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Apr
09
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. concerned over Tigray crisis

U.S. concerned over Tigray crisis

NEWS
WHITE House national security adviser Jake Sullivan expressed U.S. concerns over the crisis in the Tigray region in a call with Ethiopia's deputy prime minister, Demeke Mekonnen, the White House said yesterday. The two "discussed critical steps to address the crisis, including expanded humanitarian access, cessation of hostilities, departure of foreign troops, and independent investigations into atrocities and human rights violations," in their phone call on Wednesday, the White House said. Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia Demeke Mekonnen, gives a press briefing on the current situation of the country at the Prime Minister office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 4,…
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Jul
10
2021
By The African Mirror
62 held as SA police battle pro-Zuma protesters

62 held as SA police battle pro-Zuma protesters

NEWS
A total of 62 people have been arrested as police sought to impose the rule of law in the face of lawlessness which has accompanied protests by supporters of jailed former president Jacob Zuma. National roads have been blocked, trucks with merchandise running into hundreds of millions torched and shops looted by protesters. The South African Police said the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure was working around the clock to enhance operational capacity in response to incidents in which people were undermining the authority of the state. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has spoken out strongly against the violent…
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Jul
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Six Kidnapped Nigerian students freed

Six Kidnapped Nigerian students freed

NEWS
GARBA MUHAMMAD SIX students and two officials who were kidnapped last month from a school in Nigeria's Kaduna state were released after relatives paid ransom money, a school official and parent have disclosed. Kidnappings by armed men, commonly referred to in Nigeria as "bandits", have become endemic in northern Nigeria, disrupting the education of hundreds of thousands of children. Gunmen attacked the main campus of the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Kaduna on June 10 and took students and staff members, in the process killing one student. The college's spokesman Abdullahi Shehu, said the students and officials were released at an…
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Jul
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Legal blows for Zuma, Magashule

Legal blows for Zuma, Magashule

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE high courts in South Africa have, in separate judgments, dealt blows to former President Jacob Zuma and his political ally, suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule. In the Maritzburg High Court, Judge Jerome Mnguni dismissed Zuma’s attempt to have his 15 month sentence, which he has started to serve, set aside. Zuma had applied to have the sentence suspended while the Constitutional Court considered his application to have the sentence rescinded. This application will be heard by the court on July 12. Mnguni said Zuma had not met the requirements for an interim interdict. He said the…
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Jul
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria, Multichoice in $5.5- billion tax dispute

Nigeria, Multichoice in $5.5- billion tax dispute

NEWS
CAMILLUS EBOH NIGERIA’S revenue service has told banks to freeze the accounts of units of pay-TV group MultiChoice to recover $4.4 billion, in the latest tax dispute between a South African-based company and Nigerian authorities. Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it had instructed banks to freeze the accounts of MultiChoice Africa and its Nigerian subsidiary for breaching agreements and denying access to records for auditing. Shares in MultiChoice, which denied the accusations and said the issue could be resolved amicably, fell more than 5% in Johannesburg. The case follows another dispute in 2018 involving South African mobile operator…
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Apr
07
2021
By The African Mirror
#kwibuka27…Rwanda marks 27 years since genocide

#kwibuka27…Rwanda marks 27 years since genocide

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER UNITED NATIONS secretary-general Antonio Guterres has urged the world to heed the lessons of one of Africa’s worst genocides during which over a millon Tutsis were systematically killed. In an special message to mark the the 27th anniversary of the genocide and declared as an International Day for Reflection, Guterres said: “On this day, we honour those who were murdered, we reflect on the suffering and we recognize the resilience of those who have survived. As we join in solidarity with the people of Rwanda, we must take a hard look at today's world and ensure that…
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Jul
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Anwar Sadat’s widow dies at age 88

Anwar Sadat’s widow dies at age 88

NEWS
JEHAN Sadat, the widow of late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, has died at age 88, the presidency has announced. Sadat, who spent a decade as the country's first lady, was born in 1933, and had four children following her marriage to Anwar Sadat in 1949. Following her husband's assassination in 1981, Sadat went on to teach as well as write, having earned a doctorate in comparative literature from Cairo University. "She presented an example for the Egyptian woman in supporting her husband during the most difficult and delicate circumstances," the presidency said in a statement, referring to the October War…
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Apr
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Tanzania goes back on decision to lift media ban

Tanzania goes back on decision to lift media ban

NEWS
TANZANIA has revised a decision to lift a ban on all media in the country, clarifying that only online television would benefit from the measure, a government spokesman said in a tweet. The country's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Tuesday that media banned under her late predecessor John Magufuli should be allowed to operate. Following on from an announcement that the government was forming a committee to research COVID-19, Tuesday's announcement appeared to indicate a change in course for the nation after Magufuli's death last month. Yet a day later, the decision, welcomed by local and international press…
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Jul
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kill at least 45 people in Nigeria

Gunmen kill at least 45 people in Nigeria

NEWS
MILITANTS killed at least 45 people in an attack on the town of Faru in northwest Nigeria, according to residents and a hospital worker. Such violence has increasingly become a part of everyday life in the region, with the Nigerian government and security forces showing little ability to stem the deterioration of law and order. "The armed bandits stormed Faru town on more than 100 motorbikes, shooting sporadically on the people at about twelve noon yesterday," said Abubakar Iliyasu, a resident who witnessed the attack. Another resident, Musa Dan Auta, also said the gunmen killed 45 people, while a local…
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Apr
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Fighting pauses in Sudan, death toll reaches 87

Fighting pauses in Sudan, death toll reaches 87

NEWS
AN uneasy calm was restored to the capital of Sudan's West Darfur yesterday, residents said, after five days of fighting between Arab and Masalit tribesmen in which scores of people were killed. A local doctors committee said 87 people had been killed and 191 injured since Saturday in the fighting in the city, El Geneina. The violence is a new flare-up of a conflict that saw deadly clashes earlier this year and in 2019, amid deteriorating security across Darfur. Residents told Reuters the streets had finally grown quieter, with government troops deployed for the first time since a state of…
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