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Jul
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Five soccer players die after blast hits bus

Five soccer players die after blast hits bus

NEWS
AN explosive planted on a bus carrying soccer players in Somalia's port city of Kismayo killed at least five players, a police officer said on Friday. "We have confirmed five deaths and more than 12 injuries and we still have some players missing," Captain Ahmed Farah told Reuters by telephone from Kismayo. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack on Friday evening. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's office on its Twitter account the president had sent condolences and put the blame on al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents for the explosion. Al Shabaab, which wants to unseat the central…
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Feb
19
2021
By The African Mirror
‘AIDS Patient Zero was not African’

‘AIDS Patient Zero was not African’

NEWS
HUGO GREENHALGH AS World Health Organization scientists comb the Chinese city of Wuhan for the first cases of the coronavirus, a Canadian infectious disease expert believes he has found the source of another pandemic, HIV/AIDS, more than a century earlier. In a revised edition of his 2011 book "The Origin of AIDS", published last month, Jacques Pepin questions the "cut hunter" theory that the blood of a chimpanzee likely infected someone with the simian variant of HIV in Cameroon in the early 20th century. He now believes it is likely that the first instance of the zoonotic transmission of the…
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Jul
31
2021
By The African Mirror
I will not become a dictator – President

I will not become a dictator – President

NEWS
TAREK AMARA and ANGUS MCDOWALL TUNISIA'S president promised on Friday he would not turn into a dictator and rejected accusations he had staged a coup, as two parliament members were arrested following his decision to lift their immunity when he seized control of government this week. Tunisia has been thrust into a political crisis by President Kais Saied's move on Sunday to dismiss the prime minister and freeze parliament for 30 days, leading major parties to accuse him of a coup. Saied has yet to carry out steps that critics say are needed to reassure Tunisians, including the appointment of…
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Feb
19
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Don’t be cowards,” minister tells Nigerians

‘Don’t be cowards,” minister tells Nigerians

NEWS
NIGERIA’S defence minister prompted criticism yesterday for urging Nigerians not to "be cowards" and to stand up to armed bandits, while security forces embarked on a mission to rescue 42 people kidnapped from a boarding school this week. The comments by Bashir Salihi Magashi, a retired army major, came on Wednesday, hours after gunmen abducted dozens of people, including 27 students, from the Government Science secondary school in the Kagara district of north-central Niger state. The Nigeria Police Force, in a statement on Thursday, said a massive search and rescue mission was being carried out alongside the military in which…
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Feb
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Uganda military sentences soldiers up to three months in jail over journalist assault

Uganda military sentences soldiers up to three months in jail over journalist assault

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABEREMA The Ugandan military yesterday sentenced seven soldiers to 90 days in jail after they were convicted of assaulting journalists who were covering an event outside a U.N. office in the capital Kampala. Punishment of security personnel for abuse against journalists is rare and attacks on reporters have escalated in recent months amid a crackdown on supporters of opposition leader Bobi Wine. On Wednesday, soldiers descended on a group of journalists outside the U.N. High Commissioner of Human Rights office, beating and injuring at least 20 of them. NTV Uganda television showed the journalists running for safety and screaming…
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Feb
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kill nine in Burkina Faso

Gunmen kill nine in Burkina Faso

NEWS
UNIDENTIFIED gunmen killed nine people and wounded nine more in a road ambush in northern Burkina Faso yesterday, security sources and local sources said. The attack happened between the towns of Markoye and Tokabangou, where residents were on their way to a weekly market across the nearby border in Dolbel, Niger, said three security sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. An initial death toll of eight was revised up after one person died of injuries. Attacks are common in the tri-border area of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, where Islamist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State…
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Feb
19
2021
By The African Mirror
11,000 Ebola vaccines expected in Guinea

11,000 Ebola vaccines expected in Guinea

NEWS
GUINEA expects to receive more than 11,000 Ebola vaccines this weekend, with more to follow, and inoculations could start as soon as Monday, a health ministry official and the World Health Organization said yesterday. The 11,000 doses are being prepared in Geneva and over 8,600 more doses will be shipped from the United States to battle the outbreak, which Guinea declared over the weekend, WHO regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti told a news conference. Guinea has recorded three confirmed and four probable cases of Ebola, including five deaths. Six of the cases were in the southeast, while one is…
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Jul
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Tributes for SA actor, filmmaker

Tributes for SA actor, filmmaker

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SHONA Ferguson was one of South Africa’s biggest contributors to the film industry, and his untimely death has left a large hole, his friends and fans have said. Tributes poured in from fans, fellow acting colleagues and industry members - all of whom said the actor was someone who led some of the country’s filming industry to success and opened doors for others. Ferguson died in Johannesburg at the age of 47 from Covid-19 related complications. “The loss of great industry contributor is something that we can never get used to. An iconic man, who led the…
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Jul
31
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S-Nigeria arms deal on hold over human rights

U.S-Nigeria arms deal on hold over human rights

NEWS
DOYINSOLA OLADIPO and MIKE STONE U.S. lawmakers have put on hold a proposal to sell almost $1 billion of weapons to Nigeria over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the government, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The proposed sale of 12 AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters made by Bell and related equipment worth $875 million is being delayed in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and in the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, the sources told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. Foreign Policy reported this week that the State Department had informally notified Congress of the…
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Feb
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Fired Eastern Cape Health remains an MPL

Fired Eastern Cape Health remains an MPL

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER EASTERN Cape MEC for Health, Sindiswa Gomba, who was fired from her job after she appeared in court for embezzling millions meant for Nelson Mandela’s funeral, remains a member of the provincial legislature. Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane axed Gomba yesterday following her recent appearance in court, with 10 others suspects. He appointed Xolile Nqatha, the current MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, to act as MEC of Health until a new appointment is made. Mabuyane said the decision would allow Gomba to focus on the charges against her. “The decision is the best interest…
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