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Apr
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Music, acting worlds react to DMX’S death

Music, acting worlds react to DMX’S death

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AMERICAN rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name DMX or Dark Man X, died on Friday at age 50. Below are reactions from musicians, actors and others: ACTRESS HALLE BERRY: "His gift meant so much to so many. Sending love to his family." SINGER MISSY ELLIOTT "Even though you had battles you TOUCHED so many through your MUSIC and when you would PRAY so many people FELT THAT! This is heavy for the HipHop family but your LEGACY LIVES ON & your SPIRIT." RACING DRIVER LEWIS HAMILTON: "I'm devastated to wake up to the death of DMX.…
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Jul
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Ethopia PM’s party wins landslide victory

Ethopia PM’s party wins landslide victory

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW PRIME Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won the most seats in Ethiopia's parliamentary election, the election board has announced, a victory that assures him another term in office. Abiy hailed the June 21 vote as the country's first free and fair election after decades of repressive rule. However, an opposition boycott, war in the northern region of Tigray, ethnic violence and logistical challenges in some areas overshadowed the election. Voting did not take place in three of Ethiopia's 10 regions. Abiy's party won 410 of 436 parliamentary seats, election board deputy chairperson Woubshet Ayele announced in the capital…
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Apr
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Arrests in Chad over bomb and murder plot

Arrests in Chad over bomb and murder plot

NEWS
MAHAMAT RAMADANE CHAD's interior ministry says it has arrested several people after uncovering a plot to assassinate prominent political figures and bomb polling stations and the electoral commission headquarters ahead of Sunday's presidential election. Politicians were among those arrested for planning the killings of opposition and civil society leaders in an attempt to frame the government, the ministry said in a statement late on Thursday. Rights groups and opposition politicians say authorities have cracked down on dissent ahead of Sunday's vote when Chad's President Idriss Deby is poised to extend his three-decade rule. One presidential candidate Yaya Dillo has been…
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Apr
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Djibouti president expected to win

Djibouti president expected to win

NEWS
VOTERS headed to the polls yesterday in the tiny but strategically important Horn of Africa nation Djibouti, with President Ismael Omar Guelleh widely expected to win a fifth term and extend his 21-year-long rule. The desert nation of less than one million people lies on one of the world's busiest shipping routes, the Gulf of Aden, and hosts U.S., Chinese, and French military bases, letting it punch above its weight. Guelleh, 73, is one of Africa's longest-ruling leaders. He was picked to succeed his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who led the country to independence from France in 1977. Guelleh faces…
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Apr
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Identity of beheaded victims sought

Identity of beheaded victims sought

NEWS
 MOZAMBIQUE is sending a medical team to identify the bodies of 12 people beheaded during an Islamic State attack last month on the northern gas exploration hub of Palma, an army spokesman said. A police official and an army spokesman said the victims appeared to be foreigners, although this has not been confirmed. Palma, adjacent to gas projects worth some $60 billion and a base for numerous foreign companies, was the target of an attack by insurgents that began on March 24. A local police chief told TVM earlier this week that on returning to the town following the assault,…
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Jul
11
2021
By The African Mirror
SA army deployed as looting, arson continue

SA army deployed as looting, arson continue

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER  SOUTH Africa deployed soldiers today to quell violence that erupted in the wake of former president Jacob Zuma's jailing, after days of riots left at least six people dead. Police said disturbances had intensified and 219 people arrested as the controversial ex-leader challenged his 15-month prison term in the country's top court. Smoke from burning buildings swirled in the air as items from burgled shops lay strewn by the side of the road in Pietermaritzburg in Zuma's home province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The sporadic pro-Zuma protests that broke out when he handed himself over last week have…
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Jul
11
2021
By The African Mirror
World needs $75 billion to head off next pandemic

World needs $75 billion to head off next pandemic

NEWS
GAVIN JONES COVID-19 is probably only a forerunner of increasingly dangerous pandemics in the future and governments need to find $75- billion over the next 5 years to prepare for them, a panel of experts have told finance ministers of the Group of 20 rich countries. In a report to the G20 meeting in Venice the panel said the $15 bln per year of investments it recommended doubled current spending levels but was "negligible" compared with the costs of another major outbreak of a new contagious illness. "The economic case for these additional investments is overwhelming," said former U.S. Treasury…
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Jul
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt, Israeli foreign minister meet

Egypt, Israeli foreign minister meet

NEWS
EGYPT’S Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has met his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid in Brussels, for the first time since Israel's new cross-party coalition took office last month. Shoukry stressed "the need to resolve the current stalemate between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, leading to just and comprehensive peace negotiations," Egypt's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Twitter.
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Jul
12
2021
By The African Mirror
African students the most mobile in the world

African students the most mobile in the world

NEWS
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD NEWSROOM AFRICAN students seeking higher education are the most mobile in the world, with over 405, 000 ― 5 per cent of the 8.1 million tertiary students on the continent, studying overseas or elsewhere. According to French Campus, which monitors students’ data movement, the figure is more than double the global average of 2.4 per cent. As of September, last year, France had 29,000 Moroccan students, followed by students from Algeria and Tunisia. In the United Kingdom, there were more than 17, 000 Nigerian students followed by students from Egypt and Kenya. In the United States, there were…
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Jul
11
2021
By The African Mirror
eSwatini killings: All the king’s men vs the people

eSwatini killings: All the king’s men vs the people

NEWS
CEBELIHLE MBUYISA and MAGNIFICENT MNDEBELE VINCENT Vusumuzi Bhembe, 65, of Ngculwini in the Manzini region, was standing at the Philomena Primary School fence looking down at the damage to a shopping centre when a vehicle ferrying security officers came rushing past. Warning shots were fired, and then a shot at close range hit Bhembe in the back. “The police officers did not utter any word, they just shot at the people. The shooting happened so fast that Bhembe was oblivious to what was taking place,” says Ray Ndzimandze, 47, who was at the shooting. 4 July 2021: Residents at Ngculwini…
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