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Feb
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian-born lensman’s moment

Nigerian-born lensman’s moment

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER NIGERIAN-born and British photographer and confidante to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Misan Harriman, calls the royal couple “absolute soulmates” amid their pregnancy announcement. Harriman was the photographer selected to capture the beautiful moment seen on the viral image of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry gazing at each other adoringly.  The photographer revealed in his tweet that the entire black and white picture taken in Los Angeles was shot remotely via iPad by Harriman, who was in London.  Harriman captured Markle cradling her baby bump in a white Carolina Herrera dress, while laying on Prince Harry’s…
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Jul
30
2021
By The African Mirror
SA banks replaces 1400 looted ATMs

SA banks replaces 1400 looted ATMs

NEWS
SOUTH African banks have revealed that replacing 1,400 automatic teller machines (ATMs) vandalised and looted during recent violent unrest could take about two months. As much as R20- million rand could have been taken, "however that is a rough estimate," according to Bongiwe Kunene, managing director of the Banking Association South Africa. Days of riots and looting earlier this month left more than 300 people dead and damaged thousands of businesses, including 269 bank branches. Banks are still assessing the extent of the damage and developing recovery plans, with the indicative average replacement cost of an ATM at 385 000…
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Feb
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Acquittal of ex-FIFA boss appealed

Acquittal of ex-FIFA boss appealed

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SWISS prosecutors have appealed against court verdicts clearing former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke of bribery and Qatari sports and broadcasting executive Nasser Al-Khelaifi of offering him incentives in a case involving World Cup media rights. The prosecutors also sought further charges against Valcke. The Attorney General's Office had accused Al-Khelaifi and an unnamed businessman of committing criminal mismanagement by offering Valcke undue advantages, including the use of a villa owned by Al-Khelaifi in Sardinia rent-free. Both Valcke and Al-Khelaifi have denied wrongdoing. They could not be reached for comment on Wednesday. Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court in October cleared Al-Khelaifi,…
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Jul
30
2021
By The African Mirror
U.N. arms embargo on CAR extended for year, China abstains

U.N. arms embargo on CAR extended for year, China abstains

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MICHELLE NICHOLS  THE United Nations Security Council has extended a Central African Republic (CAR) arms embargo and targeted sanctions regime for another year, however, China abstained in the vote because it believes the measures should be removed. The 15-member Security Council imposed the arms embargo on CAR in December 2013 when mainly Muslim Selaka rebels ousted then-president Francois Bozize, prompting reprisals from mostly Christian militias. A targeted sanctions regime was agreed upon in 2014 when U.N. peacekeepers were also deployed to the country. The gold and diamond-rich country of 4.7 million people have since been mired in violence. "There appears…
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Feb
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan-Ethiopia’s diplomatic tiff

Sudan-Ethiopia’s diplomatic tiff

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SUDAN has summoned its ambassador to Ethiopia for consultations over the latest developments in the ties between both countries, a spokesman for the Sudanese foreign ministry told Reuters yesterday. Sudan's foreign ministry had said on Sunday that Ethiopian forces crossed into Sudanese territory in an act of "aggression", but the spokesman did not specify if consultations would be about that particular incident. Ethiopian foreign ministry official spokesman Dina Mufti and state minister of foreign affairs Redwan Hussein could not immediately be reached for comment on Sunday following the incident and did not return messages. Clashes erupted late last year between…
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Jul
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Rwanda says it has killed 14 insurgents in Mozambique

Rwanda says it has killed 14 insurgents in Mozambique

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RWANDA killed 14 insurgents in Mozambique in fighting this week, an army spokesman said, adding that a Rwandan soldier had sustained a minor injury. Rwanda has sent a 1,000-strong force to the southern African nation of Mozambique to help it combat an escalating Islamic State-linked insurgency. The fighting took place between July 24 and 28 in the regions of Mbau and Awase, Rwandan military spokesman Ronald Rwivanga told Reuters. "We mounted an ambush between Mbau and Awase where we killed two insurgents. And the rest of the fighting took place in Awase. We so far killed 14 insurgents in total,"…
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Feb
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Hunger increases in South Africa despite COVID-19 welfare payments

Hunger increases in South Africa despite COVID-19 welfare payments

NEWS
EIGHTEEN percent of South African households reported someone going hungry at the end of last year, a survey published on yesterday found, with the situation worsening despite welfare payments to fight the impact of COVID-19. The hunger rate compares to 14% recorded in an official survey in 2018, showing the impact of the pandemic, researchers wrote in findings of the National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM), which followed 10,000 adults. "The reduction of social protection while rates of adult and child hunger are still at the highest they have been for a decade will have severe consequences," they…
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Feb
17
2021
By The African Mirror
South African President receives COVID-19 vaccine jab

South African President receives COVID-19 vaccine jab

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER WITH his eyes wide open, a smile underneath his mask and applause from health workers, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa received a symbolic COVID-19 jab, hours after the Johnson and Johnson vaccines arrived in the country. Ramaphosa, accompanied by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, received his jab at the Khayelitsha Clinic in Cape Town. He said it was important for him to take the jab to demonstrate confidence and allay any fears about the vaccine. Mkhize also received a jab.  They were not the first to receive the J&J jab. Nurse Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi is the first health…
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Jul
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Lion caught in Kenyan residential area

Lion caught in Kenyan residential area

NEWS
KENYAN wildlife authorities have captured a lion that had wandered into a residential area in a town south of the capital Nairobi. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said members of the public alerted them of the lion's presence in the morning, prompting the authority to send rangers and veterinarians to the site. "This morning, a sub-adult male lion was spotted stuck between a concrete wall and iron sheets in Ongata Rongai area," Kenya Wildlife Service said on its Twitter account. "The lion was successfully darted, immobilised and safely transferred to the (KWS) veterinary facility for observation collaring before being released back…
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Feb
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Gunmen storm Nigerian school, kidnap students

Gunmen storm Nigerian school, kidnap students

NEWS
GARBA MUHAMMAD UNIDENTIFIED gunmen attacked a secondary school in Nigeria's Niger state overnight and abducted many students, the state governor's spokeswoman said today. The assailants stormed the Government Science college in the Kagara district at around 2 a.m., overwhelming the school's security detail, according to local residents. The spokeswoman said many students had been abducted, but did not specify how many. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday condemned the raid, and dispatched security chiefs to coordinate operations to rescue the abducted students, his spokesman said. Militant Islamist group Boko Haram…
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