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Jun
12
2021
By The African Mirror
One killed, 10 kidnapped in Nigerian school raid

One killed, 10 kidnapped in Nigerian school raid

NEWS
GARBA MUHAMMAD ONE student was killed and at least 10 people were kidnapped when gunmen raided a school in northern Nigeria, officials have told Reuters. The gunmen attacked the main campus of the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria, Kaduna state, shooting sporadically and abducting two lecturers and eight students, according to Samuel Aruwan, the state's commissioner of internal security. Two students were shot, one fatally, while the other was being treated in hospital, Aruwan said. Aliyu Kofa, chairman of the school's chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), said two lecturers and about 10 students were kidnapped. He…
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Apr
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Covid-19 locks down therapy support

Covid-19 locks down therapy support

NEWS
IGNATIUS BANDA BEFORE Zimbabwe imposed lockdown measures last March as part of global efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Grace Mashingaidze* would attend workshops in Harare arranged by a nongovernmental organisation assisting trafficked women who had safely made it back home. A survivor of trafficking, the 27-year-old Mashingaidze told IPS she joined a group of other young female survivors and had received assistance that ranged from counselling, psychosocial support and self-sufficiency skills. The latter was important as many of the young women struggled to earn an income in a country already suffocated by high levels of unemployment. “It has been…
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Jun
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Ghana court grants bail to 21 LGBT+ activists

Ghana court grants bail to 21 LGBT+ activists

NEWS
A high court in Ghana has granted bail to 21 gay rights activists arrested three weeks ago for what police described as an unlawful gathering, according to the prosecutor said. The 16 women and five men, who were arrested on May 20 at a hotel where they were attending a rights advocacy training, were released on a 5,000 Ghana cedi ($866) bail, the prosecutor said. The arrest has drawn condemnation as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face widespread persecution in the West African nation, where gay sex is punishable by up to three years imprisonment. Ghana has not anyone…
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Apr
26
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Tunisian attacker watched jihadist videos’

‘Tunisian attacker watched jihadist videos’

NEWS
THE Tunisian national who killed a police administrative worker last near Paris had watched religious videos glorifying acts of jihad just before carrying out his attack, said France's anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard. The murder has shocked France, which faces a presidential election next year at which issues such as fears over terrorist attacks, immigration and violent crime will dominate the agenda. Ricard told a news conference on Sunday that the official investigation had shown that the assailant, identified as "Jamel G", looked at the videos on his phone just before his knife attack on the police worker, a mother-of-two called…
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Jun
12
2021
By The African Mirror
France ends West African operation

France ends West African operation

NEWS
JOHN IRISH and TANGI SALAUN PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron has announced that France's operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa would come to an end with troops now operating as part of broader international efforts in the region. France, the former colonial power, has hailed some success against Sahel militants in recent months but the situation is extremely fragile and Paris has grown frustrated with no apparent end in sight to its operations and political turmoil especially in Mali. "The time has come to begin a deep transformation of our military presence in the Sahel," Macron told…
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Apr
26
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Death toll in Ethiopia may be 200’

‘Death toll in Ethiopia may be 200’

NEWS
THE death toll in clashes this month between Ethiopia's two largest ethnic groups, the Oromo and Amhara, in the northern Amhara region may be as high as 200, a senior official said yesterday, up from previous reports of at least 50. Residents and officials in Oromiya Special Zone, an area in Amhara with a majority Oromo population, and the town of Ataye said there were deadly clashes in the area on April 16. "According to information we got from people who are displaced, we estimate that up to 200 people might have died from both zones, but we still need…
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Jun
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Algerian rulers aim for return to order

Algerian rulers aim for return to order

NEWS
LAMINE CHIKHI and HAMID OULD AHMED ALGERIA’S president and the generals backing him hope today's parliamentary election will mark an end to two years of upheaval, but in the capital's steep, winding streets few people seemed enthused. While thousands of candidates rallied supporters at official campaign events for an election that moderate Islamist parties aim to win, the low turnout in recent national votes has underscored public scepticism for the process. "I won't vote because nothing will change. Nothing at all," said Khadidja, a woman in a facemask and pink headscarf speaking near a wall plastered with election posters. The…
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Jun
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Al Qaeda leader in Sahel killed

Al Qaeda leader in Sahel killed

NEWS
THE French army has killed an al Qaeda leader during an operation in the Sahel region who is believed to be responsible for the kidnapping and killing of two French journalists in 2013, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly has revealed. Parly said in an address posted on Twitter that three Islamist militants were also killed during the operation in the West African region. "On June 5, the Barkhane force detected a planned attack on an UN compound in Aguelhok in northern Mali", the minister said. She said that a military operation was launched as a group of armed terrorists was…
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Apr
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Uganda rejects $13-billion claim

Uganda rejects $13-billion claim

NEWS
UGANDA has told the International Court of Justice that the over $13 billion dollars in reparations sought by Congo for Kampala's role in conflicts in Congo's Ituri province could ruin its economy.  "The Democratic Republic on Congo's claims are dangerously disproportionate," Uganda's attorney general, William Byaruhanga, told the U.N court, adding that granting them would have "staggering economic consequences". William Byaruhanga. On Monday lawyers for Congo had told the court they were seeking $4.3 billion in reparations payments for the alleged victims of Uganda's involvement in the 1998-2003 conflict in mineral-rich Ituri. They also claimed a further $2.8 billion for…
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Apr
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Tech solutions come to the rescue after Cape Town university fire

Tech solutions come to the rescue after Cape Town university fire

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG  WHEN South African tech entrepreneur Lisa Adams passed hundreds of students stranded on the roadside with suitcases after fire tore through their campus in Cape Town this week, she raced home to her laptop to help. Within hours, she had compiled a Google Maps list containing the names of the dozens of hotels, restaurants, counselling services and places of worship that had opened their doors to the 4,000 students affected by the wildfire. "I had to act fast and use low-tech for high impact with the skills I have because it was getting dark and I wanted students…
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