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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Teenager on sale for R40-million rescued by the police

Teenager on sale for R40-million rescued by the police

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER A South African teenager on sale for R40-million has been rescued by the police from a sex trafficking syndicate that involved members of her own family. The 13 year-old girl’s step mother and grandmother were among trafficking syndicates who were arrested by members of The Hawks, SA’s elite crime busting unit, during a raid on a house in the Vaal.  The teenager has been taken to a place of safety and the step mother and grandmother are expected to appear in court today. In addition to the arrests, the police confiscated R30 000 in cash and several…
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May
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt, France seals large warplanes deal

Egypt, France seals large warplanes deal

NEWS
JOHN IRISH FRANCE revealed yesterday that it will begin delivering 30 Dassault warplanes to Egypt from 2024 in a 4 billion euro ($4.8 billion) deal, as it strengthens ties with a partner it considers vital in fighting Islamist militants. In December, President Emmanuel Macron drew criticism from rights groups when he said he would not make the sale of weapons to Egypt conditional on human rights because he did not want to weaken Cairo's ability to counter militancy in the region. Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said the deal, confirmed on Tuesday, illustrated the "strategic nature of the partnership" between…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Ramaphosa unveils jobs plans for SA youth

Ramaphosa unveils jobs plans for SA youth

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FACED with the highest youth unemployment in South Africa’s history, at 64%, the country’s president has announced a raft of measures aimed at getting young people into jobs. In an address to mark the 45th anniversary of National Youth Day, the day on which SA’s youth took to the streets in protest against apartheid, Ramaphosa said the high unemployment rate was of great concern to the government. “This is something we cannot afford,” Ramaphosa said. The president launched the Presidential Youth Service, SA Youth Network and mPowa as new measures to add to government initiatives to create…
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May
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Congo to impose military rule

Congo to impose military rule

NEWS
CONGO will replace civilian authorities with military administrations in two conflict-hit provinces for a month, the government said, announcing the details of a state of siege to address worsening bloodshed in the east. A surge in attacks by armed militias and intercommunal violence along Congo's border with Uganda have killed hundreds of people since the start of the year. Under the state of siege, which was declared last Friday, governors and provincial assemblies in North Kivu and Ituri provinces will be suspended for 30 days from Thursday, government spokesman Kasongo Mwema Yamba said in a statement read on the state…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Eritrea troops to leave Tigray soon’

‘Eritrea troops to leave Tigray soon’

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS  ERITREAN troops in Ethiopia's Tigray region are expected to "definitely leave soon," Ethiopia's U.N. envoy said after a top U.N. official told the Security Council that Eritrea's soldiers were using starvation as a weapon of war. Outgoing U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock told the 15-member council in a private briefing that "no one should be surprised to see a rerun" of a devastating 1984 famine if violence in Tigray does not stop and Eritrean troops do not withdraw. "Rape is being used systematically to terrorize and brutalize women and girls. Eritrean soldiers are using starvation as a weapon…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Ghagbo returns to the Ivory Coast

Ghagbo returns to the Ivory Coast

NEWS
ANGE ABOA and LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY  IVORY Coast is preparing for the return of former President Laurent Gbagbo today, a move that his supporters and the government hope will help ease tensions that have hung over the country since his arrest a decade ago. Supporters have been buying party memorabilia such as scarves, pouches and garments bearing Gbagbo's image in the Yopougon district of Abidjan, considered his political stronghold, since his return was confirmed on May 31. The government of President Alassane Ouattara, which initially objected to Gbago's party announcing his return date without official approval, has accepted the plan as…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Plane crash in eastern Congo kills three

Plane crash in eastern Congo kills three

NEWS
A small plane crashed shortly after take-off in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday, killing all three people on board, the region's governor said. The plane was carrying two pilots and a passenger when it crashed near Kavumu airport, which serves Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province. First responders in fluorescent bibs picked through the crumpled wreckage in the middle of a large field, according to a Reuters witness at the crash site. "I confirm the crash. There were three people on board who all died," South Kivu Governor Theo Kasi told Reuters. Air accidents are common in eastern…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s prime minister warns of risk of chaos, civil war

Sudan’s prime minister warns of risk of chaos, civil war

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ  SUDAN's prime minister warned on Tuesday of the risk of chaos and civil war fomented by loyalists of the previous regime as he sought to defend reforms meant to pull the country out of a deep economic crisis and stabilise a political transition. Abdalla Hamdok made the comments in a televised address days after young men carrying clubs and sticks blocked roads in the capital Khartoum following the removal of fuel subsidies. Hamdok's government serves under a fragile military-civilian power-sharing deal struck after a popular uprising spurred the army to overthrow veteran leader Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Ethiopia’s election will be peaceful’

‘Ethiopia’s election will be peaceful’

NEWS
GIULIA PARAVICINI and DAWIT ENDESHAW ETHIOPIA will show a sceptical world that it can successfully hold a peaceful election next week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told a crowd of tens of thousands of supporters at his first - and last - campaign rally yesterday. The June 21 vote is the first time Abiy, 44, will face voters at the ballot box in Africa's second most populous nation. He tweeted this week that the election "will be the nation's first attempt at free and fair elections". "The whole world is saying we will fight but we will show them differently," Abiy…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
No evidence of Islamic State control over militia

No evidence of Islamic State control over militia

NEWS
UNITED Nations experts say they had been unable to find evidence of direct support by Islamic State for an Islamist militia in eastern Congo, which was blacklisted in March by Washington as a terrorist group. Experts on Central Africa have been debating whether the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), blamed for increasing violence over the past two years in eastern Congo, has genuine links with the Islamic State group based in the Middle East, sometimes known as ISIS or ISIL. The ADF has publicly aligned itself with Islamic State, which in turn has claimed responsibility for some of its attacks. The…
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