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Jul
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisian Islamists move to ease tensions, unions demand roadmap

Tunisian Islamists move to ease tensions, unions demand roadmap

NEWS
TAEK AMARA TUNISIA’S leading Islamist party has moved to ease the country's political crisis, calling for dialogue and urging supporters not to protest after accusing President Kais Saied of launching a coup. Tunisia faced its worst political crisis in a decade of democracy after Saied, backed by the army, sacked the prime minister and froze parliament on Sunday, sparking concern in Western capitals that have praised its transition from autocracy since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011. Influential civil society groups, including the powerful labour union, warned Saied not to extend extraordinary measures he announced on Sunday beyond a month…
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Jul
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Libya headed back to ‘square one’

Libya headed back to ‘square one’

NEWS
AYMAN AL-WERFALI LIBYA will return to "square one" and the turmoil of 2011 if national elections planned for December are delayed, the speaker of parliament said, with a new rival government likely to set itself up in the east. The elections are seen in the West as a critical step in efforts to bring stability to Libya, which has been in chaos since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising against Muammar Gaddafi. Libya, a major oil and gas producer, was divided in 2014 between an internationally recognised government in the west and a rival administration in the east that established its own…
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Jul
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Police chief, six bandits killed in clash in southeast Nigeria

Police chief, six bandits killed in clash in southeast Nigeria

NEWS
A Nigerian local police chief and six bandits were shot dead during a clash in southeastern Imo State, police said, the latest incident in a multi-faceted insecurity crisis engulfing Africa's most populous nation. The clash took place when a large group of gunmen were spotted driving into the town of Omuma in a convoy of three vehicles. Police attacked them, resulting in seven deaths and in 11 arrests. The police gave no information about the bandits -- a term commonly used in Nigeria to describe a range of criminals such as armed robbers or kidnappers for ransom. Southeastern Nigeria, homeland…
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Jul
28
2021
By The African Mirror
News Africa should know about

News Africa should know about

NEWS
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD NEWSROOM KENYA signs an investment deal that will see Nairobi compete to become the financial hub for Africa; Africa’s vaccine production gets yet another shot in the arm, this time from the IFC; Madagascar is to open the world's first 3D-printed school. All in "News Africa Should Know About". Daily, from the bird Newsroom (Nest). Kenya deal with the UK aims to turn Nairobi into Africa’s financial hub Kenya and the United Kingdom were to sign a deal on Tuesday, July 27, that would shore up investment in Nairobi and turn the East African state’s capital into…
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Jul
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Food, water running out in Tigray refugee camps – UN

Food, water running out in Tigray refugee camps – UN

NEWS
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY SOME 24,000 Eritrean refugees are trapped in two camps in Ethiopia's Tigray region, cut off from humanitarian aid, and their food rations may have run out, according to the United Nations. Appealing for access to the Mai Aini and Adi Harush camps, the U.N. refugee agency said there was "a real danger of hunger" if the refugees did not receive supplies. Fighting that began between the Ethiopian central government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) last November has escalated in and around the camps, and two refugees have been killed this month, it said. "The last food…
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Jul
28
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 57 migrants die in shipwreck off Libyan coast

At least 57 migrants die in shipwreck off Libyan coast

NEWS
AT least 57 people have drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast near Khums, the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean where more than 1,100 have perished this year, the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Bodies have not been recovered from the shipwreck, but survivors included migrants from Nigeria, Ghana and Gambia, IOM spokeswoman Safa Msehli told Reuters. "According to survivors brought to shore by fishermen and the coast guard, at least 20 women and two children were among those who drowned," she said earlier by tweet. The migrants, the majority from West Africa, departed from Khums,…
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Feb
15
2021
By The African Mirror
60 killed, 240 missing in Congo River barge tragedy

60 killed, 240 missing in Congo River barge tragedy

NEWS
STANIS BUJAKERA AT least 60 people died when a passenger barge carrying more than 700 people became shipwrecked on the Congo river at night, Democratic Republic of Congo's humanitarian affairs minister has disclosed. Some 300 survivors had been found near the scene of the accident in Mai-Ndombe province in the west of the country, but another 240 remained unaccounted for, Steve Mbikayi wrote on Twitter. Deadly boat accidents are common in Congo, which has few tarred roads across its vast, forested interior and where vessels are frequently loaded well beyond their capacity. For most people the Congo river and its…
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Feb
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Zuma’s vicious response to Zondo’s jail threat

Zuma’s vicious response to Zondo’s jail threat

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER HOURS after an unprecedented announcement that he may face a jail term, the former South African president came out with guns blazing, attacking Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, the judiciary and reiterating his decision not to appear before the commission probing state capture. The commission, chaired by Zondo, announced after Zuma failed to attend the hearing as summoned that it would approach the Constitutional Court and seek a conviction as well as a prison term. Zuma has however, made it clear that he was ready to face the consequences of his decision.   “Now that it seems that…
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Feb
16
2021
By The African Mirror
DJs Fresh and Euphonik won’t be charged

DJs Fresh and Euphonik won’t be charged

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER TOP South African DJs Fresh and Euphonik, who lost their jobs following allegations of rape, will not be prosecuted, the National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) has confirmed.  Fresh and Euphonik, real names Thato Sikwane and Themba Nkosi released a joint statement on social media, saying that the rape charges laid against them have been dismissed by NPA) The rape charges were laid last month, after a woman accused the South African DJs of the rape on a Twitter thread. In the joint statement, Fresh and Euphonic said the NPA had issued a  “Nolle prosequi”ruling,  which translates to “will…
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Feb
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Suspected Islamists kill 16 in eastern DRC

Suspected Islamists kill 16 in eastern DRC

NEWS
ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE  SUSPECTED Islamists killed three soldiers and 13 civilians and burnt down a church in a raid on a village in Democratic Republic of Congo's northeastern Ituri province, the army and a rights group said yesterday. The attackers opened fire when they entered the village of Ndalya, about 100 km south of the city of Bunia, said Christophe Munyanderu, coordinator of the group Convention for the Respect of Human Rights. An initial assessment showed that 13 civilians had been killed, Munyanderu said. The attackers also burned down a Catholic church, he said. "For the moment our troops are…
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