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Sep
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Car-exhaust drug craze alarms Congo’s capital

Car-exhaust drug craze alarms Congo’s capital

NEWS
BENOIT NYEMBA A new craze for a drug derived from crushed vehicle exhaust filters is rattling authorities in Kinshasa, triggering a campaign to stamp out the concoction and a related rash of car part thefts. In August police rounded up and paraded nearly 100 alleged dealers and users of the drug "bombe", which means powerful in the local Lingala language, following a call to action by Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. "This social phenomenon calls for collective responsibility by the whole nation," Tshisekedi told ministers at a weekly meeting. In an abandoned shack in a suburb of Kinshasa,…
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Sep
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali could delay post-coup elections

Mali could delay post-coup elections

NEWS
MALI could push back presidential and legislative elections from late February to avoid their validity being contested, its prime minister handling a post-coup transition said. Mali's progress back to democracy following the August 2020 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is being closely monitored in a region that has experienced four coups in 13 months, two of them in Mali. Under pressure from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional bloc, Mali's new military leaders agreed to an 18-month transition that would culminate with presidential and legislative elections on Feb. 27, 2022. But in an interview with…
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Dec
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Oman welcomes Morocco, Israel normalisation as step towards regional peace

Oman welcomes Morocco, Israel normalisation as step towards regional peace

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OMAN has welcomed Morocco's announcement that it was establishing diplomatic ties with Israel and hoped the move would strengthen efforts towards a lasting and just peace in the Middle East, its foreign ministry has announced. Israel and Morocco agreed on Thursday to normalise relations in a deal brokered with U.S. help, making Morocco the fourth Arab country after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past four months. In a departure from longstanding U.S. policy, President Donald Trump agreed as part of the deal to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed territory…
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Dec
12
2020
By The African Mirror
France wins against Equatorial Guinea in Paris mansion raid lawsuit

France wins against Equatorial Guinea in Paris mansion raid lawsuit

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STEPHANIE VAN DER BERG THE United Nations' highest court has ruled in favour of France in a suit brought by Equatorial Guinea protesting a 2012 raid on a luxury mansion owned by the son of the African country's ruler in downtown Paris. Equatorial Guinea had argued the mansion was part of its diplomatic mission to France and should have been protected by diplomatic immunity, but a 16-judge panel at the International Court of Justice rejected that. The case was seen as a test for the limits of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Immunity, which shields government officials from prosecution abroad.…
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Sep
27
2021
By The African Mirror
This women’s startup helping women entrepreneurs got going thanks to COVID

This women’s startup helping women entrepreneurs got going thanks to COVID

NEWS
PATRICK NELLE, BIRD ESSOSSOLIM Gnebi, founder and owner of Solaris Togo, an agri startup that produces and trades organic pineapples, thought she had it made. Her two-year-old company was thriving, with clients placing regular orders and all Gnebi had to do was respond to emailed orders and get enough product out the door. Simple. Then COVID-19 hit. Essossolim Gnebi, founder and owner of Solaris Togo, an agricultural company that produces and trades organic pineapples. Photo: Patrick Nelle “All borders were shut and we saw our sales declining drastically,” Essossolim remembers. While she was wondering what to do, she, like millions…
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Dec
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Head of Kenya’s energy regulator arrested over petrol station bribe accusation

Head of Kenya’s energy regulator arrested over petrol station bribe accusation

NEWS
THE head of Kenya's energy sector regulator has been arrested over accusations he demanded a $1,800 bribe to reopen a shuttered petrol station, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has announced. Robert Pavel Oimeke, the director general of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, did not respond to calls and text messages seeking comment and there was no immediate statement from any lawyer representing him. Oimeke was accused of demanding 200,000 Kenyan shillings ($1,795) to approve the re-opening of a petrol station that had been shut down over violations, the EACC said in a statement. He was arrested late on…
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Sep
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Rabat’s only woman taxi driver busts stereotypes

Rabat’s only woman taxi driver busts stereotypes

NEWS
AHMED ELJECHTIMI SOUAD Hdidou is challenging social norms and busting stereotypes from behind the wheel as the only female taxi driver in the Moroccan capital Rabat and one of a few in the country. Hdidou, 33, started work as a truck driver after dropping out of school and worked for a fish distribution company, but switched to taxis for the better pay and greater freedom, she said. "I'm the kind who likes challenges," Hdidou said. She now earns enough to pay the mortgage on her flat near Rabat as well as supporting her family in the countryside and has built…
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Dec
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Congo Parliament ousts speaker, confirming shift in power balance

Congo Parliament ousts speaker, confirming shift in power balance

NEWS
STANIS BUJAKERA THE Democratic Republic of Congo's lower house of Parliament has voted to remove its speaker, handing President Felix Tshisekedi a major victory in a power struggle with his predecessor and coalition partner Joseph Kabila. The vote was a show of strength by Tshisekedi's allies, who might have enough support to form a new majority in Parliament and bring down the prime minister's government, which is dominated by Kabila loyalists. The National Assembly voted by 281 to 200 to impeach speaker Jeanine Mabunda, a close Kabila ally, accusing her of "conflictual and partisan" leadership and not being transparent about…
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Sep
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Meet Zim’s farming rock star

Meet Zim’s farming rock star

NEWS
TAFADZWA UFUMELI CLARENCE Mwale looks like a rapper you wouldn't want to have "beef' with. His big frame, punk hairstyle, skinny jeans and large sunglasses are suggestive of a job in music, maybe even a nightclub. Mwale is anything but. Instead, he is the only licensed farm assurer for global accreditation in Zimbabwe, making sure export standards are met in that country and five neighbouring countries across the Southern Africa region. Mwale's journey in the business started in 2003 when he secured a temporary job at a farm produce export company in Harare. Young and armed with a degree in…
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Dec
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia returning Eritrean refugees to Tigray camps; U.N. concerned over move

Ethiopia returning Eritrean refugees to Tigray camps; U.N. concerned over move

NEWS
ETHIOPIA's government has announced it was returning Eritrean refugees to camps they had fled in Tigray, a move that provoked alarm from the United Nations refugee agency after a month-long conflict that is believed to have killed thousands of people in the northern region. The United Nations and other aid agencies say they have been denied access to some 96,000 refugees in Tigray since fighting erupted on November 4 between the government and a rebellious regional force. They believe food is running out at refugee camps there, and have expressed concern about reports of continued clashes in some areas. The…
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