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Sep
16
2021
By The African Mirror
SEX ABUSE SCANDAL: UN peacekeepers sent home

SEX ABUSE SCANDAL: UN peacekeepers sent home

NEWS
THE United Nations has sent home all 450 Gabonese troops from its peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic and opened an investigation after allegations of the sexual abuse of five girls, it has announced. The mission, known as MINUSCA, said the allegations related to unidentified Gabonese peacekeepers operating in the centre of the country. Gabon's defence ministry said it has also opened an inquiry. "If the allegations are proven to be true, the instigators will be put in front of a tribunal and judged with extreme rigor," the ministry said. Central African Republic, rich in diamonds, timber and gold, has…
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Sep
16
2021
By The African Mirror
West African leaders to hold summit on Guinea coup

West African leaders to hold summit on Guinea coup

NEWS
COOPER INVEEN WEST African leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to respond to the coup in Guinea and how to pressure the junta leaders to return the country to constitutional rule, Ghana's foreign minister said. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the putsch that overthrew President Alpha Conde, the third coup in West and Central Africa since April. The bloc suspended Guinea from the decision-making bodies of the organisation last week and sent a mission to meet the coup leaders on Friday. Ghanaian Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, who chairs the ECOWAS council…
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Sep
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Germany, France worried about Mali plan for Russian mercenaries

Germany, France worried about Mali plan for Russian mercenaries

NEWS
GERMANY has joined France in expressing concern about an agreement between Mali's military rulers and a Russian security company that would bring Russian mercenaries into the African country. Diplomatic and security sources have told Reuters that mercenaries hired by the Wagner Group would train the Malian military and provide protection for senior officials. The deal is close to being agreed on, they said, "We find this extremely worrying," a German foreign ministry spokesperson said. France's foreign minister on Tuesday criticised the plans, saying such a move was "incompatible" with the French military presence in its former colony. France is worried…
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Sep
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Twitter ban in Nigeria to end ‘very soon’

Twitter ban in Nigeria to end ‘very soon’

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NIGERIA expects to end its ban on Twitter in a "few more days", raising hopes among users eager to return to the social media platform three months after the suspension took effect, according to the government. The ban, announced in June, has hurt Nigerian businesses and drawn widespread condemnation for its damaging effect on freedom of expression and the ease of doing business in Africa's most populous nation. But Information Minister Lai Mohammed told a post-cabinet media briefing the government was aware of the anxiety the ban had created among Nigerians. "If the operation has been suspended for about 100…
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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Tributes for music legend Sibongile Khumalo

Tributes for music legend Sibongile Khumalo

NEWS
MPHO RANTAO TRIBUTES have continued to pour in for Sibongile Khumalo, the late South African multi-award winning music superstar who graced stages around the world with megastars.  Khumalo passed away yesterday after she suffered a stroke. Many of her fans took to social media to pay tribute to Khumalo (63), a musician whose voice was used for many occasions including birthdays, weddings and funerals. Her music appealed to different generations and race groups.  Khumalo received lots of praise for her work in opera classics. She was also honoured by the government with the Order of Ikhamanga for her outstanding contribution…
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Jan
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Africa begins vaccines, Tanzania told to trust science

Africa begins vaccines, Tanzania told to trust science

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GEORGE OBULUTSA Some African nations have begun administering vaccines against COVID-19, regional health officials said, though Tanzania's dissenting president was singled out for his trust in alternative remedies and God. John Nkengasong, director of the African Union (AU) bloc's disease control and prevention body, said a few countries had begun vaccinating: Morocco, Egypt, Seychelles and Guinea. "Guinea is very limited, just about 50 to 60 vaccinations have occurred. But these other countries have started mainly with the vaccine from China," he told an online briefing. In addition to 270 million doses previously secured, the AU has signed an agreement with…
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Jan
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Victory for Nigerian farmers over Shell

Victory for Nigerian farmers over Shell

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IN a victory for environmentalists, a Dutch appeals court on Friday said that the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell was responsible for multiple oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta and ordered it to pay unspecified damages to farmers. The case was brought in 2008 by four farmers and environmental group Friends of the Earth, seeking reparations for lost income from contaminated land and waterways in the region, the heart of Nigeria's oil industry. Friday's decision went a step further than a 2013 ruling by a lower court, saying that Shell's Nigerian subsidiary was responsible for multiple cases of…
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Jan
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Gulf of Guinea pirates in ransom talks

Gulf of Guinea pirates in ransom talks

NEWS
PIRATES who kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish-crewed container ship in the Gulf of Guinea have made their first contact with the shipping company to discuss a ransom, Turkish state media has reported. "Communication has been established with crew members of the Mozart container ship," Istanbul-based Boden Shipping, which provides technical management services for the vessel, was quoted as saying by state-owned Anadolu news agency. "Information has been obtained that all 15 crew members are in good health, not wounded and together," it said. One sailor, an Azerbaijani citizen, was killed in the raid while those kidnapped are from Turkey,…
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Sep
15
2021
By The African Mirror
African Union slams vaccine manufacturers

African Union slams vaccine manufacturers

NEWS
THE African Union has accused manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines of denying African countries a fair chance to buy them and urged manufacturing countries - in particular India - to lift export restrictions on vaccines and their components. "Those manufacturers know very well that they never gave us proper access," Strive Masiyiwa, AU Special Envoy for COVID-19, told a World Health Organization briefing from Geneva. "We could have handled this very differently." Out of 5.7 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines administered around the world so far, only 2% have been in Africa. Masiyiwa stressed that, in aiming to vaccinate 60% of…
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Sep
15
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. to withhold Egypt’s $130-million over rights

U.S. to withhold Egypt’s $130-million over rights

NEWS
HUMEYRA PAMUK THE Biden administration will withhold $130 million worth of military aid to Egypt in order to pressure the Arab ally to improve its human rights record, two sources familiar with the matter, including a U.S. official, said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's planned move is a break with his predecessors' policy of overriding a congressional check on military aid to Egypt. In the past, an exception was granted to free up $300 million in Foreign Military Financing for Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's government on that argument that it was in the interest of U.S. national security. But a portion…
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