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Apr
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Revealed: Why Zuma is angry at Ramaphosa

Revealed: Why Zuma is angry at Ramaphosa

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER JACOB ZUMA, a former ANC president and ex-head of the South African government, launched a scathing attack on his successor Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing him of hanging him to dry, leaked notes have revealed. The notes show that Zuma still harbours some bitterness over the manner he was removed from the highest office in the country and replaced by Ramaphosa. Notes of the March 26 meeting between Zuma and the top leadership of the ANC, commonly referred to as the “Top Six”, disclosed that he turned down several attempts by Ramaphosa to meet with him.  The former president…
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Apr
05
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. lifts Trump’s sanctions on ICC prosecutor, court official

U.S. lifts Trump’s sanctions on ICC prosecutor, court official

NEWS
DAVID BRUNNSTROM and DAPHNE PSALEDAKIS THE United States on Friday lifted sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda that drew international criticism after they were imposed by the administration of former President Donald Trump. The move, announced by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, lifts sanctions imposed on Bensouda over her investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan. It also removes Phakiso Mochochoko, head of the ICC's Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division, from the Specially Designated Nationals list. In a statement, Blinken said the State Department had also terminated a separate 2019 policy on visa restrictions…
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Jul
15
2021
By The African Mirror
South African mother throws baby to safety from burning building

South African mother throws baby to safety from burning building

NEWS
A two-year-old girl survived unharmed after her mother threw her to safety as they escaped a burning high-rise building in the South African city of Durban during protests. The mother, 26-year-old Naledi Manyoni, told Reuters that she had been on the 16th floor when the fire started on Tuesday. She ran down the stairs with her daughter. Manyoni made her way to a ledge above the street and tossed the toddler to a group of people below as bystanders cried out in consternation. "After throwing her, I held my head in shock, but they caught her," Manyoni recalled outside the…
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Apr
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Pope slams armed conflict, weapons spending

Pope slams armed conflict, weapons spending

NEWS
PHILIP PULLELLA POPE Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world's poor, and called armed conflict and military spending during a pandemic "scandalous". Coronavirus has meant this has been the second year in a row that Easter papal services have been attended by small gatherings at a secondary altar of St. Peter's Basilica, instead of by crowds in the church or in the square outside. After saying Mass, Francis read his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message, in which he traditionally reviews world problems and…
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Jul
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Top court rejects terrorism list appeal

Top court rejects terrorism list appeal

NEWS
EGYPT’S highest civilian court has rejected an appeal by a group of 13 people including two prominent activists who were disputing their placement on a terrorist list for a period of five years, a judicial source said. Among the group are activists and former members of parliament Zyad Elelaimy, and Ramy Shaath, a co-founder of Egypt's pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The 13 have been detained since 2019 in the Hope coalition case, in which authorities accused the group of being funded by the Muslim Brotherhood to incite revolution and commit violence. They were put on the terrorism…
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Apr
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Thabethe hailed as “a selfless cadre and servant leader’

Thabethe hailed as “a selfless cadre and servant leader’

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s former Deputy Minister of Tourism Elizabeth Thabethe, who was laid to rest yesterday, was hailed as a selfless cadre, transformational servant leader, compassionate woman of impeccable character and great wisdom. Speakers at her funeral service, held in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, yesterday paid loving tributes to Thabethe (62), who had served as Deputy Minister for the portfolios Trade and Industry, Small Business and Tourism and Presidential Envoy on Investment. She was buried at the Heroes Acre at the Thomas Nkobi Cemetery in South Park. Panyaza Lesufi, the deputy chairperson of the ANC in Gauteng, led…
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Jul
15
2021
By The African Mirror
S.A looting dies down as more troops expected

S.A looting dies down as more troops expected

NEWS
A week of violence, arson and looting that has engulfed South Africa slowly began to ebb on Thursday as several districts rocked by the mayhem were quiet ahead of an expected surge in soldiers on the streets. Pockets of looting contiued in the eastern port city of Durban. A Reuters reporter saw crowds in Durban's Mobeni neighbourhood rollling away trolleys loaded with maize meal and other looted staples. Some loaded pick-up trucks - one such truck had to be abandoned as it had run out of fuel. Petrol stations have shut across the city because of the unrest. Taxi drivers…
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Apr
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Eritrean troops withdraw from Tigray

Eritrean troops withdraw from Tigray

NEWS
ERITREAN forces have started withdrawing from the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said, following mounting reports they are responsible for human rights abuses including rape, looting and killings of civilians. The United States, Germany, France and other G7 countries called on Friday for a swift, unconditional and verifiable withdrawal of the Eritrean soldiers, followed by a political process acceptable to all Ethiopians. In a rejoinder issued late on Saturday through the Foreign Ministry, Ethiopia said that the G7 foreign ministers' statement had not acknowledged key steps taken to address the needs of the region. "The Eritrean…
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Jul
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Fears of new phase of civil war in Ethiopia

Fears of new phase of civil war in Ethiopia

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW ETHIOPIA’S Amhara region has declared that it will go on the offensive against forces from the neighbouring Tigray region, as advancing Tigrayans bear down on Amhara-held territory, potentially opening a major new phase in Ethiopia's civil war. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which has recaptured most of its home region in the past three weeks after an abrupt reversal in an eight-month war, has vowed to retake western Tigray, an expanse of fertile territory controlled by Amhara forces who seized it during the conflict. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who abruptly pulled central government troops out of most…
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Apr
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Niger’s new prime minister unvieled

Niger’s new prime minister unvieled

NEWS
NIGER’S newly elected President Mohamed Bazoum has appointed former minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou as prime minister to lead his government, according to a decree read on national television. Mahamadou until recently was the chief of staff of Bazoum's predecessor President Mahamadou Issoufou. Mahamadou, 69, first held a ministerial position 1991 as mines and energy minister. He was Niger's finance minister between 2011 and 2012, and was appointed chief of staff in 2015. Bazoum was sworn in on Friday in Niger's fist democratic transition of power since independence in 1960 after he won a runoff presidential election in February.
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