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Sep
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Defiant junta rejects pressure to let Conde leave Guinea

Defiant junta rejects pressure to let Conde leave Guinea

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SALIOU SAMB GUINEA’S military junta has refused to bow to regional pressure and allow President Alpha Conde, detained since his overthrow on September 5, to leave the country. On Friday Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara and Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo paid a one-day visit to Conakry to ask coup leader Mamady Doumbouya, a special forces commander and former French Legionnaire, for Conde's release. Ouattara had been hoping to leave Guinea with Conde, a senior regional government official told Reuters. "The former president is and remains in Guinea. We will not yield to any pressure," the junta said in a statement…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Exclusive: SAPS general face charges for failure to act on Kinnear murder threat

Exclusive: SAPS general face charges for failure to act on Kinnear murder threat

NEWS
JOVIAL RANTAO A top police general faces suspension and internal disciplinary charges because his alleged negligence and dereliction of duty led to the assassination of Cape Town top cop Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear.  An investigation by The African Mirror, over a period of a month, has revealed that Lieutenant-General Peter Jacobs, national crime intelligence head, received information from the Hawks top leadership about imminent danger to Kinnear, head of the SAPS Anti-Gang Unit, and on several occasions failed to prevent Kinnear planned murder or provide security for him. This is despite the fact that the SAPS counterintelligence mandate gives Jacobs…
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Sep
19
2021
By The African Mirror
If women farmers were politicians, the world would be fed, says Danielle Nierenberg

If women farmers were politicians, the world would be fed, says Danielle Nierenberg

NEWS
BUSANI BAFANA WOMEN, key contributors to agriculture production, are missing at the decision table, with alarming consequences, says Food Tank President Danielle Nierenberg in an exclusive interview with IPS. Giving women a seat at the policymaking table could accelerate Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and keep the world fed and nourished. This necessitates a transformation of the currently lopsided global food system, she says. Nierenberg, a top researcher and advocate on food systems and agriculture, acknowledges that women are the most affected during environmental or health crises. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global food production, affecting women farmers and food producers who…
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Dec
05
2020
By The African Mirror
Blast-rocked South African oil refinery shut down for investigations

Blast-rocked South African oil refinery shut down for investigations

NEWS
ROGAN WARD and WENDELL ROELF South Africa's second-largest crude oil refinery, the Engen plant in Durban, has been shut down to allow investigators a chance to find out the cause of a "fire incident" earlier on Friday, Engen said. Engen, which operates the 120,000 barrel per day plant and is majority owned by Malaysia's Petronas, said a fire broke out at around 0510 GMT and was extinguished by 0645 GMT. "Engen is currently assessing its overall bulk fuels supply and demand position and implementing immediate mitigations to manage inventory and product supply requirements," Engen said in an update. Local emergency…
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Sep
18
2021
By The African Mirror
West African bloc imposes sanctions on Guinea, Mali

West African bloc imposes sanctions on Guinea, Mali

NEWS
WEST Africa's main regional bloc has imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea and those slowing Mali's post-coup transition - its toughest response yet to a run of military takeovers. The move was agreed at an emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Accra to respond to last week's putsch in Guinea and perceived slow progress towards constitutional rule in Mali following a coup last year. Regional heads of state decided to freeze the financial assets and impose travel bans on Guinea's junta members and their relatives, insisting on the release of President Alpha Conde…
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Dec
05
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia says war ending, with most Tigray leaders dead or caught

Ethiopia says war ending, with most Tigray leaders dead or caught

NEWS
ETHIOPIA said it had captured or killed most commanders of a rebellious northern force, while Tigray's fugitive local leader countered on Friday that civilians were protesting against looting by occupying soldiers. Neither side gave proof for their assertions about the month-long war in the mountainous region bordering Eritrea where phone communications have been down and access severely restricted. Fighting between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's federal army and forces loyal to the region's former ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), erupted on November 4. Thousands of people are believed to have died while more than 45,000 refugees have crossed…
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Dec
05
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s ex-leader Zuma ordered to reappear at graft inquiry

South Africa’s ex-leader Zuma ordered to reappear at graft inquiry

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SOUTH Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been ordered to reappear at an inquiry into state corruption during his term after he abruptly left the proceedings last month, according to a summons issued by the head of the investigation. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is also asking the Constitutional Court, the highest legal authority in the land, to compel Zuma to attend and "account for his exercise of public power". In his second appearance at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture two weeks ago, Zuma had his application for the judge to recuse himself dismissed. Zuma then left proceedings…
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Sep
18
2021
By The African Mirror
The horse has bolted – SA’s highest court judges tell Zuma

The horse has bolted – SA’s highest court judges tell Zuma

NEWS
IN rejecting his application for the decision to jail him for 15 months to be rescinded, judges in the Constitutional Court, South Africa’s highest court, have had some tough words for former president Jacob Zuma. The judges of the Constitutional Court, in a majority judgment, found that there were no grounds for the court to overturn its own judgment and said it would not be in the interest of justice to do so.  Zuma, who has served two of his 15 months sentence, has been granted medical parole and will serve the rest of his sentence outside prison. The decision…
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Jan
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Militants own up for Somali hotel bomb and gunfire

Militants own up for Somali hotel bomb and gunfire

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH and FEISAL OMAR A suspected suicide car bomb exploded on Sunday in Somalia's capital and was followed by a shootout between militants and security forces at a hotel, causing an unknown number of casualties, witnesses and authorities said. The militant Islamist group al Shabaab, which is linked to al Qaeda and often carries out bombings in its war on Somalia's government, claimed responsibility via its radio station. "A speeding car exploded near the hotel and checkpoint. The blast shook us and heavy gunfire followed," shopkeeper Ali Abdulahi told Reuters of the incident in the busy Kilometre 4 area…
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Sep
18
2021
By The African Mirror
WHO’s Tedros to run unopposed for top job

WHO’s Tedros to run unopposed for top job

NEWS
EMMA FARGE, FRANSESCO GUARASCIO and GULIA PARAVICINI THE World Health Organization's chief looks set to run unopposed for a second term at the helm as tries to guide the world through its biggest health crisis in a century, sources said. However, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lacks the support of his native Ethiopia due to friction over the Tigray conflict, the sources told Reuters. Exactly how he will be nominated ahead of the deadline for nominations next week is unclear amid opposition from the Addis Ababa government, they said. An Ethiopian former health minister from the Tigray region, Tedros became the WHO's…
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