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Jun
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Ugandan court frees dozens of gay men

Ugandan court frees dozens of gay men

NEWS
A court in Uganda has granted bail to 39 people, most of them gay men, held for days after what police said was a raid on a same-sex wedding that violated coronavirus rules, but which a rights group described as a round-up at an LGBT shelter. Frank Mugisha, Executive Director of rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMU), told Reuters 17 of the men had been subjected to rectal examinations in police custody, in what he called a "witch hunt against the LGBT community". Police spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire denied that the arrests were linked to the sexuality of the people who…
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May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
ECOWAS suspends Mali over coup

ECOWAS suspends Mali over coup

NEWS
PAUL LORGERIE and TIEMOKO DIALLO WEST African regional bloc ECOWAS has suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's coup and said authorities must stick to a timetable for a return to democracy, but stopped short of imposing new sanctions. Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States held an emergency summit in Ghana's capital Accra to agree on a response to the Malian military's ouster of a president and prime minister for the second time in nine months. Mali's neighbours and international powers fear the latest revolt will jeopardise a commitment to hold a presidential election next…
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May
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Ramaphosa ask for time on Dr Mkhize

Ramaphosa ask for time on Dr Mkhize

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa's Health Minister Dr Zweli is fighting a rear-guard battle to save his political career following damaging revelations implicating him in a R150-million COVID-19 scandal. New revelations show that a company that received the R150-million tender paid for work done at Mkhize's Johannesburg home. SA president Cyril Ramaphosa has pleaded for more time before he decides on a course of action in connection with the scandal. Speaking for the first time since the scandal broke, Ramaphosa revealed that Mkhize had briefed him about the matter. The president said the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) was in the…
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May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Probes into deportations of children to Morocco

Probes into deportations of children to Morocco

NEWS
PROSECUTORS in Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta are investigating accusations that Spanish soldiers broke the law by deporting children who had crossed the border from Morocco during a surge in attempted migration last week. Ceuta's prosecutor for children, Jose Luis Puerta, said he had opened the inquiry after two non-governmental organisations filed a complaint citing Reuters TV footage of soldiers apparently escorting a young boy, who had swum to Ceuta using empty bottles as floats, back to the border fence. The boy was one of around 8,000 people who swam into Ceuta or climbed over the fence early last…
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May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Morocco escalates row with Spain over Western Sahara

Morocco escalates row with Spain over Western Sahara

NEWS
MOROCCO’S ambassador to Madrid has press comments by the Spanish foreign minister undermined Moroccan territorial integrity and Rabat "would act accordingly", escalating a row that contributed to a migrant crisis in Spain's North African enclave. Brahim Ghali, head of the Polisario Front, whose hospitalisation in Spain has sparked tensions between Madrid and Rabat Morocco withdrew ambassador Karima Benyaich from Madrid last week for consultations over Spain's decision to host Brahim Ghali, head of the Western Sahara Polisario independence group, for medical treatment without informing Rabat. It also appeared to relax border controls with the Spanish enclave of Ceuta leading thousands…
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May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Libyans hope unity rule will end their isolation

Libyans hope unity rule will end their isolation

NEWS
AHMED ELUMANI IN Libya's Bani Walid, flags of ousted autocrat Muammar Gaddafi still fly in some places and streets are ragged with neglect, but its residents have new hope for their town and country. During a recent visit by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, head of a new unity government, people waved olive branches as his armoured motorcade passed through the town, which has long been isolated by political disputes. Children raised two fingers in a 'v' for victory and peace. Dbeibeh was appointed in March, sworn in by Libya's divided parliament after his selection via a U.N. talks process, a…
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May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Namibia to scrap colonial-era gay sex ban

Namibia to scrap colonial-era gay sex ban

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG NAMIBIA could soon scrap a colonial-era law that criminalises gay sex between men, the justice minister said on Friday, calling the legislation "outdated and discriminatory". The law is rarely enforced in the Southern African country and is among several dozen laws that the government will consider abolishing following recommendations by a reform commission. "The LGBTQI community are human beings and we must not allow them being excluded from the bouquet of rights enunciated in our constitution," Justice Minister Yvonne Dausab told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "This sodomy law is outdated and discriminatory ... All Namibians should enjoy life,…
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May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
More than 70 dead after boat sinks in Nigeria

More than 70 dead after boat sinks in Nigeria

NEWS
ARDO HAZZAD NIGERIAN authorities have recovered the bodies of more than 70 people after an overloaded boat capsized in the northwestern state of Kebbi on Wednesday, a state spokesman said. "Seventy-six corpses have so far been recovered, while 22 (people) were rescued, divers are still looking for more bodies," Abubakar Dakingari, spokesman for the Kebbi state governor, said on Friday. The wooden boat was ferrying between 100 and 200 people, according to wide-ranging estimates from authorities and locals.
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May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Small eruption recorded at second volcano in eastern Congo

Small eruption recorded at second volcano in eastern Congo

NEWS
A small eruption was detected on Saturday at a volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo but was not believed to threaten any inhabited areas, the government said. The eruption at Mount Nyamuragira comes a week after the nearby Mount Nyiragongo erupted, killing at least 31 people and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. Nyamuragira lies around 25 km (16 miles) north of Goma, a city of about 2 million people, but Mount Nyiragongo stands between them, creating a natural barrier. "It's not in a zone that's inhabited and it's not of a great intensity," government spokesman Patrick…
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Jun
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt sends equipment to Gaza

Egypt sends equipment to Gaza

NEWS
EGYPT has sent a convoy of engineers and building equipment to Gaza to begin reconstruction in the Palestinian enclave after the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Egyptian state television has reported. Dozens of bulldozers, cranes and trucks flying Egyptian flags lined up along the border to begin crossing into the Gaza Strip, television pictures showed. Palestinians lined the street on the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing to welcome the convoy as it rumbled into the small coastal enclave. A Palestinian border official said 50 vehicles had crossed. "We rushed with all our money, equipment, and what we owned to join the…
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