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May
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Soldiers detain hundreds in Tigray

Soldiers detain hundreds in Tigray

NEWS
GUILIA PARAVICINI and KATHERINE HOURELD 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 of Tigray on Monday night, three aid workers and a doctor told Reuters. The soldiers arrived at around 11 p.m. and loaded hundreds of people onto trucks, the humanitarians and the doctor said, citing witnesses' accounts. Several men were beaten, their phones and money confiscated, one of the aid workers said. One man who lives in one of the camps, and hid during the incursion, said soldiers…
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May
26
2021
By The African Mirror
17 Ugandan activists, freed

17 Ugandan activists, freed

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA A Ugandan court released on bail 17 of 35 opposition activists detained since the start of the year in what activists have described as a crackdown on dissent linked to a January election. The group, all supporters of singer-turned-opposition leader Bobi Wine, were originally detained on December 30 for violating COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings. When a civilian court ordered their release, their case was transferred to a military court, where they then faced firearms charges after police said they found four bullets at the home of one of the 32 men. Andrew Gutti, head of the military court,…
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May
26
2021
By The African Mirror
ANC to probe Magashule, Yengeni, Niehaus

ANC to probe Magashule, Yengeni, Niehaus

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's governing African National Congress said it will look into the behaviour of its already suspended general secretary, Ace Magashule after he and two other party members aimed veiled insults at ANC leaders last week. Tony Yengeni, a member of the ANC national executive committee and veteran Carl Niehaus are also being probed. The trio could be hauled before the ANC’s disciplinary committee for behaviour described by the part as “unbecoming, divisive and defiant.” Magashule, the administrative head of the ANC, making him one country's most powerful politicians, was forced to step down from his post earlier in May…
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May
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Officers to stand trial for murder

Officers to stand trial for murder

NEWS
CRISPIAN BALMER AN Italian judge has ordered four senior members of Egypt's security services to stand trial over their suspected role in the disappearance and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016. Regeni, a postgraduate student at Britain's Cambridge University, disappeared in the Egyptian capital in January 2016. His body was found almost a week later and a post-mortem examination showed he had been tortured before his death. Italian prosecutors say their investigation showed that four Egyptian officials were responsible for the "aggravated kidnapping" of Regeni, while one of the four was also involved in a "conspiracy to…
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May
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Retired judge apologises to Phosa

Retired judge apologises to Phosa

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER AN ugly public spat between two of South African leading legal eagles has ended with an apology and withdrawal of criminal charges. ANC veteran Mathews Phosa and retired Constitutional Court judge Zak Yacoob have smoked the peace pipe after several days of a public exchange and threats of criminal action. At the heart of the dispute was the interpretation of the ANC “step aside” rule, in terms of which ANC members facing criminal charges are withdrawn from official positions.  The settlement was brokered by Dr Khulu Mbatha, an ANC veteran, advisor to President Cyril Ramaphosa and a…
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May
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Spain-Morocco relations improve

Spain-Morocco relations improve

NEWS
SPAIN says the situation with Morocco had markedly improved since last week when thousands of migrants flooded across the border to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta amid heightened diplomatic tensions.  "The government is working to bring this situation of border tension with Morocco to a close," Maria Jesus Montero, a government spokeswoman, told a news briefing after a weekly cabinet meeting. "Our main objective is to maintain good and neighbourly relations," she added.
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
How Guptas got billions in income and kickbacks

How Guptas got billions in income and kickbacks

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER WHILE companies linked to them earned more than R49-billion, the Gupta family received a further R15.9-billion in kickbacks from third parties who got contracts from the South African government and state-owned companies as a result of the family’s political influence. These revelations were made at the judicial commission into state capture, corruption and theft by Paul Holden, a director at Shadow World Investigations.  Holden outlined to the commission, chaired by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, the flow of money from government department, state-owned enterprises to over 200 companies. He has analysed thousands of banking transactions, accounts that…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Chief orders Mugabe remains exhumed, reburied

Chief orders Mugabe remains exhumed, reburied

NEWS
A chief in Zimbabwe has ordered the exhumation and reburial of Robert Mugabe's remains at the national heroes' shrine in Harare after accusing the late leader's wife of breaking local custom by interring him at his rural home in 2019. Mugabe, who was ousted in a coup that brought Emmerson Mnangagwa to power in November 2017, was buried at his village of Kutama after weeks of dispute with Mnangagwa's government over his final resting place. A traditional chief in Zvimba district, which includes Kutama, said he had received a complaint from a Mugabe clan member over the manner of his…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC’s Goma hit by tremors after volcanic eruption

DRC’s Goma hit by tremors after volcanic eruption

NEWS
REPEATED tremors shook the Congolese city of Goma yesterday, unnerving families still reeling from a volcano eruption at the weekend that destroyed nearby villages, displaced thousands and killed at least 32 people. Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, erupted on Saturday evening, sending a smouldering wall of lava half a mile wide downhill towards the city of 2 million people. The lava flow stopped a few hundred metres short of the city limits, but wrecked 17 villages on the way, cut the principal electricity supply and blocked a major road, disrupting aid deliveries. The death…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
In South Africa, a zero-waste food bus hopes to drive away hunger

In South Africa, a zero-waste food bus hopes to drive away hunger

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG WHEN Sidney Beukes got his bus driver's licence, he never imagined himself behind the wheel of a 40-year-old school bus that has been turned into a mobile grocery store serving low-income residents of Johannesburg. The bus is not an easy drive: there is no power steering and it chugs along. But Beukes said every time a customer climbs aboard to buy groceries they could not afford in the shops, he is reminded of why he would not want to drive anything else. "We're here for them, when people are stuck without food and it's been a tough month…
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