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Aug
04
2021
By The African Mirror
Activists urge Morocco to extradite Uyghur man to China

Activists urge Morocco to extradite Uyghur man to China

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MOROCCAN human rights activists have urged Rabat not to extradite an Uyghur man to China, citing fears he might face arbitrary detention or torture. Yidrissi Aishan has been held at a prison near Casablanca after being arrested on an Interpol notice filed by China after arriving last month from Turkey, where he lives. China has accused him of terrorism and he faces an extradition hearing in Morocco, his lawyers said, saying the charges against him lack evidence. "We call on Morocco to uphold the international anti-torture conventions it has ratified and abstain from extraditing the Uyghur citizen to China where…
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Feb
11
2021
By The African Mirror
20 U.N. peacekeepers injured in Mali

20 U.N. peacekeepers injured in Mali

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TWENTY United Nations peacekeepers were injured, including several seriously, in central Mali yesterday when their base came under fire, a U.N. mission spokesman said. The base near the town of Douentza was attacked, a spokesman for the MINUSMA mission, Olivier Salgado, told Reuters. He did not say who was responsible. Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic States regularly attack U.N. peacekeepers and Malian soldiers in the area. "The MINUSMA chief firmly condemns the attack and has ordered that all measures be taken to treat the wounded," Salgado said. Deployed since 2013, the U.N. currently has over 14,000…
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Aug
04
2021
By The African Mirror
MSF leaves Cameroon’s restive region

MSF leaves Cameroon’s restive region

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INTERNATIONAL aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said it had been forced to withdraw its teams from Cameroon's restive Northwest region where the government has been battling separatists for over four years. The withdrawal follows a prolonged suspension of its operations in the region by the government of Cameroon, officially for a review. Local government and military officials have accused MSF of supporting armed groups, which the organisation denies. "We cannot stay any longer in a region where we are not allowed to provide care to people," said Emmanuel Lampaert, MSF's operations coordinator for Central Africa, in a statement. Lampaert…
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Feb
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Fela Kuti, Jay-Z among Hall of Fame nominees

Fela Kuti, Jay-Z among Hall of Fame nominees

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LEGENDARY Nigerian musician, the late Fela Kuti, rapper Jay-Z, 1980s pop group The Go-Gos and rock band Foo Fighters were among first-time nominees announced yesterday for possible induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Others on the ballot for the first time include singer-songwriter Carole King, singer-actress Dionne Warwick and heavy metal group Iron Maiden. American rapper JAY-Z backstage on his On The Run II tour in 2018. Picture: Instagram/lavitaraynor The 16 contenders also included previous nominees Tina Turner, Mary J. Blige, Devo, LL Cool J and Todd Rundgren. Performers become eligible 25 years after their first commercial…
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Feb
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Kenya launches $34 mln project to tackle effects of climate change

Kenya launches $34 mln project to tackle effects of climate change

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KENYA has launched a $34-million project aimed at cushioning the effects of drought caused by climate change, targeting communities living in arid regions of the country. Finance and environment ministry officials said the five-year Green Climate Fund project would go towards helping 620,000 people in 11 regional counties in arid and semi-arid areas and would aim to restore over 500,000 hectares of rangelands. Keriako Tobiko, the minister for environment and forestry, said these areas account for 80% of the East African country's land mass, and were more susceptible to the effects of climate change. "These areas and communities living in…
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Feb
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Suspected Islamists kill 10 villagers in eastern Congo

Suspected Islamists kill 10 villagers in eastern Congo

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ATTACKERS killed around 10 people in an overnight raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities and the army said yesterday, blaming fighters from a Ugandan Islamist armed group. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group active in eastern Congo since the 1990s, has committed a succession of brutal reprisal attacks against civilians since the army began an operation against it in late 2019. The group killed around 850 people last year, according to U.N. figures. "So far a provisional assessment is of about ten people killed. It is attributed to the Islamist ADF…
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Aug
03
2021
By The African Mirror
“Hushpuppi” confesses to multi-million fraud

“Hushpuppi” confesses to multi-million fraud

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER RAMON Olorunwa Abbas - alias “Hushpuppi”- the Nigerian considered by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to be one of the world’s high profile fraudsters, has confessed to his crimes, which involves $24-million that was conned out of unsuspecting business people. He is due to be sentenced on October 25 and faces up to  20 years in prison. The confession and conviction of “Hushpuppi” (37) has also led to the arrest of three of his accomplices - Nigerians living in the US - and the suspension of a top Nigerian police officer who allegedly affected an…
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Aug
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian doctors begin strike over salary, allowances

Nigerian doctors begin strike over salary, allowances

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CAMILLUS EBOH RESIDENT doctors in Nigerian public hospitals began an indefinite strike on Monday over grievances that include the delayed payment of salaries and allowances, the doctors' union said, as coronavirus infections rise. Nigerian doctors frequently strike over what they say are poor conditions of service. Last year they walked out from their jobs three times, including over demands for an allowance for treating COVID-19 patients. Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, president of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), said the strike had started early on Monday and that the government had not reached out to the union since it gave notice…
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Aug
03
2021
By The African Mirror
‘I’m fighting for my community’

‘I’m fighting for my community’

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NQOBILE DLUDLA and SISIPHO SKWEYIYA The first transgender contestant in South Africa's national beauty pageant, 24-year-old Lehlogonolo Machaba hopes she will inspire greater acceptance of the LGBTQI community. Machaba, a fashion model, is competing for the Miss South Africa title, which opened to transgender contestants in 2019. "Being the first is a bit overwhelming and I'm also anxious that people do know now that I'm a trans woman," Machaba said. South Africa is the only African country where same-sex marriage is legal and which enshrines LGBTQI rights in its constitution. People can change their identity in the national birth register.…
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Aug
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia’s parliament speaker leaves hospital

Tunisia’s parliament speaker leaves hospital

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TUNISIA’S parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party that has had an influential national role for a decade, left the hospital hours after he was admitted on Sunday, two advisers said, in the midst of a major political crisis. Ghannouchi, 80, has led opposition to last week's move by President Kais Saied to seize governing powers, dismiss the prime minister and freeze parliament, steps that the Ennahda leader quickly branded a coup. His advisers did not say what was wrong with Ghannouchi, who was hospitalised for a week last month with COVID-19. "After a few hours…
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