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May
29
2021
By The African Mirror
UN alarmed at Tigray detentions

UN alarmed at Tigray detentions

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THE United Nations refugee agency voiced deep concern at reports of soldiers taking hundreds of people away from displacement camps in the Tigray region of Ethiopia earlier this week, saying such sites should be a safe haven. Three aid workers and a doctor told Reuters this week that Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers forcibly detained more than 500 young men and women from four camps for displaced people in the town of Shire in the northern region on Monday night. "We reiterate our call on all parties to ensure the protection of civilians including the forcibly displaced. It is crucial that…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Twitter removes President’s ‘abusive’ civil war post

Twitter removes President’s ‘abusive’ civil war post

NEWS
ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM TWITTER has removed a post by Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari threatening punishment for regional secessionists blamed for attacks on government buildings. The social media firm said Buhari's tweet, referring to the 1967-70 civil war in the southeastern Biafra region that killed 1 million people, violated its "abusive behaviour" policy leading to a 12-hour suspension of his account. Buhari, who served in the army against the secessionists and was Nigeria's military ruler in the 1980s, tweeted on Tuesday that many people misbehaving today were too young to remember the deaths and destruction from the civil war. "Those of us…
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Jun
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Shot minister thanks ‘boda-boda’ who saved his life

Shot minister thanks ‘boda-boda’ who saved his life

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“I survived. I thank God”. These are the first words from Katumba Wamala, the Uganda Minister of Works and Transport, who survived an assassination attempt in which his daughter and driver were killed. Wamala said he was been driven to a vigil when the four gunmen on motorcycles sprayed his vehicle with bullets in Kiasasi, Kampala. “While driving in the morning with my daughter, bodyguard and driver heading to my mother-in-law's vigil, some terrorists tried to assassinate me. I survived, but my dear daughter Brenda Nantongo Katumba and my driver Kayondo Haruna died at the crime scene. I have no…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
‘COVID-19 drove Africa to 1st recession in 30 years’

‘COVID-19 drove Africa to 1st recession in 30 years’

NEWS
MUCH of Africa may have been spared the death toll that COVID-19 brought to other regions, but it now faces recession, growing violence and higher unemployment because of the pandemic, a report said released yesterday. "The global economic shutdown has driven Africa into recession for the first time in 30 years, with severe repercussions for unemployment, poverty, inequalities and food insecurity," said the 2021 Ibrahim Forum Report. It was released ahead of the annual conference this weekend of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which promotes good governance in Africa. African countries implemented strict travel restrictions and robust contact tracing when the…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Hand over Bashir ally – ICC

Hand over Bashir ally – ICC

NEWS
THE International Criminal Court has asked Sudan to hand over one of the key people accused of war crimes and genocide in Darfur and an ally of ousted President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the visiting chief ICC prosecutor has said. The accused, Ahmed Haroun, asked in May to be sent to The Hague, the court's headquarters, complaining that he would not receive a fair trial in Sudan. Chief ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told a news conference that Bashir, in prison in Khartoum, was still wanted by the ICC and that the court was willing to negotiate with the Sudanese government on…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
136, not 200 Nigerian students abducted

136, not 200 Nigerian students abducted

NEWS
GUNMEN abducted 136 students from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, a state official said on Wednesday, lower than the estimate of 200 previously offered by the federal government. An armed gang on motorcycles attacked the town of Tegina in the state on Sunday. State government officials in the following days said they were contacting parents to ascertain the exact number of missing children. Nigeria's president, in a statement issued late on Monday, said security agents were searching for around 200 students. Niger state's deputy governor, Ahmed Mohammed Ketso, told reporters the number of…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
SA’s Eskom cleared CEO of racism

SA’s Eskom cleared CEO of racism

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A senior lawyer appointed by the board of South Africa's Eskom to look into allegations of racism levelled against the CEO of the state-owned power utility found no evidence to support the claims, the board has said. Senior advocate Ishmael Semenya found "no substantiation for the allegation that the Group Chief Executive has conducted himself in any manner that would amount to racist practice," the board said in a statement posted on Twitter. The allegation against CEO Andre de Ruyter was made by the company's former Chief Procurement Officer Solly Tshitangano. Following the allegations, Eskom's board of directors in March…
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Gigaba accuses estranged wife of “extensive lies”

Gigaba accuses estranged wife of “extensive lies”

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FORMER finance minister Malusi Gigaba has described his estranged wife Nomachule as an “extensive and accomplished liar”. Malusi appeared at the Zondo judicial commission into state capture to respond to allegations made by Nomachule, who among others alleged that her estranged husband received gifts of cash, a luxury vehicle from the influential Gupta family, whom he regarded as “advisors”. Malusi, who is also a former minister of home affairs and public enterprises, told commission chair, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo that Nomachule had taken it for a ride. Malusi said the commission was being used by his…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Russian naval base in Sudan is up for review

Russian naval base in Sudan is up for review

NEWS
SUDAN is reviewing an agreement to host a Russian naval base on its Red Sea coast, which was reached under former President Omar al-Bashir who was toppled in 2019, the Sudanese military chief of staff said yesterday. Chief of Staff Mohamed Othman al-Hussein told Sudan's Blue Nile TV that the transitional authorities now have "the freedom to review the agreement to meet the interests of the country." "If the agreement achieves gains for us and meets Russia's interests, there's no problem." Sudan has been improving its ties with the United States since Bashir was toppled by the military after 30…
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Germany to atone for Namibian colonial horrors

Germany to atone for Namibian colonial horrors

NEWS
NYASHA NYAUNGWA GERMANY has agreed to fund projects in Namibia worth more than a billion euros over 30 years to atone for its role in genocide and property seizures in its-then colony more than a century ago, a Namibian government spokesman has announced. Thousands of Herero and Nama people were killed by German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908, after the tribes rebelled against German rule in the colony, then named German South West Africa. Survivors were driven into the desert, where many ended up in concentration camps to be used as slave labour and many died from cold, malnutrition…
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