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Feb
01
2021
By The African Mirror
South Africa relaxes COVID-19 restrictions

South Africa relaxes COVID-19 restrictions

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER INSPIRED by decreased levels of infections and reduced hospital admissions, South Africa has relaxed COVID-19 restrictions, allowing people to buy alcohol, visit beaches and other public places. SA president Cyril Ramaphosa said the country will remain on COVID-19 Alert Level 3 but announced the following relaxed measures. Curfew hours will now be from 11pm to 4amRestaurants and other establishments have to close at 10pmDuty-free shops, registered wineries, wine farms, micro-breweries and micro-distilleries will be able to sell alcohol for off-site consumption during their normal licensed operating hours.The sale of alcohol by licensed premises for on-site consumption –…
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Sep
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Moroccan-Algeria diplomat spat rages on

Moroccan-Algeria diplomat spat rages on

NEWS
A senior Moroccan diplomat on Monday renewed comments that were cited by Algeria when it cut off relations with Rabat last week, a move that may escalate the spat between the North African neighbours. Omar Hilale, Morocco's ambassador to the United Nations, drew an equivalency between disputes in the Moroccan-held territory of Western Sahara and the Kabylie region of Algeria in comments cited by Moroccan news agency MAP. His comments are likely to provoke a response from Algeria, which said last week it was cutting off diplomatic ties while keeping consulates in the two countries open. The border between Morocco…
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Feb
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Post-COVID-19 world needs more women leaders

Post-COVID-19 world needs more women leaders

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EMMA BATHA COUNTRIES must put more women into leadership roles to build a stronger post-pandemic world, a top U.N. official has said as data showed women could be waiting more than a century to see equality at the highest political echelons. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who made history as South Africa's first female deputy president in 2005, said gender-balanced cabinets made better decisions not just for women, but for society as a whole. Global progress on getting more women into top roles is frustratingly slow, she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. But she believes Kamala Harris's appointment as the first female U.S.…
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Feb
02
2021
By The African Mirror
‘I was crying’: Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl phones home after seven years

‘I was crying’: Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl phones home after seven years

NEWS
ADAOBI TRICIA NWAUBANI  NEARLY seven years since Islamist militants kidnapped two of his daughters from their school in northeastern Nigeria, a hurried phone call let Ali Maiyanga know that his family's ordeal might soon be over. The call on Thursday evening was from Maiyanga's daughter Halima, who - along with her sister Maryam - was among more than 200 schoolgirls snatched by Boko Haram insurgents in Chibok in April 2014, sparking a global #BringBackOurGirls campaign. "I was crying, she was crying," said Maiyanga, who was preparing to get married to his fourth wife when he heard Halima's voice down the…
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Feb
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Uganda’s Bobi Wine challenges election result in court

Uganda’s Bobi Wine challenges election result in court

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ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDAN opposition leader Bobi Wine has filed a supreme court challenge seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party's lawyer said. Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 election with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%. "We want the poll cancelled and repeated," said George Musisi, lawyer for Wine's National Unity Platform (NUP). Wine, 38, a pop star and lawmaker, rejected the results and said he believed his victory was stolen.…
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Feb
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Jacob Zuma’s ultimate defiance

Jacob Zuma’s ultimate defiance

NEWS
AFRICA MIRROR REPORTER FORMER South African president Jacob Zuma has waved the proverbial middle finger at the country’s highest courts, the government and the law enforcement authorities. In an unprecedented move, Zuma, who has been ordered by the Constitutional Court, SA’s apex court to attend and testify at the Zondo Commission into allegations of state capture, fraud and corruption, declared that he will defy the court order. However, Zuma, in a lengthy public statement that also extoled his history with the ANC and the struggle against apartheid, declared that he willing to face the consequences of his decision. “I do…
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Feb
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Britain sanctions four Zim security chiefs

Britain sanctions four Zim security chiefs

NEWS
BRITAIN yesterday announced sanctions against four Zimbabwean security chiefs for human rights abuses in a move that will restrict their travel to Britain and freeze their assets. Britain cited a crackdown on protests in January 2019 which killed 17, and post-election violence in 2018, as it introduced the sanctions on Minister for State Security Owen Ncube, as well as heads of police and intelligence organisations. "These sanctions send a clear message that we will hold to account those responsible for the most egregious human rights violations, including the deaths of innocent Zimbabweans," British foreign minister Dominic Raab said. "These sanctions…
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Sep
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Six murder suspects to remain in jail

Six murder suspects to remain in jail

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THERE were two major revelations when six men appeared in court yesterday in connection with the murder of Babita Deokaran, a senior Gauteng civil servant and an anti-corruption whistleblower. It was revealed in court that Deokaran (53) was not alone in the car when she was shot multiple times. The passenger, who escaped unhurt, has been placed in a secure location and is expected to be a key state witness. The second revelation was that the 7th suspect was freed because the evidence collected did not link him to the crime. The six, all from KwaZulu-Natal, were…
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Feb
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Challenges to Libyan route to peace

Challenges to Libyan route to peace

NEWS
LIBYANS watching a peace process nearing a critical phase this week in Switzerland need only try driving from one side of their country to the other to understand the obstacles to diplomacy. An October ceasefire called for all foreign mercenaries to leave the country and for the main coastal road between west and east to reopen. But the mercenaries remain, the United Nations said last week, and the road is shut. For those who cannot take one of the flights that resumed last year between the capital Tripoli in the west and Benghazi in the east, it means a long,…
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Sep
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Trade Boost: South Sudan, Sudan to re-open border

Trade Boost: South Sudan, Sudan to re-open border

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SETH ONYANGO, BIRD Sudan and South Sudan will reopen their borders on October 1 for the first time in 11 years, in a deal expected to re-calibrate trade between the two states and usher in a new diplomatic dawn for the erstwhile foes. Sudan's reformist Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and South Sudan President Salva Kiir said in a joint statement last week that their borders will be opened at four crossings to allow free movement of goods and people. These are Buram–Timsah in Western Behr El Ghazal state, Meram—Wanjok in Northern Behr El Ghazal State, Jebelain Renk in Upper Nile…
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