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Feb
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia sets bail for media mogul at $3.7 million

Tunisia sets bail for media mogul at $3.7 million

NEWS
Nabil Karoui Karoui, the owner of Nessma television channel and head of the Heart of Tunisia political party, the second largest in parliament, was detained in December for a second time for alleged money laundering and tax fraud. In 2019, Karoui beat most candidates to reach a run-off for the presidency despite spending most of the campaign behind bars. He ultimately lost in a landslide to President Kais Saied. His Heart of Tunisia party, which came second only to the moderate Islamist Ennahda in a parliamentary election the same year, has joined with it in giving narrow majority support to…
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Feb
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Strict rules for foreign diplomats’ travel

Strict rules for foreign diplomats’ travel

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HEREWARD HOLLAND DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo's government has required foreign diplomats to inform it of their movements outside the capital Kinshasa following the killing of the Italian ambassador. Ambassador Luca Attanasio, his bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci and World Food Programme driver Mustapha Milambo were killed by armed men on Monday while travelling in a WFP convoy in the east of the country. President Felix Tshisekedi met his top security advisors on Tuesday to discuss responses to the attack. "Ambassadors and other heads of missions can no longer leave Kinshasa for the interior of the country without informing the head of Congolese…
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Feb
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s anti-corruption chief approved

Nigeria’s anti-corruption chief approved

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CAMILLUS EBOH NIGERIA’S senate has unanimously approved a new anti-corruption chief nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate approved Abdulrasheed Bawa, a regional head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a voice vote. The EFCC investigates and prosecutes corruption in Africa's largest oil exporter and its biggest economy. Bawa will now take charge of a string of high-profile investigations, including into alleged wrongdoing by P&ID, a gas firm with a $10 billion arbitration award that Nigeria is working to overturn. Bawa told senators that his 16 years at the EFCC had prepared him well for the top…
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Feb
25
2021
By The African Mirror
C.A.R retakes rebel stronghold

C.A.R retakes rebel stronghold

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CENTRAL African Republic's army, backed by Russian and Rwandan allies, regained control yesterday of the rebel stronghold of Bossangoa, extending a series of victories over an insurgency that had recently overrun the town, the government said. A surge in violence linked to a disputed December 27 presidential election has forced more than 200,000 civilians to flee their homes, stalled flows of food and driven up prices for basic goods. Rebels aligned with former president Francois Bozize seized Bossangoa, his hometown 260 km (160 miles) northwest of the capital Bangui, and several other towns after the constitutional court barred his candidacy…
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Jul
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Six arrested for plot to kill president

Six arrested for plot to kill president

NEWS
LOVASOA RABARY MADAGASCAN police have arrested six people, including a foreign national, on suspicion of plotting to kill the president, after months of investigation, officials said. Andry Rajoelina was sworn in as president of the Indian Ocean island country in 2019 after a hard-fought election and a constitutional court challenge from his rival. "According to the evidence in our possession, these individuals had devised a plan for the elimination and neutralization of a number of people including the head of state," the attorney general said in a statement. It added that investigations were underway and further details could not be…
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Jul
22
2021
By The African Mirror
The seven women breaking glass ceiling in Nigeria

The seven women breaking glass ceiling in Nigeria

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SETH ONYANGO, BIRD NEWSROOM IN corporate Nigeria, a shift appears to be underway as more financial institutions appoint woman corporate executives to head some of the country's top banks. Nigeria’s mainstream financial institutions are banking on women to lead the next chapter of growth in the sector, with more lenders appointing female chief executives. The move, which has seen more women take key banking roles in just the past week, positions Africa’s economic powerhouse as one of the bellwethers of gender equality on the continent’s financial services. Last week, Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank appointed Miriam Olusanya as its Managing Director/CEO,…
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Jul
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Morocco to investigate spyware claims

Morocco to investigate spyware claims

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MOROCCO’S General Prosecutor said it will open an investigation into what it called "unfounded allegations" that the country had used Israeli spyware for surveillance, state media has reported. Rabat has denied buying or using the Pegasus spyware licensed by Israel-based NSO group after Amnesty International and a group of 17 international media organisations reported that it had targeted thousands of phone numbers. FILE PHOTO: France's President Emmanuel Macron talks on the phone during the first face-to-face EU summit since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium July 20, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS In a statement carried by MAP…
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Jul
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian police rescues 100 kidnapped women, children

Nigerian police rescues 100 kidnapped women, children

NEWS
POLICE and government authorities have secured the release of 100 people, including women, children and nursing mothers, who were kidnapped from their village in northwestern Nigeria over a month ago, a local police spokesperson said. Nigeria is battling an increase in armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom, mainly in northwestern states, where thinly deployed security forces have struggled to contain the rise of armed gangs, commonly referred to as bandits. The released captives had been abducted on June 8 from Manawa village in Zamfara state, Mohammed Shehu, the state's police spokesperson, said in a statement sent to Reuters on Wednesday.…
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Jul
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Tanzania arrests leader of main opposition party

Tanzania arrests leader of main opposition party

NEWS
TANZANIA’S main opposition party has revealed that its leader had been arrested with ten other party figures, in what it called proof that President Samia Suluhu Hassan was persisting with the authoritarianism of her late predecessor John Magufuli. The Chadema party said leader Freeman Mbowe and the others had been detained before dawn at a hotel in the lakeside city of Mwanza, where they had been planning to hold a meeting later on Wednesday to discuss proposals for a new constitution. The arrests followed the detention of dozens of other party members last week for holding a meeting without permission.…
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Feb
24
2021
By The African Mirror
S.A’s unemployment at a new high

S.A’s unemployment at a new high

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's unemployment rate jumped to a record high in the fourth quarter of last year, the statistics agency said yesterday, as the economy was further battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics South Africa said the unemployment rate stood at 32.5% in the October-December quarter, meaning 7.2 million people were unemployed, up from 30.8% in the previous three months. The figure was the highest since the survey began in 2008. "We are seeing that the proportion of people of working age, versus the proportion of those that are employed, is widening, meaning the market is not creating sufficient jobs to…
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