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Sep
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Bauxite trains operated by Russia’s Rusal collide in Guinea, killing one

Bauxite trains operated by Russia’s Rusal collide in Guinea, killing one

NEWS
SALIOU SAMB and POLINA DEVITT TWO trains operated by Russian aluminium giant Rusal have collided in Guinea's capital Conakry, killing at least one person and injuring several others, according to witness accounts and footage on social media. The world's third-largest aluminium producer operates three bauxite mines and an alumina refinery in the coastal West African nation. The Guinea mines make up 42% of Rusal's total bauxite capacity. Rusal said an investigation had been launched into the cause of the incident and that company representatives were providing support to the relevant authorities in Guinea. A timetable for the resumption of transportation…
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Sep
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Zuma heads for Arusha, in search of justice

Zuma heads for Arusha, in search of justice

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FORMER South African president Jacob Zuma is taking his fight for justice beyond the border of the country. Hours after the attempt to get Zuma’s 15-month jail sentence rescinded by the Constitutional Court, the JG Zuma Foundation announced that he would approach the African Court on Human and People’s Rights (ACPHPR) for relief. “H.E Prez Zuma has been in consultation with his legal team on various recent developments.He has given his lawyers instructions to take the legalisation of detention without trial by Acting Chief Justice Zondo & the ConCourt to the African Court on Human & Peoples…
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Dec
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Cameroon holds first-ever regional elections, separatists vow disruption

Cameroon holds first-ever regional elections, separatists vow disruption

NEWS
JOSIANE KOUAGHEU CAMEROON has held its first-ever regional election, which the government says hands more power to the provinces but opponents fear only maintains President Paul Biya's long hold on power. Biya hopes the vote will appease critics who say he has long neglected the Central African country's 10 regions, and end a four-year separatist insurgency in the English-speaking west which has become the greatest threat to his near 40-year rule. Separatist fighters have vowed to disrupt the vote in the Northwest and Southwest regions. Local representatives will vote to appoint councils in all 10 regions made up of regional…
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Dec
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali coup figure named head of transition council

Mali coup figure named head of transition council

NEWS
ONE of the army officers behind an August coup in Mali has been named to lead a new transitional legislative body, a spokesman for the authorities said. The appointment boosts the number of military figures in key roles, something that has dismayed some political factions. After the ouster of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on August 18, hopes of a civilian-led transition were dashed by the appointment of the junta's leader as vice president, while retired colonel Bah Ndaw became president. At its inaugural meeting, a transitional council of 121 members has now approved as its president Colonel Malick Diaw, one…
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Dec
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Au chair ignores Ethiopian war

Au chair ignores Ethiopian war

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER IN an extraordinary move, Cyril Ramaphosa, the chairperson of the African Union, delivered an opening address at the AU’s extraordinary 14th session on “Silencing the Guns” and did not mention the civil war in Ethiopia, which has left scores dead and unleashed a humanitarian disaster. Ramaphosa condemned the violence and the rise of extremism  in the Sahel region, Mozambique and elsewhere but did not mention the war launched by the Ethiopian  government on the people of Tigray. The AU chairperson said: “We condemn the acts of violence, terrorism and violent extremism as seen in the Sahel region…
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Dec
07
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa urges quarantine after ‘super-spreader’ student parties

South Africa urges quarantine after ‘super-spreader’ student parties

NEWS
SOUTH Africa has urged school students who attended a series of end-of-year "Rage" parties to enter 10 days of quarantine after identifying four such parties as COVID-19 "super-spreader events". South Africa is experiencing a resurgence of new cases in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, with President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday announcing new restrictions in the Eastern Cape but stopping short of a wider crackdown. Hosted annually, the Rage parties are popular with thousands of school leavers eager to let their hair down at events that can last several days. Minister Zweli Mkhize briefs media on his department's measures on…
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Dec
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Insecurity holds up aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, aid workers say

Insecurity holds up aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, aid workers say

NEWS
ETHIOPIA’S northern Tigray region is too volatile for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of civilians in need, humanitarian workers have said, amid reports of persistent fighting, looting and lawlessness. Aid agencies have warned of a lack of food, medication and body bags in Tigray, where 600,000 people were already receiving food aid before a month of fighting began between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and a rebellious regional force. Abiy declared victory over the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) after federal troops captured the regional capital Mekelle eight days ago, saying not a single civilian had been killed in…
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Sep
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Week long send-off services for Joburg Mayor

Week long send-off services for Joburg Mayor

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE ANC has unveiled week-long programme to send off Jolidee Matongo, the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, whose death in a car accident at the weekend has shocked residents of the city and South Africans. A series of memorial services have been arranged, culminating with his funeral service, which is scheduled to take place on Friday in Soweto. The first memorial service takes place on Tuesday at the Dube Methodist Church in Soweto. On the same day, a series of ANC zonal memorial services are scheduled to take place across the city that Matongo led as the No…
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Sep
20
2021
By The African Mirror
10 kidnapped Nigerian students released

10 kidnapped Nigerian students released

NEWS
BANDITS have released 10 more students kidnapped two months ago from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, the school administrator has told Reuters. The Reverend John Hayab, the administrator of the Bethel Baptist High school, said 21 students from the school remained in captivity. He said an undisclosed ransom was paid to release eight students while another two were set free due to ill health. Last month bandits released 15 students from the school after a group of 28 was set free in July following the release of a first group of 28 two days after the raid. Around 150…
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Sep
20
2021
By The African Mirror
French minister in Sahel amid talk of Russian hired guns for Mali

French minister in Sahel amid talk of Russian hired guns for Mali

NEWS
FRANCE’S Armed Forces Minister has arrived in Niger as part of a two-day visit to allies in the Sahel region, where French-led military operations against Islamist militants are under threat from Mali's talks with Russian defence contractors. Diplomatic and security sources have told Reuters that Mali's year-old military junta is close to recruiting the Russian Wagner Group, and France has launched a diplomatic drive to thwart it, saying such an arrangement is "incompatible" with a continued French presence. West Africa's main political bloc, ECOWAS, has also expressed concern. But Mali's junta has dug in, noting that France has begun scaling…
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