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May
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Kenya set to appoint first female chief justice at sensitive moment

Kenya set to appoint first female chief justice at sensitive moment

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DUNCAN MIRIRI KENYAN judge Martha Koome has defended dissidents and helped to write women's rights into the constitution - now she's on track to be the first female chief justice in a country where the role is particularly sensitive. A child of subsistence farmers, she was chosen by a judicial panel over the lawyer who argued President Uhuru Kenyatta's case in a 2017 battle with the Supreme Court that she will now head. Kenyatta endorsed her and his legislative majority means she is set to be confirmed by the end of this month. That makes her likely to be in…
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May
07
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC president tightens control

DRC president tightens control

NEWS
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi yesterday struck a heavy blow against his predecessor and political rival Joseph Kabila as his allies ousted the governor of Tanganyika province. It was the latest move by Tshisekedi's supporters to seize levers of power from Kabila, whose younger brother Zoe Kabila has run the southeastern territory for the last two years and was the only governor refusing to align himself with Tshisekedi. In October, Tshisekedi appointed three judges to Democratic Republic of Congo's constitutional court, the first in a series of manoeuvres that unshackled him from Kabila, then his coalition partner. Tshisekedi…
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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
“Mama Robotics” wows a nation

“Mama Robotics” wows a nation

NEWS
DORCAS BELLO 18-YEAR-OLD artificial intelligence whizz Mercy Sampson's robotics prototypes have wowed Nigeria. Now she wants Africa to focus on artificial intelligence and the opportunities provided by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). But she also has a personal point to prove. She's a deaf person living in a country where that is a problem. As a young deaf girl living in a country that provides very little support for those with disabilities, Mercy Sampson seemed likely to grow up destitute. Now 18, the teen, who lost her auditory ability at 3, is having none of that. “When people see the…
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May
07
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Mercenaries should leave Libya’

‘Mercenaries should leave Libya’

NEWS
TURKEY and Germany agree that all foreign mercenaries in Libya need to leave the country, but Ankara has a bilateral agreement with the Libyan government for its troops to be stationed there, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday. H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey. Photo: Brookings Institution/flickr On Wednesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that the withdrawal of foreign troops from Libya would be an "important signal" as both leaders vowed to support the new interim government, a German government spokesman said. Turkey deployed troops to Libya under an accord on military cooperation signed…
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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
One student dead, seven rescued in Nigeria

One student dead, seven rescued in Nigeria

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ONE student from a group of dozens abducted from a school in northwest Nigeria this week has been found dead, the army has announced, adding it had rescued five students and two teachers. Gunmen raided the school in Kebbi state in broad daylight on Thursday in the latest case of mass abductions in the region. A teacher said more than 80 students were taken, while the police said five teachers were abducted but did not disclose the number of missing students. One female student was found dead in the forest by troops tracking the kidnappers, Nigerian army spokesperson Onyema Nwachukwu…
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May
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia reviving ties with Kenya

Somalia reviving ties with Kenya

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ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA has announced that is restoring diplomatic relations with neighbouring Kenya almost six months after severing ties, accusing Nairobi of meddling in politics. Relations between the countries have also been tense over the ownership of potential oil and gas deposits, some of which lie off the coast of Jubbaland, one of Somalia's five semi-autonomous states. "Now diplomatic relations are restored," Abdirahman Yusuf, deputy information minister, told a news conference in Mogadishu, saying the Gulf Arab state of Qatar had helped in the process. Kenya's foreign ministry said on Thursday evening that it took note of the Somali government's…
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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Liberian rebel sentenced for war crimes, cannibalism

Liberian rebel sentenced for war crimes, cannibalism

NEWS
EMMA FARGE A Liberian rebel commander was sentenced in Switzerland to 20 years in jail for rape, killings and an act of cannibalism, in one of the only civil war-era cases from his West African country to go to trial. The case was Switzerland's first war crimes trial in a civilian court. It involved 46-year-old Alieu Kosiah who went by the nom de guerre "bluff boy" in the rebel faction ULIMO that fought former President Charles Taylor's army in the 1990s. Kosiah, faced 25 charges at the Swiss Federal Court including killings of civilians, rape and an act of cannibalism.…
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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Dozens of African migrants rescued after boat runs aground on Spain’s Lanzarote

Dozens of African migrants rescued after boat runs aground on Spain’s Lanzarote

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BORJA SUAREZ MORE than 40 African migrants were rescued after their boat ran aground on the rocky coast of Lanzarote in Spain's Canary Islands, emergency services said, while over 100 people on two more boats made it safely to other islands. At least three people died and at least two more were missing, including a six-year old girl. Rescue workers with a helicopter were searching the coast around Lanzarote's northern region of Muelle de Orzola for them on Friday morning. Local resident Marcos Lemes, who was first on the scene and alerted emergency services, told Reuters he had begun,g people…
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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Rhino poacher jailed for 23 years

Rhino poacher jailed for 23 years

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FIVE years after he was arrested, a Mozambican rhino poacher has been sentenced to 23 years in jail by a South African court. Alsony Alberto Valoyi (50) was convicted by the Skukuza Regional Court after he pleaded guilty. Valoyi pleaded guilty and was sentenced for the following crimes: Trespassing in the Skukuza National Park:Contravention of the Immigration Act: One year. Possession of firearm with an intent to commit crime: Five years.Possession of an unlicensed ammunition: Two years.Possession of a dangerous weapon: One year.Possession of 6 rhino horns: 15 years. According to the National Prosecutions Authority, Valoyi and his…
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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Boko Haram leader’s death confirmed

Boko Haram leader’s death confirmed

NEWS
A senior cleric with Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram confirmed the death of its leader and urged fighters to stay loyal in its fight against rival Islamic State militants, according to a video seen by Reuters. Bakura Sahalaba, a cleric with the Lake Chad branch of Boko Haram, urged its men to fight on in the video, which appeared on social media after the rival Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) said Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had died. Three Boko Haram researchers verified its authenticity. ISWAP had said Shekau, one of the world's most notorious extremists, had died around…
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