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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
100 jihadists killed in joint Mali-France operation

100 jihadists killed in joint Mali-France operation

NEWS
MALIAN and French forces killed around 100 jihadists and took another 20 captive in a joint operation this January in central Mali, the West African nation's army said in a statement. It said the campaign lasted from January 2 to January 20 and targeted areas bordering Burkina Faso, where militant groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State control large tracts of the remote desert and regularly carry out raids on the army and civilians. "The purpose of this operation was to force the enemy out of its areas of refuge," the army said. France has more than 5,100…
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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia’s parliament approves Cabinet reshuffle amid protests

Tunisia’s parliament approves Cabinet reshuffle amid protests

NEWS
TAREK AMARA and ANGUS McDOWALL TUNISIA’S parliament has approved a Cabinet reshuffle that deepened the conflict between the prime minister and the president, as hundreds protested outside the heavily barricaded parliament over social inequality and police abuses. Riot police turned water cannon on protesters outside the parliament earlier on Tuesday, trying to quell the largest rally since demonstrations began this month. Hundreds of protesters had marched from the Ettadhamen district of the capital, Tunis, where young people have clashed with police several nights this month, and were joined by hundreds more near the parliament. Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi named 11…
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Sep
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Russian mercenaries to be allowed into Mali

Russian mercenaries to be allowed into Mali

NEWS
JOHN IRISH and DAVID LEWIS A deal is close that would allow Russian mercenaries into Mali, extending Russian influence over security affairs in West Africa and triggering opposition from former colonial power France, seven diplomatic and security sources said. Paris has begun a diplomatic drive to prevent the military junta in Mali enacting the deal, which would permit Russian private military contractors, the Wagner Group, to operate in the former French colony, the sources said. A European source who tracks West Africa and a security source in the region said at least 1,000 mercenaries could be involved. Two other sources…
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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s wine industry heads to court to fight alcohol ban

South Africa’s wine industry heads to court to fight alcohol ban

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's wine industry has asked the courts to allow the main wine-growing region to exempt itself from a ban on the sale of alcohol that was reinstated last month to ease pressure on hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. VinPro, which represents wine producers and cellars, said it had approached the Western Cape High Court to seek interim relief from the ban which would allow the premier of the Western Cape to regulate the sale of liquor in the province. "Although the liquor ban is intended to ensure that hospitals have the capacity to treat those who become ill, the…
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Sep
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Gunmen attack Nigerian prison, free 266 inmates

Gunmen attack Nigerian prison, free 266 inmates

NEWS
HEAVILY armed gunmen have raided a jail in south-central Nigeria and freed 266 inmates - almost everyone in the prison, authorities said. The attackers started a gun battle with guards at the medium-security prison at Kabba in Kogi State, southwest of the federal capital Abuja, a spokesman for the Correctional Service said. He did not give details on any casualties. A total of 294 inmates were in custody at the time - 224 of them pre-trial detainees and 70 convicted, the prison service said. The jail was established in 2008 with a capacity for 200 inmates, it added. Suspects can…
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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Congo lawmakers pass no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Ilunga

Congo lawmakers pass no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Ilunga

NEWS
LAWMAKERS in the Democratic Republic of Congo voted yesterday to oust Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, collapsing the government and handing President Felix Tshisekedi a chance to appoint loyalists to key ministries. Last month Tshisekedi moved to end a coalition formed with his predecessor Joseph Kabila that has constrained Tshisekedi's authority since he took office in January 2019. Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, 26 March 2019. Photo: Paul Kagame/flickr This culminated in Wednesday's no-confidence vote against the prime minister, one of the last vestiges of Kabila's hold on government. It passed with…
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Sep
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Fishing for food security, Africa puts tilapia on the menu

Fishing for food security, Africa puts tilapia on the menu

NEWS
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD MORE tilapia are finding their way onto African plates - and palates - as rapid population growth in Africa fuels demand for locally-produced fish and opening up a multi-billion dollar market for ‘aquapreneurs.’ Aqua-Spark’s new Aqua Insights Report show the continent will consume up to 29 million MT annually by 2050, up from the current 10 million MT. It represents a 190 per cent jump in demand against 86.57 per cent projected population growth in Africa which is expected to hit 2.5 billion in the period under review. On the menu is farmed tilapia, a freshwater fish,…
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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Militant killings more than doubled in Congo in 2020, UN says

Militant killings more than doubled in Congo in 2020, UN says

NEWS
KILLINGS by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo more than doubled last year, the United Nations has said, underlining spiralling violence in the country's east two years after Felix Tshisekedi became president. The U.N. Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) said militias executed at least 2,487 civilians in 2020, up from 1,029 the previous year. Fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan Islamist armed group, were responsible for a third of the deaths, which included the killing of more than 200 women and 26 children in the restive provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, it said. "These…
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Sep
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Algeria arrests more members of MAK separatist group

Algeria arrests more members of MAK separatist group

NEWS
ALGERIA has arrested 16 more members of a separatist group authority have declared a terrorist organisation, according to the paramilitary police. The arrests, which included a journalist, took place in the two mostly Berber-speaking Kabylie provinces of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia after investigations over wildfires that killed at least 65 people last month, the paramilitary police, or National Gendarmerie, said in a statement. The government has accused MAK, a separatist group in the Kabylie region, east of Algiers, of being behind the devastating forest fires, which hit several provinces, including Tizi Ouzou. Algeria last week said it had detained 30…
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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
South African opposition party goes to court to seek vaccine clarity

South African opposition party goes to court to seek vaccine clarity

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) is going to court to force President Cyril Ramaphosa's government to release details of its COVID-19 vaccination plans. The government has been accused by health experts, scientists and political rivals of tardiness in procuring vaccines against the new coronavirus - charges it rejects. South Africa has suffered a surge in infections driven by a new, more contagious variant of the virus called 501Y.V2, which drove daily new cases to 21,000 in early January, although they have now eased to below 10,000. "Ramaphosa wants a get-out-of-jail-free card by blaming the West for having ordered in…
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