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Dec
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Alongside Sisi, Macron says France will sell arms to Egypt irrespective of rights

Alongside Sisi, Macron says France will sell arms to Egypt irrespective of rights

NEWS
JOHN IRISH FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has said would not condition the sale of weapons to Egypt on human rights because he did not want to weaken Cairo's ability to counter-terrorism in the region, a comment likely to draw the ire of critics. Both states - which share concerns about instability across the Sahel, threats from jihadist groups in Egypt and the political vacuum in Libya - have cultivated closer economic and military ties during President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's rise to power. But 17 French and international human rights groups issued a statement ahead of a visit by Sisi to…
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Dec
08
2020
By The African Mirror
DRC on brink of political crisis

DRC on brink of political crisis

NEWS
STANIS BUJAKERA ALLIES of former Congolese leader Joseph Kabila have rejected President Felix Tshisekedi's move to end his governing coalition with them, setting up a stark test of Tshisekedi's political strength and sparking clashes in the capital. One day after announcing he planned to form a new majority coalition that would leave him free to sack his government, Tshisekedi asked for the resignation of Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga, who is a Kabila ally, a source at the presidency said. "He's not going to resign. We know that," the source said, adding that Tshisekedi would have to force Ilunga out by…
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Dec
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia scorns guerrilla war fears, U.N. team shot at in Tigray

Ethiopia scorns guerrilla war fears, U.N. team shot at in Tigray

NEWS
ETHIOPIA’S government has denied that northern forces whom its troops have fought for a month would be able to mount a guerrilla insurgency, while diplomats said a United Nations team was shot at while trying to visit a refugee camp. Federal troops have seized the regional capital Mekelle from the former local ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and declared an end to their month-long offensive. But TPLF leaders say they are fighting back on various fronts around Mekelle. Ethiopia experts fear a drawn-out insurgency with a destabilising impact around east Africa. "The criminal clique pushed a patently…
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Sep
21
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero jailed for 25 years

‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero jailed for 25 years

NEWS
CLEMENT UWIRIGIYIMANA A Rwandan court has sentenced Paul Rusesabagina, a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide, to 25 years in prison after he was convicted of terrorism charges. Rusesabagina, 67, who was feted around the world after being portrayed by actor Don Cheadle in the film "Hotel Rwanda", is a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame. He denied all charges and said he was kidnapped from Dubai this year to be put on trial. His supporters called the trial a sham, and proof of Kagame's ruthless treatment of political opponents. "Rusesabagina…
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Dec
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Ghana votes as candidates offer routes out of economic crisis

Ghana votes as candidates offer routes out of economic crisis

NEWS
CHRISTIAN AKORLIE and CHRISTOPHE VAN DER PERRE THE polls have closed and counting has started in an election that is expected to be a close race between President Nana Akufo-Addo and his main rival John Mahama, who are offering competing plans to end an economic crisis. Eyes are on the West African powerhouse to see if it can keep its standing as a bastion of democracy in an unstable region where election disputes this year have fanned fears of a slide back into authoritarianism. In the morning, a long line of voters stretched out of a polling station and down…
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Sep
21
2021
By The African Mirror
South Africa sliding towards a “constitutional dictatorship”, warns ex-president Zuma

South Africa sliding towards a “constitutional dictatorship”, warns ex-president Zuma

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER JACOB Zuma, the former South African president, has again attacked the country’s courts, warning that SA was heading towards a “constitutional dictatorship”. In a statement issued days after the Constitutional Court, the country’s highest court, dismissed his application to have his 15 month sentence set aside, Zuma repeated his attack on the judiciary, including his belief that the courts were out to get him In a majority judgment, the Constitutional Court rejected Zuma’s rescission application, describing it , among others, as “litigious skullduggery”. Zuma intends to take his case to the African Court on Human and People’s…
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Dec
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia’s Abiy denies guerrilla war emerging in Tigray

Ethiopia’s Abiy denies guerrilla war emerging in Tigray

NEWS
ETHIOPIAN Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed denied on Monday that a rebellious northern force his troops have battled for over a month would have the capacity to mount a guerrilla war from the mountains of Tigray. Federal troops have captured the regional capital Mekelle from the former local ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and declared an end to their offensive. But TPLF leaders say they are fighting back on various fronts around Mekelle. Ethiopia experts fear a drawn-out insurgency with a destabilising impact around east Africa. "The criminal clique pushed a patently false narrative that its fighters and…
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Sep
21
2021
By The African Mirror
21 officers, soldiers held for failed Sudan coup

21 officers, soldiers held for failed Sudan coup

NEWS
ALI MIRGHANI and KHALID ABDELAZIZ SUDANESE authorities said they had foiled an attempted coup on Tuesday, accusing plotters loyal to ousted president Omar al-Bashir of a failed bid to derail the revolution that removed him from power in 2019 and ushered in a transition to democracy. Sudan's military said 21 officers and a number of soldiers had been detained in connection to the coup attempt, and a search continued for others involved. All locations affected by the attempt were under army control, it said. The coup attempt points to the difficult path facing a government that has reoriented Sudan since…
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Dec
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Ghana votes as candidates pitch route out of economic crisis

Ghana votes as candidates pitch route out of economic crisis

NEWS
CHRISTIAN AKORLIE GHANAIANS started voting in elections on Monday in which President Nana Akufo-Addo and his main rival, former president John Mahama, are each offering plans to help the economy rebound from its first quarterly contraction in nearly 40 years. Eyes are on the West African economic powerhouse to see if it can maintain its standing as a bastion of democracy in the unstable region where election disputes this year have fanned fears of a slide back into authoritarianism. There are 12 presidential candidates, but most voters are likely to choose between Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party, and Mahama's…
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Sep
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Cameroon separatists kill 15 soldiers in attacks using explosives

Cameroon separatists kill 15 soldiers in attacks using explosives

NEWS
SEPARATIST rebels have killed 15 Cameroonian soldiers and several civilians in two bomb attacks this month, according to the government, marking a new phase of a conflict that has dragged on for nearly five years and cost more than 3,000 lives. Insurgents are seeking to form a breakaway state called Ambazonia in western Cameroon. They began fighting the military in 2017 after civilian protests calling for greater representation of the French-speaking country's Anglophone minority were violently repressed. What began with occasional raids by secessionists on police and army outposts has turned into a protracted fight that has sucked the life…
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