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May
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt, Turkey overhaul ties with Libya

Egypt, Turkey overhaul ties with Libya

NEWS
EGYPT and Turkey yesterday held talks on the conflict in Libya, where they back competing factions, on Syria and the security situation in the eastern Mediterranean, in a push to rebuild their fractured relations. The discussions, held over two days and led by deputy foreign ministers, were the first high-level public talks for years between the two powers, who fell out over issues including opposing positions on political Islam and maritime borders. Turkey has been striving to mend fences with several U.S.-allied Arab states including Egypt. Egypt has so far responded cautiously to Turkish overtures. "The discussions were frank and…
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May
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Chadian police fire tear gas at protesters

Chadian police fire tear gas at protesters

NEWS
CHADIAN security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters who took to the streets of the capital N'Djamena yesterday to protest against a military takeover that followed the death of President Idriss Deby on the battlefield last month. On Friday the transitional military government, led by Deby's son Mahamat Idriss Itno, had banned the protest called by a coalition of some opposition parties and civil society groups. A strong ally of Western nations in the fight against Islamist militants in western and central Africa, Chad has seen heightened political tensions since Deby's death. Although the military has promised to organise…
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Jun
20
2021
By The African Mirror
‘I made it,’ says Sudanese who fled to Uganda

‘I made it,’ says Sudanese who fled to Uganda

NEWS
AFTER civil war forced Samuel Dhol Ayeun to flee South Sudan as a teenager to neighbouring Uganda in 2013, memories of watching friends die of preventable diseases due to inadequate medical care inspired his goal of becoming a doctor. Now 27, Ayeun has graduated from medical school and is busy attending to COVID-19 and other patients at the prestigious Mulago National Referral Hospital in the Ugandan capital Kampala. "I made it," he told Reuters this week during his shift. "Being a refugee, it's not a punishment," he said. "It is an opportunity to continue with your dreams outside your country."…
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May
09
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Children held in dire conditions Ethiopia’

‘Children held in dire conditions Ethiopia’

NEWS
THE Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has revealed that police from the Oromiya region are holding a large number of detainees, including babies and children, without charge, in "unhygienic and overcrowded" police stations across the region. The state-appointed commission said children aged between 5 months and 10 years were being held along with their mothers, and that children as young as 9 were suspected of offenses and held with adult prisoners. Detainees in the region, which is in central Ethiopia and like other regions has some autonomy from the central government in running matters such as law enforcement and education, are…
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Jun
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Struggling to “Mane”tain your ‘fro? Entrepreneur Lienne Shonhiwa has you covered

Struggling to “Mane”tain your ‘fro? Entrepreneur Lienne Shonhiwa has you covered

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TATENDA KANENGONI HOW an entrepreneur's innovative hair formula is helping afro-textured women "Mane"tain their curls - and is making her business highly successful, into the bargain. Pivoting from blogger to business owner is not a common path to entrepreneurship, but that's how Lienne Shonhiwa began building her cosmetics empire. Today, Shonhiwa is the founder and CEO at one of Zimbabwe's most exciting startups - Manetain Organics. “I was just a regular person who had the same frustrations as any other person, you want to take better care of your hair, you want to do better, you watch YouTube videos," she…
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May
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Magashule’s supporters plan a revolt to bring ANC to its knees

Magashule’s supporters plan a revolt to bring ANC to its knees

NEWS
SUPPORTERS of suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule, stung by his ejection out of a national executive committee (NEC) meeting, are planning a "mother of all revolts" to bring the already deeply divided ANC to its knees. The tactics of Magashule's supporters include using information supplied by his allies inside the party to force the ANC leadership to capitulate bring him back or force a way to topple ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. They are planning a series of co-ordinated events that will build up to a shutdown of South Africa. The Magashule supporters, among them the so-called RET forces within the…
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Jun
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Libya’s Haftar closes border with Algeria

Libya’s Haftar closes border with Algeria

NEWS
FORCES loyal to Libya's eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar have closed the border with Algeria, they said on Sunday, after major deployments of his forces to the south underscored his continued role despite efforts to unify the country. Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) last week sent troops into the southern city of Sebha, which was already allied to eastern forces, and then on Saturday to a southern border crossing with Algeria. "The armed forces has closed the Libyan-Algerian border and declared it a military zone in which movement is prohibited", said the Moral Guidance Department, an LNA media unit. The nearly…
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May
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Tears, singing as abducted Nigerian students return

Tears, singing as abducted Nigerian students return

NEWS
NEARLY two months after their abduction by armed gunmen, more than two dozen students in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna state were reunited with jubilant family members on Friday amid tears and celebratory singing. Thirty-nine students were taken from a forestry college at gunpoint on March 11. Ten were later released, and their parents said this week that two had escaped. The remaining 27 told reporters they were held in a forest, periodically beaten with sticks and guns, and allowed to contact their families only to beg for ransom. Female students said they tore their clothing to use as sanitary pads. "The…
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May
08
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Armed attacks displaced over 17,500 in past 10 days’

‘Armed attacks displaced over 17,500 in past 10 days’

NEWS
MORE than 17,500 people in Burkina Faso have been forcefully displaced from their homes in the past 10 days due to a series of attacks by unidentified armed groups that have killed 45 people, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Attacks by jihadist armed groups linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State in the West African Sahel region have been rising sharply since the start of the year, particularly in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, with civilians bearing the brunt. The UNHCR report said gunmen had carried out a series of attacks in three separate regions, burning down…
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May
08
2021
By The African Mirror
REVEALED: New King of Amazulu, Prince Misuzulu Zulu

REVEALED: New King of Amazulu, Prince Misuzulu Zulu

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER HE wore the leopard skin, reserved for royalty, waved a specially designed shield, spear, a knobkerrie and was accompanied by amabutho - the regiments -  who sang traditional songs only sang in the presence of the king. To many cultural experts this scene, which played outside a marquee in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal was the strongest signal that Prince Misuzulu Zulu, the eldest son of the King Goodwill Zwelithini  and Queen Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu, is the next leader of South Africa’s 12 million Amazulu. There were colourful scenes as Prince Zulu and the amabutho, joined by maidens marched into the…
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