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Jun
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Cheers as Tigray forces seize regional capital

Cheers as Tigray forces seize regional capital

NEWS
GIULIA PARAVICINI and MAGGIE FICK TIGRAYAN forces said they had Ethiopian government troops on the run around the regional capital Mekelle after taking full control of the city in a sharp reversal of eight months of conflict. People in Mekelle, where communications were cut on Monday, said the incoming Tigrayan fighters were greeted with cheers. There were similar scenes on video footage from the northern town of Shire, where residents said government-allied Eritrean forces had pulled out and Tigrayan forces had entered. "We are 100% in control of Mekelle," Getachew Reda, spokesman for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), told…
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Jun
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Anti-monarchy protests in African kingdom eSwatini turn violent

Anti-monarchy protests in African kingdom eSwatini turn violent

NEWS
LUNGA MASUKU GOVERNMENT forces in the southern African kingdom of eSwatini have fired gunshots and tear gas to break up protests calling for reforms to its system of absolute monarchy, witnesses said. A dusk-till-dawn curfew was also imposed. Acting Prime Minister Themba Masuku denied media reports that King Mswati III had fled the violence to neighbouring South Africa. King Mswati III "His Majesty...is in the country and continues to advance the Kingdom's goals," Masuku said in a statement. "We appeal for calm, restraint and peace." Anger against Mswati has been building for years. Campaigners say the king has consistently evaded…
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Jun
30
2021
By The African Mirror
FACTBOX-South Africa’s divisive ex-president Zuma’s many scandals

FACTBOX-South Africa’s divisive ex-president Zuma’s many scandals

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SOUTH Africa's constitutional court has sentenced ousted president Jacob Zuma to 15 months in jail for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry. Below are some of the main scandals involving Zuma, South Africa's most divisive president since the end of white minority rule in 1994. He was in power from 2009 to 2018. "STATE OF CAPTURE" The public protector, South Africa's main anti-corruption watchdog, published a report in 2016 entitled "State of Capture" alleging that Zuma's friends, the Gupta brothers, had tried to influence the appointment of cabinet ministers and were unlawfully awarded state tenders. An inquiry was set…
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Apr
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Two deported Rwandans to face genocide charges

Two deported Rwandans to face genocide charges

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TWO Rwandans - one arrested in France and the other deported from the US - are expected to face charges related to the 1994 genocide in which over a million people were killed, many more injured and displaced Beatrice Munyenyezi, who was deported by the United States after serving a prison term for lying on her naturalisation application, faces seven charges related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, authorities in Kigali said. Priest Marcel Hitayezu, who has been living in France,  was arrested this week at his home in Montlieu-la-Garde on charges related to crimes against Humanity and Genocide, according…
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Jun
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Russians accused of CAR abuses

Russians accused of CAR abuses

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS RUSSIAN military instructors and Central African Republic (CAR) troops targeted civilians with excessive force, indiscriminate killings, occupation of schools and large-scale looting, according to a United Nations report seen by Reuters. The sanctions experts report to the U.N. Security Council also accuses groups linked to the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) rebels of forced recruitment of children, attacks on peacekeepers, sexual violence and the looting of aid groups. Russia and France, which has some 300 troops in the African nation, have been competing for influence in the gold and diamond-rich country of 4.7 million. Russia sent hundreds…
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Apr
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Widow demands justice for SA man shot dead in US

Widow demands justice for SA man shot dead in US

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER LINDSAY Myeni, the widow of Lindani, the South African man who was shot dead by the Honolulu police, in the US, is trying the piece together her husband’s last moments and is seeking justice for him. Lindsay (29), who is now left to raise the couple’s two children, is trying to find out what happened in the 18 minutes that she spoke to her husband and he was shot four times by members of the Honolulu Police Department (HPD). In an emotional Facebook post, Lindsay said: “They shot my king “I was with him at 7:30pm. He…
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Jun
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia to hold indirect election on October 10

Somalia to hold indirect election on October 10

NEWS
SOMALIA will indirectly pick a new president on October 10, the prime minister has announced, potentially easing a political crisis brought on by a delay in holding the election. After a series of meetings between the main parties, clan elders will now pick lawmakers in September, who will then vote for a president on the new date, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble was quoted as saying by the state news agency (SONNA). Under the indirect election system, clan elders were meant to have selected lawmakers in December and the new lawmakers were due to elect a new president on February…
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Apr
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Fire at Joburg hospital extinguished, all patients transferred

Fire at Joburg hospital extinguished, all patients transferred

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE raging fire that forced the evacuation of over 470 patients and the closure of one of Africa’s largest hospitals, the Charlotte Maxeke in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been extinguished, the Gauteng Health Department has announced. Kwara Kekana, Gauteng Health spokesperson, the site has been handed over to fire safety investigators for an investigation into the cause of the fire. Kekana said all patients have been transferred to other hospitals around Gauteng. The health department has provided information that families of those affected by the fire and out patients can use to get help. Kekana said: "The…
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Apr
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Eritrea admits presence in Tigray

Eritrea admits presence in Tigray

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS ERITREA has told the United Nations Security Council that it has agreed to start withdrawing its troops from Ethiopia's Tigray region, acknowledging publicly for the first time the country's involvement in the conflict. The admission in a letter to the 15-member council - and posted online by Eritrea's Ministry of Information - comes a day after U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock said the world body had not seen any proof that Eritrean soldiers have withdrawn. "As the looming grave threat has been largely thwarted, Eritrea and Ethiopia have agreed - at the highest levels - to embark on…
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Apr
18
2021
By The African Mirror
UN backs Libya ceasefire plan

UN backs Libya ceasefire plan

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS  THE United Nations Security Council gave the green light on Friday for the deployment of 60 U.N. ceasefire monitors to Libya and called on the country's new unity government to prepare for free, fair and inclusive elections on December 24. A ceasefire in Libya has held since the autumn, but the main road across the front lines from Sirte to Misrata remains closed. The Security Council unanimously approved Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' proposal for the deployment of the monitors. "The monitors would be deployed to Sirte once all the requirements for a permanent United Nations presence have been met,…
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