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Jul
17
2021
By The African Mirror
‘We defeated an attempt to weaken, topple the state’

‘We defeated an attempt to weaken, topple the state’

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FLANKED by the chiefs of the military and police, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa presented a show of strength, power, and carried messages designed to restore the confidence of the nation in the government. The democratic state, he asserted in a special address to the nation, was tested by the unprecedented violence and looting, was found wanting but was able to regroup quickly, stabilize the country and restore peace and stability. The battle had been won but the war against the constitutional state was still on, he warned. Hours before the address, General Rudzani Maphanywa, Chief of…
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Jul
17
2021
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s big retail chains race to restock looted stores

South Africa’s big retail chains race to restock looted stores

NEWS
NQOBILE DLUDLA SOUTH Africa's big retailers are working round the clock to replenish shelves with food in hundreds of stores looted this week in some of the country's worst unrest for years, they have revealed. Retailers also said they are racing to keep stores unaffected by the violence stocked as some shoppers were stripping shelves with panic buying, though blocked roads and disruptions to supply chains were hampering their efforts. Retailers were just starting to recover from months of coronavirus restrictions when the violence triggered by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma erupted and the looting could now set…
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Jul
17
2021
By The African Mirror
eSwatini crack down on protesters

eSwatini crack down on protesters

NEWS
LUNGA MASUKU ESWATINI police fired teargas and water cannon at anti-monarchy protesters yesterday, the head of a teachers' union said, while videos on social media showed demonstrators running away as shots rang out in the background. Campaigners organised the latest round of demonstrations after the authorities quashed days of violent protests at the end of June against King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch. In his first remarks on the protests, the king called them "satanic" and said they had taken the country backwards. The king denies critics' accusations of autocratic rule and of using public money in an impoverished…
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Jul
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Support for Ethiopia army, Amhara against Tigray forces

Support for Ethiopia army, Amhara against Tigray forces

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW  THREE more Ethiopian regions are sending soldiers to reinforce the national army in its fight against forces from the northern region of Tigray, regional officials said, widening a conflict that has so far largely affected the north. Officials from Oromiya, Sidama, and the Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region said their forces had joined the army, known as the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), which withdrew from most of Tigray late in June. A fourth region, Amhara, has already been locked in conflict with Tigray since the war erupted in November. Both Amhara and Tigray claim the fertile…
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Feb
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Boeing crash: Families wants CEOs to testify

Boeing crash: Families wants CEOs to testify

NEWS
ERIC M JOHNSON LAWYERS for families of a fatal Boeing Co 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia are seeking testimony from the planemaker's chief executive Dave Calhoun and his predecessor Dennis Muilenburg, among other current and former employees, according to a court filing. The Boeing 737 MAX crash on Ethiopian Airlines on March 10, 2019, occurred five months after a similar disaster on a Lion Air flight, together killing 346 people and sparking a hailstorm of investigations and lawsuits. While Boeing has mostly settled civil litigation stemming from the Lion Air crash, it is still facing over a 100 lawsuits in…
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Jul
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kill Nigerian army general

Gunmen kill Nigerian army general

NEWS
GUNMEN shot dead a Nigerian army general as he was travelling by car on a major road from the capital, Abuja, the army has announced, in the first such fatal gun attack on a senior serving military officer. Armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom, particularly in the northwest, have become so frequent that many are afraid to travel by road. Growing nationwide lawlessness led legislators in April to call on the president to declare a state of emergency. Major General Hassan Ahmed was killed when gunmen attacked his vehicle along the Lokoja-Abuja road on Thursday, army spokesman Brigadier General Onyema…
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Feb
28
2021
By The African Mirror
School children abducted in Niger released

School children abducted in Niger released

NEWS
GUNMEN in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the northern state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state. Schools have become targets for mass kidnappings for ransom in northern Nigeria by armed groups, many of whom carry guns and ride motorcycles. On Feb. 17, 27 students, three staff and 12 members of their families were abducted by an armed gang who stormed the Government Science secondary school in the Kagara district of Niger state, overwhelming the school's security detail.…
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Feb
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia’s main party holds huge rally as government row grows

Tunisia’s main party holds huge rally as government row grows

NEWS
TAREK AMARA TUNISIA'S biggest political party assembled an immense crowd of supporters in the capital on Saturday in a show of strength that could fuel a dispute between the president and the prime minister. In one of the biggest demonstrations since Tunisia's 2011 revolution, tens of thousands of Ennahda supporters marched through central Tunis chanting "The people want to protect institutions!" and "The people want national unity!". The dispute has played out against a grim backdrop of economic anxiety, disillusionment with democracy and competing reform demands from foreign lenders and the UGTT, the powerful main labour union, as debt repayments…
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Feb
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Bollore Group fined $14.5 million for Africa graft

Bollore Group fined $14.5 million for Africa graft

NEWS
FRENCH group Bollore will pay a 12 million-euro ($14.55 million) fine following a transaction with prosecutors in an alleged bribery case in Africa, France's financial prosecutor disclosed yesterday. The transaction effectively puts an end to the legal proceedings in the case against the conglomerate, led by billionaire Vincent Bollore, French Financial Prosecutor Jean-François Bohnert said in a written statement. "The investigation had concerned the corruption of foreign public officials, abuse of trust and complicity in breaches of trust committed between 2009 and 2011," the financial prosecutor said. Bollore's lawyer Olivier Baratelli and Bollore's spokesman didn't answer calls seeking comment.
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Feb
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Spate of attacks, arrests LGBT+ people in Cameroon

Spate of attacks, arrests LGBT+ people in Cameroon

NEWS
NITA BHALLA THREE murders and more than 20 arrests targeting LGBT+ people in Cameroon this month have raised fears of an upswing in homophobic persecution in the Central African country, rights campaigners and lawyers said yesterday. Same-sex relationships are illegal across much of Africa, but few countries are as assiduous in applying penalties as Cameroon, where gay sex is punishable with up to five years' imprisonment, according to LGBT+ organisations. Police have failed to record or investigate the Feb. 6 murder of a gay couple in their home in the capital, Yaounde, or the Feb. 22 killing of a gay…
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