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Apr
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Cameroonian film festival returns

Cameroonian film festival returns

NEWS
BLAISE YONG and JOSIANE KOUAGHEU FILMMAKERS and actors gathered in the western Cameroon town of Buea for a film festival this week, as the region tries to regain a measure of normalcy despite an ongoing secessionist conflict. The Cameroon International Film Festival was cancelled in 2019 and 2020 because of the conflict between state forces and English-speaking rebels, as well as the coronavirus pandemic. The festival has returned this year and features two Cameroonian films that have been bought by U.S. streaming service Netflix. One is the 2020 drama Fisherman's Diary about a young Cameroonian girl determined to go to…
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Apr
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt and Russia agree to resume all flights

Egypt and Russia agree to resume all flights

NEWS
EGYPT and Russia have agreed to resume all flights between the two countries in a call between their presidents, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Vladimir Putin, Egypt's presidency said in a statement. Flights to resort destinations Sharm al-Sheikh and Hurghada were suspended after a Russian passenger plane crashed in Sinai in October 2015, killing 224 people. The Egyptian statement did not specify a timeline for the resumption of flights, but Russia's Interfax news agency reported this week that flights could resume in the second half of May. An Airbus A321, operated by Metrojet, had been taking Russian holiday makers home from…
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Apr
25
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. names special envoy for Horn of Africa

U.S. names special envoy for Horn of Africa

NEWS
SIMON LEWIS and MICHELLE NICHOLS VETERAN U.S. diplomat Jeffrey Feltman was named a special envoy for the Horn of Africa on Friday, as Washington looks to step up diplomatic efforts in a region hit by the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray and other crises. Feltman also will lead international efforts to address tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan and around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Fighting in Tigray, between rebels and government forces from both Ethiopia and its neighbor Eritrea, has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands more from their…
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Jun
11
2021
By The African Mirror
EXCLUSIVE: 350 000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray in famine

EXCLUSIVE: 350 000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray in famine

NEWS
GIULIA PARAVICINI and MICHELLE NICHOLS AN analysis by United Nations agencies and aid groups estimates that about 350,000 people in Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region are in famine conditions, according to an internal U.N. document seen by Reuters. The Ethiopian government disputes the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, according to the notes of a meeting on the situation in Tigray of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) - made up of the heads of at least 18 U.N. and non-U.N. organizations. "On the risk of famine, it was noted that the unpublished IPC analysis figures were being disputed by the…
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Jun
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Arrested: Ivory trafficker blamed for DRC park killings

Arrested: Ivory trafficker blamed for DRC park killings

NEWS
PARK rangers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested a militia leader and alleged ivory trafficker whose fighters are accused of killing 19 rangers, authorities have announced. Jackson Muhukambuto, a former army officer who has led various militias in and around Virunga National Park, was detained in the city of Butembo on Tuesday, the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) said in a statement. Virunga, Africa's oldest national park, is home to over half the world's mountain gorillas and hundreds of elephants. It has been plagued by violence since the late 1990s when two regional wars fought in the…
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Jun
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Buhari tells youth to ‘behave’ if they want jobs

Buhari tells youth to ‘behave’ if they want jobs

NEWS
LIBBY GEORGE  PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has told young Nigerians that they must "behave" in order to attract jobs and investment. Buhari, speaking on Arise TV, said security was essential in order for investment in the country, where unemployment rose to 33.3% in the fourth quarter. "Nobody is going to invest in an insecure environment. So I told them, I said they should tell the youth that if they want jobs, they will behave themselves," Buhari said. "Make sure that the area is secure. So that people can come in and invest." Nigeria has struggled with high unemployment and rapid population…
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Apr
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Zim Air Force helicopter crashes into house, four killed including child

Zim Air Force helicopter crashes into house, four killed including child

NEWS
AN Air Force of Zimbabwe helicopter crashed on Friday, killing three crew members and a child on the ground as it came down on a house, the Air Force said in a statement. The helicopter was on a training mission, with two pilots and a technician when it disappeared on the radar. It came down on a house in Arcturus, a farming area some 30 km east of the capital Harare. "We are deeply saddened by the loss of lives after the unfortunate accident," Air Marshal Elson Moyo said. Social media showed video of charred parts of the helicopter and…
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Jun
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Fashion label Chanel invests $25 million in new climate adaptation fund

Fashion label Chanel invests $25 million in new climate adaptation fund

NEWS
MICHAEL TAYLOR  FRENCH fashion house Chanel is backing a new climate adaptation fund that aims to raise $100 million by 2025 to invest in projects to promote sustainable agriculture, protect forests and support small-scale farmers in developing countries. The Landscape Resilience Fund (LRF) was developed by green group WWF and Swiss-based social enterprise South Pole and is starting with $25 million from luxury brand Chanel and $1.3 million from the Global Environment Facility. An independent nonprofit, the LRF aims to attract a further five to 10 additional investors to help finance small businesses and projects that foster climate-resilient agriculture and…
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Apr
24
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 130 Africans feared drowned

At least 130 Africans feared drowned

NEWS
MERCHANT vessels and a charity ship searching the Mediterranean for boats carrying migrants have found 10 bodies floating near a capsized rubber boat believed to have had 130 people on board, French humanitarian organisation SOS Mediterranee said. Another wooden boat was still missing with about 40 migrants aboard, a spokesman for the group said on Friday. The civil hotline Alarm Phone had reported three boats were in distress on Wednesday, prompting SOS Mediterranee to launch a search "in very rough seas, with up to 6-metre waves", the non-governmental organisation said in a news release issued earlier. Three merchant vessels helped…
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Jun
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Macron slapper jailed for 4 months

Macron slapper jailed for 4 months

NEWS
A French court sentenced the man who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron across the face to 18 months in jail, with 14 of them suspended, BFM TV reported. Damien Tarel, a 28-year-old medieval martial arts enthusiast, had earlier acknowledged striking Macron during Macron's visit this week to the southeastern French region of Drome but told investigators it was not premeditated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbYPmcWBA4o
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