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Sep
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Chad plans to double army size to deal with security challenges

Chad plans to double army size to deal with security challenges

NEWS
CHAD’S transitional government said on Friday that it plans to drastically increase the size of its army to deal with security challenges, including threats from Islamist militants and armed rebels. Defence Minister General Daoud Yaya Brahim told parliament that the army has begun the process of increasing the total number of troops to 60,000 by the end of 2022, from 35,000 currently. "We have already started the process with the recruitment and training of soldiers and non-commissioned officers. The objective is to build elite unites capable of adapting to the asymmetric warfare our Sahel countries are facing," Brahim said. Chad,…
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Sep
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Libya PM draws crowd for mass wedding and protest against parliament

Libya PM draws crowd for mass wedding and protest against parliament

NEWS
SEVERAL thousand Libyans packed a Tripoli square late for a state-funded mass wedding celebration that also drew supporters of transitional Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah and protesters against the eastern-based parliament. Dbeibah was installed in March through a U.N.-backed process to head a unity government after years of division between rival administrations in the civil war and to prepare for an election. The election is planned for December 24 but there is controversy over parliament's handling of a law for the vote to take place and analysts fear the jockeying among rival factions could unravel the peace process. Libya's unity government…
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Sep
26
2021
By The African Mirror
French soldier killed in Mali militant clash

French soldier killed in Mali militant clash

NEWS
CHRISTIAN LOWE A French serviceman has been killed in a clash with an armed militant group in Mali, French officials said. More than 50 French soldiers have died in the region since Paris deployed a counterterrorism force in 2013 to drive back Islamist militant groups that had seized cities and towns in northern Mali. According to a statement from the French defence ministry, the soldier who was killed, Maxime Blasco, was part of a French unit deployed to a forested area near Mali's border with Burkina Faso. Their mission was to track down a suspected militant group that had earlier…
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Dec
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Black Lives Matter co-founder urges Nigeria to free jailed police protesters

Black Lives Matter co-founder urges Nigeria to free jailed police protesters

NEWS
LIBBY GEORGE A group of activists and celebrities, including a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, have signed an open letter to Nigeria's president demanding that he hold accountable security personnel accused of shooting anti-police brutality protesters. The letter, published in the New York Times on Thursday to mark International Human Rights Day, comes nearly two months after what witnesses and Amnesty International say was a fatal clash in Lagos between peaceful protesters and military and police. The military and police deny shooting protesters. The demonstrators had called for an end to police brutality and a much-hated unit called…
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Dec
11
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. nears sale of four sophisticated drones to Morocco – sources

U.S. nears sale of four sophisticated drones to Morocco – sources

NEWS
MIKE STONE and PATRICIA ZENGERLE THE United States is negotiating the sale of at least four sophisticated large aerial drones to Morocco, according to three U.S. sources familiar with the negotiations, and is expected to discuss the deal with members of Congress in the coming days. The sources did not indicate whether the deal, which has been in the works for several months, was in any way related to the an agreement brokered with U.S. help for Morocco to normalize relations with Israel. While the State Department has authorized the sale of the unmanned aerial vehicles, the sources said, it…
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Dec
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Italian prosecutors seek trial for four Egyptians over Regeni murder

Italian prosecutors seek trial for four Egyptians over Regeni murder

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CRISPIAN BALMER and DOMENICO LUSI ITALIAN prosecutors plan to charge four senior members of Egypt's security services over their alleged role in the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016. In a statement, the prosecutors said all four were suspected of taking part in the "aggravated kidnapping" of Regeni. It said one of them, a major in Egypt's general intelligence, also faced charges of "conspiracy to commit aggravated murder". The prosecutors gave the four men 20 days to respond to the charges after which, they said, they would ask a judge to indict them. "We have…
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Dec
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Britain sanctions 11 individuals over human rights violations

Britain sanctions 11 individuals over human rights violations

NEWS
BRITAIN has imposed sanctions on 11 individuals, including the former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, in a coordinated move with the United States on human rights violations. "The UK and our allies are shining a light on the severe and systematic human rights violations perpetrated by those sanctioned today," foreign minister Dominic Raab said in a statement. Others named in the sanctions were security figures and officials from Russia, Venezuela, Pakistan and Gambia, including Jammeh's wife. - Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Sep
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Joburg’s “People’s Mayor” Matongo laid to rest

Joburg’s “People’s Mayor” Matongo laid to rest

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER WITH a full civic ceremony befitting the No 1 citizen, Johannesburg laid its Executive Mayor Jolidee Matongo in a dignified and emotional service held in Johannesburg. Matongo (46) died in a car accident a week ago, just five weeks after he was elected as Mayor, succeeding Geoff Makhubu, who died from Covid-19. Speakers paid warm tributes to Matongo and praised him for his humility and commitment to serving the people of Johannesburg, one of Africa's biggest cities. One speaker described him as a “son of Africa who grew up in the streets of Soweto”.  One of the…
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Dec
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenyan women win damages for sexual violence during 2007-8 poll violence

Kenyan women win damages for sexual violence during 2007-8 poll violence

NEWS
NITA BHALLA  FOUR rape survivors have won $35,906 each after Kenya's High Court ruled the government failed to investigate sexual violence cases after a disputed 2007 poll. The landmark ruling came after eight survivors - backed by human rights groups - filed a lawsuit in 2013 seeking accountability from authorities and redress for their suffering. Awarding damages to four women survivors, High Court Judge Weldon Korir said authorities had failed to conduct "independent and effective investigations and prosecutions" of sexual violence during the post-election unrest. The High Court found a "violation of the Kenyan state to investigate and prosecute violations…
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Sep
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Mozambicans return to uncertain future after Islamists pushed back

Mozambicans return to uncertain future after Islamists pushed back

NEWS
BAZ RATNER and SHAFIEK TASSIEM RWANDAN forces patrolled burnt-out streets once besieged by Islamist fighters in northern Mozambique, saying it was now safe for civilians to return to the gas-rich region, despite U.N. warnings of a continuing militant threat. Soldiers laid out rifles and rocket launchers seized from the militants. The Rwandan military's spokesman said they had already brought 25,000 people back home. "It is very safe for them to go back," Ronald Rwivanga told Reuters. In July, allied Rwandan-Mozambican troops moved in to recapture parts of northern Cabo Delgado - an area hosting $60 billion worth of gas projects…
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