation, SA president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the country's lockdown level has been adjusted to its lowest level. Ramaphosa also announced that the government will be issuing vaccination certificates to those who are fully vaccinated. Ramaphosa announced that in terms of the new Lockdown Level One, the following restrictions will apply: Sale…
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Sep
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Russia stalls probes into abuses in Africa

Russia stalls probes into abuses in Africa

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MICHELLE NICHOLS and JONATHAN SAUL  RUSSIA is delaying the appointment of panels of independent experts to monitor violations of U.N. sanctions on South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic (CAR)and Mali, diplomats have said, leaving their work in limbo. Russia is unhappy with the number of experts appointed from Western countries, diplomats said and would like more Russians named to the panels. Russia is working to expand its influence in Africa, specifically challenging traditional French sway in Mali and CAR. "Russia indeed put on hold the approval of a number of panels or individual experts," Russia's deputy…
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Dec
15
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. remove Sudan from terrorism list on Monday

U.S. remove Sudan from terrorism list on Monday

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KHALID ABDELAZIZ THE U.S. has removed Sudan from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, ending a designation in place since 1993 that has weighed on the Sudanese economy and curbed financial assistance. The delisting provides a boost to transitional authorities that took over after the ouster of former President Omar al-Bashir last year and are grappling with a deep economic crisis. A 45-day U.S. Congressional review period followed President Donald Trump's announcement that he would end the listing, days before he announced that Israel and Sudan intend to normalise relations. "This achievement was…
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Dec
15
2020
By The African Mirror
UN agency says more than 400,000 flee Mozambique militant attacks

UN agency says more than 400,000 flee Mozambique militant attacks

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AT least 400,000 people have fled militant attacks in northern Mozambique, the United Nations refugee agency said, warning that the crisis could quickly spread beyond the country's borders if regional neighbours did not help tackle the insurgency. Mozambique's northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, home to gas developments worth some $60 billion, is grappling with an insurgency linked to Islamic State that has gathered pace this year, with insurgents regularly taking on the army and seizing entire towns. Valentin Tapsoba, the southern African head of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), said families who were rebuilding their lives after…
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Dec
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Gunmen in Niger kill 27, burn 800 houses, says U.N.

Gunmen in Niger kill 27, burn 800 houses, says U.N.

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UNIDENTIFIED gunmen have killed at least 27 people and burned 800 homes in an attack in Niger's Diffa region, according to the United Nations. It did not say who was behind the bloodshed, but Islamist group Boko Haram has been waging attacks in the region around Lake Chad since 2009, causing around 250,000 people to flee, according to U.N. figures. "The Secretary-General regrets that this barbaric attack disrupted the peaceful holding of municipal and regional elections," it said in a statement. Authorities in Niger have not yet commented on the attack. The Boko Haram insurgency erupted in northeastern Nigeria, but…
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