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Jul
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Windstorm in Gambia kills 10, displaces hundreds

Windstorm in Gambia kills 10, displaces hundreds

NEWS
PAP SAINE ENTIRE families wandered around the outskirts of Gambia's capital Banjul in search of shelter, after an overnight windstorm levelled scores of houses in some of the country's western districts and claimed at least 10 lives. "The wind destroyed the roof of my house ... and my situation is devastated because of lack of finance," said Amadou Marong, who was taken in by a neighbour after the winds carried off the sheet-metal roofing that protected him from the rain. Many of the small African nation's coastal urban areas remained without electricity or running water on Thursday evening, after utility…
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Apr
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Mozambique sets rules for support to help tackle insurgency

Mozambique sets rules for support to help tackle insurgency

NEWS
MOZAMBIQUE has told the international community what support it needs to deal with an Islamic State-linked insurgency, but for reasons of sovereignty it will tackle some aspects of the problem unassisted, its president said yesterday. Filipe Nyusi was speaking two weeks after an attack by insurgents on the coastal town of Palma, near natural gas projects worth tens of billions of dollars that are meant to transform the southern African country's economy. Southern African bloc SADC is holding meetings on Wednesday and Thursday to consider a regional response to the insurgency, while the United States already has a small Army…
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Apr
08
2021
By The African Mirror
The Weeknd donates $1m to Ethiopia

The Weeknd donates $1m to Ethiopia

NEWS
MPHO RANTAO THE Weeknd is making a $1 million donation in relief efforts to Ethiopia amid the Tigray crisis.  The ‘Blinding Lights’ singer is making his donation through the United Nations World Food Programme, which will pay for 2 million meals. Born Abel Tesfaye to Ethiopian Parents in Canada, the singer made the news known on his instagram account, writing that continued civil unrest, loss of life, and thousands of displaced Ethiopians contributed to his decision to make the donation.  He wrote: "My heart breaks for my people of Ethiopia as innocent civilians ranging from small children to the elderly…
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Apr
08
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Gbagbo “free to return” to Ivory Coast’

‘Gbagbo “free to return” to Ivory Coast’

NEWS
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY FORMER Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and one of his close allies have permission to return home following their acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, President Alassane Ouattara said on Wednesday. But Gbagbo's return could be complicated by a 20-year sentence given to him in absentia in November 2019 by an Ivorian court for misappropriating funds from the regional central bank. While Ouattara did not say whether Gbagbo had been pardoned, his return could ease political tensions in the world's top cocoa producing nation after an October presidential election marred by violence.…
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Apr
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt warns of conflict over Ethiopian dam

Egypt warns of conflict over Ethiopian dam

NEWS
EGYPTIAN President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned Ethiopia of the risk of conflict over its giant dam on the Blue Nile after talks involving the two countries and Sudan ended without progress. Ethiopia is pinning its hopes of economic development and power generation on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which Egypt fears will imperil its supply from the Nile. Sudan is also concerned about the impact on its own water flows. Delegations from the three governments met earlier this week in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo but failed to bridge their differences. Sisi, speaking at the opening of…
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Jul
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Happiest countries in Africa

Happiest countries in Africa

NEWS
BIRD NEWSROOM MAURITIUS, Nigeria and Ghana are the happiest nations in Africa, with studies indicating young Africans are the most optimistic about the continent’s future prospects. Those polled in the Africa Youth Survey exuded confidence the continent is headed for an era of economic transformation, energised by rapid technological advances and entrepreneurship. About three-quarters (80 per cent) of the youth studied believe the ongoing political and economic policy shifts in Africa would change the fortunes of the continent and its inhabitants. Despite facing serious financial adversity more Africans are happier than initially documented. According to a recent World Happiness Report,…
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Jul
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Niehaus freed from custody

Niehaus freed from custody

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER ANC military veteran Carl Niehaus has been released from custody arrested by the South African Police for allegedly violating COVID-19 regulations while protesting outside the Escourt Prison in KwaZulu-Natal, where former president Jacob Zuma is being held. A few hours after the arrest, Niehaus announced on Twitter that he had been freed and ordered to appear in court in Escourt on August 8. The suspended ANC member addressed the small crowd that had gathered to demand that Zuma should be freed, was conducting a television interview when he was arrested and taken away by uniformed police officers.…
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Jul
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Zim army commander dies from cancer

Zim army commander dies from cancer

NEWS
A ZIMBABWEAN army commander has succumbed to cancer, the presidential spokesman has said. The army holds an outsized influence in Zimbabwean politics. In November 2017, the army stepped in to oust the late Robert Mugabe and pave way for incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Lieutenant General Edzayi Chimonyo, who was appointed to the position after the coup, had been battling cancer, George Charamba, the presidential spokesman wrote on Twitter. Chimonyo, like all the current crop of military generals in Zimbabwe, is a former fighter in the country's 1970s war of independence. The opposition often accuses the army of openly siding with…
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Jul
09
2021
By The African Mirror
S.A mine deaths rose 33% in the 1st half of 2021

S.A mine deaths rose 33% in the 1st half of 2021

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's mines recorded 32 deaths in the first half of 2021 compared with 24 during the same period in 2020, continuing a spike in deaths that began last year in some of the world's deepest mines, according to the ministry of mining. South African mines, some of which are nearly 4km (2.5 miles) deep, have seen a regression in safety from record lows recorded in 2019 with the death toll last year up around 18% in 2020. "We are still greatly concerned that we are still experiencing these accidents," said Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's chief inspector of…
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Jul
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Putin lifts ban on charter flights to Egypt six years after crash

Putin lifts ban on charter flights to Egypt six years after crash

NEWS
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin scrapped Russia's ban on charter flights to Egypt on Thursday, six years after suspending them for national security reasons in the aftermath of a plane crash. The flights were stopped after a Metrojet plane taking Russian holidaymakers back from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg broke up over the Sinai Peninsula in October 2015, killing 224 people. Russia concluded the plane was destroyed by a bomb. A group affiliated with Islamic State militants claimed responsibility. Putin's decree lifting the ban will be a boon for Egypt's year-round resorts in Sharm al-Sheikh and Hurghada which attracted large numbers of…
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