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Feb
13
2021
By The African Mirror
42 500 Nigerians farmers win the right to sue Shell in the UK

42 500 Nigerians farmers win the right to sue Shell in the UK

NEWS
JULIA PAYNE and KIRSTIN RIDLEY The UK Supreme Court has allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and groundwater. Senior judges said there was an arguable case that UK-domiciled Shell, one of the world's biggest energy companies, is responsible, in the latest test of whether multinationals can be held to account for the acts of overseas subsidiaries. Represented by law firm Leigh Day, the group of Nigerians have argued that the parent company Shell owed them a duty…
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Jul
25
2021
By The African Mirror
16 killed in road ambush in DRC

16 killed in road ambush in DRC

NEWS
AT least 16 people, including six women and two children, have been killed in a suspected Islamist militant attack on a remote road in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the director of a local hospital said. The attack took place on a road near the town of Oicha, around 390 km (242 miles) north of the eastern provincial capital of Goma. Nine others were injured, with three, including a baby, in critical condition, according to hospital staff. Survivors blamed the assault on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist militant group that claims links to Islamic State. They…
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Feb
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Uganda chafes at EU over Museveni

Uganda chafes at EU over Museveni

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDA has accused the European Union of meddling after the bloc's parliament recommended sanctions over a crackdown and arrests of opponents around President Yoweri Museveni's disputed re-election last month. In power since 1986, Museveni was declared winner of the presidential poll with 59% of votes, but his main rival - pop star and lawmaker Bobi Wine - rejected the ballot as fraudulent. On Thursday, the EU parliament passed a resolution saying the election was not democratic, police and soldiers used excessive force, and detainees should be released. "Asking Uganda to release suspects already before the courts of law…
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Feb
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Suspected child traffickers arrested

Suspected child traffickers arrested

NEWS
ANGE ABOA  IVORY Coast police have arrested three suspected child traffickers in the western town of Soubre, the centre of its cocoa-growing region, a police official said yesterday. The three Burkinabe nationals were taken into custody at a roadblock on Thursday when their bus was stopped for routine controls, said police commissioner Luc Zaka, who heads a specialized unit dealing with child labour. Three children from neighbouring Burkina Faso were found with them and taken away, he told Reuters. Burkinabe nationals are routinely found working on farms across Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa grower, which has struggled to stamp…
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Feb
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Lady Gaga’s dogs found, unharmed

Lady Gaga’s dogs found, unharmed

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER LADY Gaga's Kuji and Gustav have been found, unharmed, and the family is whole again. The two French Bull dogs who were stolen after their walker was shot four times in the chest by two men, have been handed over to Lady Gaga's representatives. Details of how the dog were recovered remain unclear but reports said a woman dropped them off at the Olympic Community Station in Los Angeles. It was also not clear whether the woman had claimed the $500 000 reward that Lady Gaga had offered for the safe return of the dogs. The world-acclaimed…
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Feb
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Hundreds of buildings burned around Tigray town

Hundreds of buildings burned around Tigray town

NEWS
FIRES that appear to have been deliberately set destroyed more than 500 structures this week in and around Ethiopia's Gijet town, an analysis of satellite imagery shared with Reuters has found, adding credence to reports of continued conflict in parts of the northern region of Tigray. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared victory over a rebellious regional force, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), at the end of November after its fighters withdrew from the region's main cities and towns. But sporadic fighting continues in some parts of Tigray, according to residents and United Nations assessments. The government has acknowledged isolated…
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Feb
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Violent protests rock Niger over contested election result

Violent protests rock Niger over contested election result

NEWS
SUPPORTERS of the losing candidate in Niger's presidential election burnt tyres, threw rocks and set several buildings on fire yesterday, in a third day of violent protests in the capital Niamey. Niger's electoral commission on Tuesday declared ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum the winner of Sunday's runoff election with 55.75% of the vote, but his rival, Mahamane Ousmane, a former president, has alleged fraud and claimed he won with 50.3%. The election is meant to lead to the first transition from one democratically elected leader to another following four coups since independence from France in 1960. President Mahamadou Issoufou is…
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Feb
26
2021
By The African Mirror
State funeral for envoy, bodyguard

State funeral for envoy, bodyguard

NEWS
ITALY yesterday held a state funeral for its ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and his bodyguard killed in an ambush that a cardinal said should prompt everyone to "hear the cry" of a people devastated by violence. Luca Attanasio, 43, and Vittorio Iacovacci, 30, were shot dead after being kidnapped while travelling in a United Nations' World Food Programme convoy to visit a school feeding project on Monday. WFP driver Mustapha Milambo was also killed. The funeral, attended by Prime Minister Mario Draghi and other ministers, was held in the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels and…
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Feb
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria losing 200 000 barrels a day to theft

Nigeria losing 200 000 barrels a day to theft

NEWS
NIGERIA is losing 200,000 barrels of crude oil a day because of theft and vandalism, the head of the state oil company said, underscoring how insecurity is causing vast financial losses for the West African country. With Brent Crude oil prices hovering around $66.70, the losses would amount to more than $13 million a day and more than $4.8 billion a year, at a time when Nigeria needs funds to tackle poverty, improve security and boost the economy, which shrank 1.92% in 2020 in part due to the pandemic. The group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),…
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Jul
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Uganda splashes on cars for MPs

Uganda splashes on cars for MPs

NEWS
UGANDA has spent over $30.2 million on buying new vehicles for lawmakers, a move that has been slammed by critics who depict it as profligacy in a country struggling to buy vaccines to stem a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parliament released the money to members to buy new vehicles this week and each lawmaker was given 200 million shillings ($56,500), parliament's spokesperson, Chris Obore told Reuters. Uganda has 529 members of parliament (MPs). "MPs must do work, transport is part of the facilitation for them to do their work. They need to check on their constituencies, if they…
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