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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Libya paves way for December elections

Libya paves way for December elections

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LIBYAN delegates met in Switzerland on Monday at the start of four days of U.N.-facilitated talks aimed at creating the legal conditions for elections in December, which they hope will usher in a "new era" for the North African country. Around 75 delegates are participating in the discussions, being held near Geneva, where they hope to agree on the constitutional basis for presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for Dec. 24. Several delegates expressed optimism as the talks began. "The intent is to reach a consensus that serves the country and takes us out of the crisis and achieves stability and…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Sisi’s first call with Israel PM

Sisi’s first call with Israel PM

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EGYPT’S President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told Israel's new leader yesterday that it was important to follow through on Egypt-backed efforts to rebuild the Gaza Strip following last month's fighting there, the Egyptian presidency said. In his first phone call with Naftali Bennett since Bennett took office two weeks ago, Sisi stressed Egypt's support for efforts to reach a fair and permanent solution between the Palestinians and Israelis, Egypt's presidency said. Sisi stressed the importance of supporting an Egyptian drive to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after last month's fighting between Israel and the Hamas Islamist group which controls it. A…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
30 killed in al Shabaab attack

30 killed in al Shabaab attack

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AN estimated 30 people died on Sunday when Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group launched an attack in a town in the country's semi-autonomous state of Galmudug, a security official said. The insurgents used car bombs in the assault on a military base in Galmudug's Wisil town, located in central Somalia, triggering a fight with government troops and armed locals, Major Mohamed Awale, a military officer in Galmudug told Reuters. "They attacked the base with two car bombs and fierce fighting that lasted over an hour followed," he said. "The car bombs damaged the military vehicles...residents were well armed and reinforced…
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Apr
16
2021
By The African Mirror
How Prince Philip changed lives of Africans, Asians

How Prince Philip changed lives of Africans, Asians

NEWS
KENYAN Pastor Robert Olunga counts himself as one of the lucky ones. Growing up in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Olunga says he could easily have ended up like many other jobless young men - trapped in poverty with no opportunities to better his life. "In the slums, you feel that you don't deserve to dream. But when you are given exposure, it changes your outlook and you realise it's okay to want more," said Olunga, 34, who leads a congregation of about 400 people at a local evangelical church. "The Duke of Edinburgh awards gave me that exposure. It…
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Apr
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Exposed: Sexual violence used as a weapon in Tigray

Exposed: Sexual violence used as a weapon in Tigray

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KATHERINE HOURELD THE young mother was trying to get home with food for her two children when she says soldiers pulled her off a minibus in Ethiopia's Tigray region, claiming it was overloaded. It was the beginning of an 11-day ordeal in February, during which she says she was repeatedly raped by 23 soldiers who forced nails, a rock and other items into her vagina, and threatened her with a knife. Doctors showed Reuters the bloodstained stone and two 3-inch nails they said they had removed from her body. The woman, 27, is among hundreds who have reported that they…
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Apr
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Life, legacy of Dr Sindi celebrated – in pink

Life, legacy of Dr Sindi celebrated – in pink

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AFRICA MIRROR REPORTER WITH song, bubbly, carefully selected powerful words, against the reflection of pink deco, her favourite colour, family and close friends celebrated the life of one of Southern Africa’s most loved doctors - Sindi van Zyl - who succumbed to COVID-19 on Saturday. Speakers at the memorial service held in Johannesburg today described Van Zyl as a loving, giving and fun person, who did not sleep enough and spent all her time attending to the needs of those who needed her. Speakers also called a “lover of things, a fashionista, a cheerleader, family doctor, activist, radio personality. So…
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Apr
16
2021
By The African Mirror
No apology from ex-warlord

No apology from ex-warlord

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A former Ugandan child soldier who became one of the top commanders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army told judges at the International Criminal Court yesterday that he was not responsible for any atrocities and felt powerless to stop them. In a defiant, sometimes meandering, unsworn statement to the court, Dominic Ongwen cast himself as a victim, saying he could not ask forgiveness for his alleged crimes because he was not responsible for them. LRA warlord Joseph Kony in 2011. Picture: Adambearne/Flickr "I cannot ask everyone in northern Uganda for forgiveness when there were other people in northern Uganda who…
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Apr
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Judges rap Zuma over knuckles

Judges rap Zuma over knuckles

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FIVE Supreme Court of Appeal judges have come down hard on former President Jacob Zuma, censuring for his baseless attacks on the judiciary. In a judgement, written by Judge Poonan JA and supported by Judges Dambuza, Makgoka, Schippers JJA and Gorven AJA, the judges had some harsh words for the ex-ANC president. In addition to ordering Zuma to pay back between R16 and R25-million in legal fees, the judges punished Zuma for his attacks on Gauteng Deputy Judge President Ledwaba and judges J Meyer J and Kubushi. The three judges handed down the decision that the state…
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Apr
16
2021
By The African Mirror
EU allows Lesotho export cannabis

EU allows Lesotho export cannabis

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LESOTHO start-up MG Health has become the first African cannabis-grower to win European Union permission to export cannabis flower for medicinal use - which can range from relieving chronic pain to treating spasms caused by multiple sclerosis. Lesotho has helped pioneer the nascent legal cannabis sector in Africa which could be worth more than $7.1 billion annually by 2023 if new laws are introduced, the African Cannabis Report said two years ago. Launched in 2017, MG Health has its cultivation and modern processing facilities at a secluded location some 2,000 metres above sea-level in mountainous Lesotho, which is completely surrounded…
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Jun
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Highest court to hand down Zuma judgement

Highest court to hand down Zuma judgement

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE Constitutional Court, South Africa’s highest court, has announced that it is ready to hand down judgement in a matter in which it has been asked to find former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court. The court has announced that judgement will be handed down on Tuesday at 10am. Deputy Judge President of SA, Raymond Zondo, in his capacity as chair of the judicial  commission into state capture, has asked the Constitutional Court to find Zuma guilty of contempt and send him to jail. The commission made the application after Zuma failed to comply with…
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