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Feb
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Does the world need new COVID vaccines?

Does the world need new COVID vaccines?

NEWS
GUY FAULCONBRIDGE and KATE HOLTON It is not yet clear whether the world needs a new set of vaccines to fight different variants of the novel coronavirus but scientists are working on new ones so there is no reason for alarm, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group said yesterday. South Africa has paused a planned rollout of AstraZeneca's vaccines after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection among young people from the dominant variant there, stoking fears of a much longer battle with the pathogen. AstraZeneca and Oxford University aim to produce a next generation of vaccines…
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Feb
10
2021
By The African Mirror
C.A.R army retakes strategic town

C.A.R army retakes strategic town

NEWS
CENTRAL African Republic's army, backed by Russian and Rwandan allies, regained full control yesterday of a strategic town near the western border with Cameroon that had been attacked by rebel forces last month, the government spokesman said. The army has been battling a coalition of rebels since the weeks before a disputed December 27 election, in which President Faustin-Archange Touadera won a second term. The violence has forced more than 200,000 civilians to flee their homes. The rebels attacked Bouar, a market town about 100 km (60 miles) from the border with Cameroon, on January 9. They also attacked the…
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Feb
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Algeria reports H5N8 bird flu

Algeria reports H5N8 bird flu

NEWS
ALGERIA has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said yesterday. The virus killed 50,000 birds on a farm in the town of Ain Fakroun in the northeast of the country, with the remaining 1,200 birds in the flock slaughtered, the OIE said, citing a report from Algeria's agriculture ministry.
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Feb
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Two killed as Gabon citizens protest coronavirus restrictions

Two killed as Gabon citizens protest coronavirus restrictions

NEWS
TWO people have died after demonstrations in Gabon's two major cities, the prime minister has announced, as anger over restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 spilled over into street stand-offs. On Thursday night security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades in some neighbourhoods in the capital Libreville and Port Gentil to disperse protesters who banged pots and had set up barricades, burning tyres and debris. "Yesterday evening, two of our compatriots died during protests against these protective measures," Prime Minister Rose Christine Ossouka Raponda said in a statement. Gabon restricted travel in and out the capital city…
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Feb
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan and Ethiopia trade accusations

Sudan and Ethiopia trade accusations

NEWS
SUDAN has accused Ethiopia of an "unforgivable insult" in its sharpest statement since a decades-old border dispute flared late last year. Clashes erupted between Sudanese and Ethiopian forces over Al-Fashqa, an area of fertile land settled by Ethiopian farmers that Sudan says lies on its side of a border demarcated at the start of the 20th century, which Ethiopia rejects. In a statement on Thursday, Ethiopia's foreign ministry said it believes "the conflict being trumpeted by the Sudanese government's military wing could only serve the interests of a third party at the expense of the Sudanese people." Sudan's foreign ministry…
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Feb
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali plans talks with Islamist militants

Mali plans talks with Islamist militants

NEWS
MALI’S government has created a body to open talks with Islamist militants whose insurgency has made vast portions of the country ungovernable, the interim prime minister has said, in the face of objections by France. A year ago ousted former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said his government was prepared to negotiate with al Qaeda-linked militants. National talks in the aftermath of the August coup that overthrew Keita endorsed that policy. "Dialogue is not an exclusive solution, but rather an additional means of bringing back into the bosom of the Republic those who left it, often for existential reasons far removed…
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Feb
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Tigray conditions for peace named

Tigray conditions for peace named

NEWS
FORCES fighting Ethiopia's military in the Tigray region have laid out eight conditions for beginning peace talks, including the appointment of an international mediator and unimpeded access for humanitarian aid. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered airstrikes and a ground offensive against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) - the former ruling party in the northern region - after regional forces attacked federal army bases in the region on November 4. Abiy declared victory less than a month later after the TPLF withdrew from the regional capital, Mekelle, and major towns, but low-level fighting continues. Some senior TPLF members remain at…
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Feb
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudanese had no terrorist motives

Sudanese had no terrorist motives

NEWS
A Sudanese asylum seeker who fatally stabbed an employee at a migrant reception centre in the southern French city of Pau on Friday had no terrorist motives, the Pau prosecutor said yesterday. She said that following Friday's attack the assailant had been detained by two staff of the asylum centre.
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Feb
20
2021
By The African Mirror
ANC’s bid to persuade Zuma to avoid jail

ANC’s bid to persuade Zuma to avoid jail

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER BHEKI Cele, the South African Minister of Police has met former President Jacob Zuma to persuade him to avoid a possible prison term by adhering to the summons and a Constitutional Court ruling to appear before the Zondo Commission into state capture.  Cele has disclosed, in an interview with South African TV station Newzroom Afrika, that his mission to Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal was to speak to Zuma, who has made it clear that he would rather go to jail than appear before the Zondo Commission, to change his mind. Cele would not disclose the outcome of the meeting…
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Feb
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Banging pots, tear gas, in anti-COVID-19 protest

Banging pots, tear gas, in anti-COVID-19 protest

NEWS
RESIDENTS of Gabon's two major cities took to the streets banging pots and pans for a second night on Thursday, in defiance of coronavirus curfew measures, to protest against government restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades in some neighbourhoods in the capital Libreville and Port Gentil to disperse protesters who had set up barricades, burning tyres and debris. Gabon restricted travel in and out the capital city, and expanded curfew hours to limit travel and slow the spread of coronavirus infections last week. Among the measures that sparked the protests…
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