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Jul
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Africa’s quiet agro-food revolution

Africa’s quiet agro-food revolution

NEWS
THE BIRD NEWSROOM AFRICA’S food exports have grown considerably over the past decade, with 50 out of 54 states recording considerable trade surpluses in agricultural commodity trade. This finding, reported in a Brookings Institute report, also shows that just four countries are fueling the vast majority of the continent’s agro-food trade deficit. The report flies in the face of reports on Africa that paint a picture of the continent as reliant on foreign food imports despite having the bulk of the world’s remaining unutilised arable land. In their report, "Unpacking the misconceptions about Africa’s food imports", Brookings disaggregated sub-Saharan Africa’s…
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Jul
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Mandela Day used to repair looting damage

Mandela Day used to repair looting damage

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African from all walks of life used Mandela Day - the celebration of the birthday of the country's founding president - to do good humanitarian deeds, all aimed at repairing the damage done by last week’s violence and looting. Several individuals and groups donated and helped to distribute food and water to communities that have been left stranded after shopping malls, factories and warehouses were set alight and looted in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in the worst violence since the dawn of democracy. While some provided food, large groups joined clean up campaigns across the two provinces…
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Jul
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Shito. A tale of far more than a spicy African sauce

Shito. A tale of far more than a spicy African sauce

NEWS
PEARL AKANYA OFORI HER sauce has built a listed company and her tale is now lauded as one of the region's great export stories. But it took far more than the local popularity of a misnamed pepper, and ten dollars in savings, to bring this startup story to life. A life's determination, sacrifice and considerable entrepreneurial skills were required. Seated in her office in Tema, an industrial hub east of the Ghanaian capital, Accra, Leticia Osafo-Addo wears a big smile as she sifts through a pile of orders for both the local and export market. She is surrounded by awards…
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Jul
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Five abducted from Mali construction site

Five abducted from Mali construction site

NEWS
THREE Chinese nationals and two Mauritanians have been abducted from a construction site in northern Mali when gunmen raided the site for equipment and took hostages, the army said. The raid took place 55 kilometres (34 miles) from the town of Kwala, a regular transit point for companies moving through Mali's desert north, the army said in a statement. Later that evening, gunmen attacked a road checkpoint in the country's central San region, around 400 km from Bamako, and killed three civilians, the army said in a second statement. No group has yet taken responsibility for either attack. Parts of…
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Feb
21
2021
By The African Mirror
45 migrants rescued after ship capsizes

45 migrants rescued after ship capsizes

NEWS
THE Italian Coast Guard said on Saturday it had rescued 45 migrants after their ship capsized 15 miles south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. "At the moment, a total of 45 migrants, all men, have been rescued and arrived this morning in Lampedusa," the Italian Coast Guard said in a statement sent in the late afternoon, after indicating earlier a number of 47 people rescued. It did not give any indications of the nationality of the rescued people. The Coast Guard said it was continuing to search for any missing people, in conjunction with the Italian tax police, who…
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Jul
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Seven missing after ship sinks off Liberian coast

Seven missing after ship sinks off Liberian coast

NEWS
AT least seven people are missing after a cargo ship that had been barred from sailing sank off the coast of Liberia, the country's Maritime Commissioner said on Sunday. The Liberian-registered Niko Ivanka left the capital Monrovia on Saturday morning for a port in the country's south, despite being under a Liberia Maritime Authority detention order for failing to meet basic safety requirements. The vessel sent out a distress signal that afternoon notifying the coast guard that it had taken on water, Maritime Commissioner Eugene Nagbe told a news conference. By the time authorities arrived, it had already partially sunk.…
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Feb
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Jubbaland rejects president’s inclusion

Jubbaland rejects president’s inclusion

NEWS
ONE of five of Somalia's regional governments said on Sunday it had rejected the inclusion of national President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in talks aimed at resolving a deadlock on a delayed election, exacerbating a crisis on the vote. Leaders in the two federal states, Puntland and Jubbaland, had already said earlier this month they would no longer recognise President Mohamed, whose term expired on Feb.8. "The expired president Farmajo should be out of the election process. He should not have a role in the process of election in order for all political stakeholders to have confidence in it," Jubbaland's state…
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Jul
18
2021
By The African Mirror
The storm is over, but the battle remains – Ramaphosa

The storm is over, but the battle remains – Ramaphosa

NEWS
AFTER  a week from hell, President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to instil confidence among South Africans that calm has been restored to most of the affected areas, but warned that the storm is not over yet. While Ramaphosa has outlined measures to contain the violence and the looting, he has made it abundantly clear that this was the biggest test to SA’s democracy and that the biggest challenge remains to arrest the ring leaders of the insurrection which paralysed parts of the country and inflicted damage running into billions. Alongside the big clean-up operation and the campaign by the police…
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Feb
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Morocco to legalise cannabis for medical use

Morocco to legalise cannabis for medical use

NEWS
MOROCCO plans to allow the farming, export and domestic sale of cannabis for medical and industrial use, the government said yesterday, a move it hopes will help impoverished farmers in the Rif mountains amid a growing legal global market for the drug. Past attempts to legalise cannabis farming in Morocco have failed, but the co-ruling PJD party, the largest in parliament, dropped its opposition after the U.N. drug agency removed the plant from its list of most tightly controlled narcotic drugs. The bill, which the cabinet is expected to approve next week, aims to improve farmers' incomes, protect them from…
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Jul
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Tigray release 1 000 soldiers, 5000 still held

Tigray release 1 000 soldiers, 5000 still held

NEWS
GIULIA PARAVICINI and GEORGE OBULUTSA FORCES in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have released around 1,000 government soldiers captured during recent fighting, the head of its ruling party said, as both sides prepared for a showdown over contested land in the west of the region. Debretsion Gebremichael, leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), told Reuters by satellite phone late that they have released 1,000 low-ranking soldiers. "More than 5,000 (soldiers) are still with us, and we will keep the senior officers who will face trial," he said. He said the soldiers had been driven to Tigray's southern border with…
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