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Feb
23
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC armed group deny killing Italian envoy

DRC armed group deny killing Italian envoy

NEWS
FISTON MAHAMBA and STANIS BUJAKERA  AN armed group in eastern Congo, accused by the government of carrying out an ambush on a United Nations convoy in which Italy's ambassador and two other people were killed, has denied any involvement in the attack. Congo's interior ministry on Monday blamed a Hutu militia called the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), which is active near where ambassador Luca Attanasio, 43 and his bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci, 30, were shot. World Food Programme driver Mustapha Milambo was also killed, local officials said. The FDLR was founded by senior Rwandan officers and militiamen…
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Jul
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Delay to SA local govt elections advised

Delay to SA local govt elections advised

NEWS
AN inquiry has recommended delaying local government elections planned in South Africa on October 27, saying it doubted they could be free or fair during the coronavirus pandemic. It was not immediately clear what impact a delay would have on the outcome of the elections. The governing African National Congress (ANC) is widely expected to win them though recent unrest has highlighted frustration with its achievements. Voters are due to choose local, district and metropolitan councillors in the elections. South Africa is in the grip of a severe "third wave" of COVID-19 infections and has fully vaccinated only around 3%…
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Feb
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Presidential condolences for late AmaBacha Chief

Presidential condolences for late AmaBacha Chief

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER CYRIL Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa has offered his condolences to his suspended spokesperson Khusela Diko, whose husband, Chief Madzikane II Thandisizwe Diko, has passed on. A statement issued by the Presidency said: "The President's thoughts are with Ms Diko and her family - notably queen Nozizwe Diko and Queen Nolwandle Sangoni, as well as friends and associates of the late Nkosi, and the AmaBhaca more broadly." Ramaphosa joined many South Africans who also sent condolences to Diko, who now faces disciplinary procedures because of her husband's involvement in the a controversial R125-million tender for personal…
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Jul
21
2021
By The African Mirror
UK asks Nigeria to explain Kanu’s arrest

UK asks Nigeria to explain Kanu’s arrest

NEWS
BRITAIN asked Nigeria to explain where and how Nnamdi Kanu, a separatist leader who holds British citizenship, was arrested after Kanu's lawyer alleged he had been detained and mistreated in Kenya before being sent back to Nigeria. Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group which wants part of southeastern Nigeria to secede, was on the run outside Nigeria for four years until he was brought to court in Abuja on June 29 and told he would face trial. "We are seeking clarification from the Nigerian government about the circumstances of the arrest and detention of Nnamdi Kanu,"…
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Feb
23
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC confirms one more Ebola case

DRC confirms one more Ebola case

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DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo has confirmed one more case of Ebola, the daughter of a woman who caught Ebola and died earlier this month in the ongoing resurgence, the World Health Organization said yesterday. Congo has now confirmed a total of seven Ebola cases and four deaths since it declared a resurgence of the disease on February 7. The latest patient had nursed her mother after she contracted the virus and then attended her burial, which was not conducted under advised health safety protocols, the WHO said. The country has experienced 11 outbreaks since the virus was first discovered near…
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Feb
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Uganda’s Wine drops election result challenge

Uganda’s Wine drops election result challenge

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA OPPOSITION leader Bobi Wine announced yesterday that he was dropping a legal challenge to Uganda's presidential election results that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, saying Supreme Court justices hearing the case were biased. Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 election with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%. Wine, 39, a pop star and lawmaker whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has rejected the results and said he believed victory was stolen from him. He asked the court to overturn…
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Feb
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Spotify to launch in Africa and 84 other new markets

Spotify to launch in Africa and 84 other new markets

NEWS
SUPANTHA MUKHERJEE and KENNETH LI SPOTIFY said on Monday it would launch in 85 new markets in the next few days which will make the music streaming service available to more than a billion people around the world, sending its shares up 6% to a record high. The company, which started its service more than a decade ago, is currently available in 93 countries and has 345 million monthly active users. New markets include countries across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. "Together these markets represent more than a billion people, with nearly half of them already using the internet,…
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Feb
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Niger candidate’s narrow lead

Niger candidate’s narrow lead

NEWS
NIGER’S ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum was slightly ahead of his challenger yesterday as vote-counting continued in the West African nation's presidential run-off, electoral commission data from nearly a quarter of constituencies showed. Mahamane Ousmane With 62 out of a total of 266 constituencies counted, provisional results showed former interior minister Bazoum ahead of his challenger, former president Mahamane Ousmane, with 51.49% of the vote, a lead that had narrowed from earlier in the day. The run-off vote, meant to usher in Niger's first transition of power from one democratically elected leader to another, was held on Sunday after neither…
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Feb
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills 7 people

Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills 7 people

NEWS
ABRAHAM ACHIRGA A small Nigerian air force passenger plane crashed just outside Abuja airport after reporting engine failure on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, the air force said. The plane, a Beechcraft King Air 350i, was on its way to the city of Minna, 110 kilometres (68 miles) northwest of the capital, said air force spokesman Ibikunle Daramole in a statement. The aircraft "crashed while returning to the Abuja Airport after reporting engine failure," said Daramole. "First responders are at the scene. Sadly, all 7 personnel on board died in the crash." The chief of the air force…
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Jul
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Six instigators of SA arson and looting arrested, six more to go

Six instigators of SA arson and looting arrested, six more to go

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African Police have reported progress, both in the hunt of the instigators of the violence and looting which left 212 people dead over 3 000 arrested as well as the recovery of goods that were stolen. The SA government yesterday reported that the sixth alleged instigator has been arrested.  Khumbuzo Ntshavheni, the Acting- Minister in the Presidency in SA, said of those arrested, three have appeared in court and were remanded in prison. One was given bail and the other two are expected to appear in court later this week. Those who appeared in court were…
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