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Apr
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Migrant tragedy at sea a time of shame – Pope

Migrant tragedy at sea a time of shame – Pope

NEWS
POPE Francis said yesterday that "now is the time for shame" after 130 migrants were feared dead in the Mediterranean and a U.N. organisation accused states of not responding to distress calls. Merchant vessels and a charity ship searching the Mediterranean for boats with migrants found 10 bodies floating near a capsized rubber boat in international waters near Libya believed to have had 130 people on board, French humanitarian organisation SOS Mediterranee said on Friday. "I confess to you that I am very pained over yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean," Francis said to hundreds of people in St. Peter's…
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Jun
10
2021
By The African Mirror
How ethnic killings exploded in Tigray

How ethnic killings exploded in Tigray

NEWS
KATHERINE HOURELD, MICHAEL GEORGY, SILVIA ALOISI ND BAZ RATNER THE screams of the dying gradually fell silent as the sky darkened. Around midnight, Berhane Gebrezigher, an ethnic Tigrayan, remembers lying in a ditch full of men who, like himself, had been shot and left for dead. He called out: "Is there anyone breathing?" When the sun rose, the old man faced a choice: die in the ditch or haul himself to the road. Painfully, he began shuffling upwards. It was mid-January, more than two months into an ethnic conflict that has convulsed western Tigray, an area of rich farmland in…
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Apr
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Soldiers attack ex-president’s residence

Soldiers attack ex-president’s residence

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FORMER Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has revealed that soldiers had attacked his residence and that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was responsible. His accusation came as Somali soldiers exchanged gunfire in the streets of the capital Mogadishu, in a sign of deepening splits in the security forces between those supporting an extension of Mohamed's presidential term and those opposed. Analysts say the divisions could distract Somalia's security forces from the fight against al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents in the Horn of Africa nation. The president signed a law in mid-April extending his mandate for two years, stoking opposition inside Somalia…
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Jun
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerians fight government’s Twitter ban with legal action

Nigerians fight government’s Twitter ban with legal action

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG ALMOST 200 Nigerians filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to lift a ban on Twitter, describing the government's decision to block the site as stifling "any dissenting voice" and digital rights. The ban was announced on Friday, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists, and the government said those who continued to use Twitter would be prosecuted. "The (suspension) negatively impacted millions of Nigerians who carry on their daily businesses and operational activities on Twitter," said Kolawole Oluwadare of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP),…
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May
13
2021
By The African Mirror
SA investors cheer Magashule’s suspension

SA investors cheer Magashule’s suspension

NEWS
ALEXANDER WINNING INVESTORS are celebrating the suspension of one of the main party rivals of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as a sign that he is finally tightening his grip on the governing African National Congress (ANC). But they say Ramaphosa must move far more quickly on reforms before they can turn bullish on the growth prospects of Africa's most industrialised economy. Ramaphosa has slowly consolidated control over the divided ANC after narrowly winning a leadership contest in December 2017 that also saw enemies elected to powerful party posts. He only felt confident enough last week to move against Secretary-General…
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Jun
09
2021
By The African Mirror
FW de Klerk hospitalised

FW de Klerk hospitalised

NEWS
APARTHEID South Africa’s last president FW de Klerk has been admitted to a hospital for cancer treatment.  The FW De Klerk Foundation has however rejected reports that suggested that the former president had been admitted to a hospital after his health had taken a turn for the worst. In a statement, the foundation said: “There have been extensive media reports that Mr De Klerk’s health is ‘rapidly deteriorating’. This is not so. There has been no discernible deterioration in his health since he was diagnosed in March with mesothelioma -  a cancer  that affects the lining of the lungs. He…
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May
13
2021
By The African Mirror
New sex abuse claims against aid workers exposed in Congo

New sex abuse claims against aid workers exposed in Congo

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ROBERT FLUMMERFELT and ANGE KASONGO MORE than 20 Congolese women have accused aid workers of sexual abuse in new claims that include rape and unwanted pregnancies, with United Nations investigators uncovering similar allegations of workers exploiting vulnerable women. The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to 22 women in Butembo who said male aid workers responding to an Ebola crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo offered them jobs in exchange for sex. The claims come as donors pressure aid groups to do more to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse while assisting the world's most vulnerable, and follow a joint investigation by…
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Jun
09
2021
By The African Mirror
21 Ghana LGBT activists denied bail

21 Ghana LGBT activists denied bail

NEWS
A Ghanaian court has denied bail to 21 gay rights activists arrested nearly three weeks ago for what police described as an unlawful gathering, their lawyer said. The 16 women and five men were told to reappear in court on June 16 for their next hearing. Some were seen weeping after the ruling in the southeastern city of Ho. LGBT people face widespread persecution in the West African nation, where gay sex is punishable with up to three years imprisonment. Ghana has not prosecuted anyone for same-sex relations in years, but the LGBT community has reported a crackdown by authorities…
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May
13
2021
By The African Mirror
SA political parties, unions condemn Israel evictions, attacks on Palestine

SA political parties, unions condemn Israel evictions, attacks on Palestine

NEWS
AS Israel-Palestine tensions escalated towards what many fear could end up in a full-scale war, South African political parties and trade unions have condemned the forced evictions of Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the bombardment of Gaza by the Israel army. Israel killed a Hamas commander and vowed no let-up in its Gaza barrages yesterday as Palestinian militants rained rockets far across the border and Washington dispatched an envoy to try to calm their most intense hostilities in years. At least 65 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to the enclave's health ministry. Six…
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Jun
09
2021
By The African Mirror
US imposes visa restrictions over Cameroon

US imposes visa restrictions over Cameroon

NEWS
THE United States stepped up pressure for a peaceful resolution to Cameroon's conflict between state forces and English-speaking rebels on Monday, imposing visa restrictions on individuals believed to be undermining efforts to end the crisis. Cameroon's two western Anglophone regions have been gripped by fighting since 2017 as the rebels try to break away from the predominantly Francophone government. More than 3,500 people have died and 700,000 have been displaced in the violence. Announcing the visa sanctions, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was deeply concerned by the continued insecurity and called for both sides to negotiate…
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