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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Spain-Morocco relations strained

Spain-Morocco relations strained

NEWS
JON NAZCA and MARIANO VALLADOLID A sudden influx of migrants swimming into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in northern Africa is a serious crisis for Europe, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said yesterday, vowing to re-establish order promptly amid heightened diplomatic tensions with Morocco. Spain deployed troops to Ceuta to patrol the border with Morocco after around 8,000 migrants, many from Sub-Saharan Africa and including some 1,500 minors, entered the enclave on Monday and Tuesday by swimming in or climbing over the fence. Armoured vehicles were guarding Ceuta's beach on Tuesday, and soldiers and police used batons to clear migrants from…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Gay couple’s children given passports

Gay couple’s children given passports

NEWS
NAMIBIA yesterday issued emergency travel documents to the twin daughters of a gay couple who have been battling to take them home following their birth to a surrogate in South Africa, one of the fathers told Reuters. Namibian Phillip Luhl and his Mexican husband Guillermo Delgado had already been fighting for citizenship for their two-year-old son when the twins, born in March, were refused the documents required to enter Namibia. Namibian authorities say Luhl must prove a genetic link to the children. The fathers had taken the home affairs ministry to Namibia's High Court over the matter, but it ruled…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s public prosecutor resigns

Sudan’s public prosecutor resigns

NEWS
SUDAN’S Sovereign Council accepted the resignation of the public prosecutor and relieved the head of the judiciary from her position, according to a council statement. No reason for the decision was given, though the statement noted that Public Prosecutor Tajalsir al-Hibir had repeatedly asked to step down. The council made the announcement less than a week after two protesters were killed at demonstrations marking the anniversary of a deadly raid on a protest site during the 2019 uprising that toppled former president Omar al-Bashir. Reaction to last week's killings is seen as a test of the fragile relationship between civilian…
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May
18
2021
By The African Mirror
No one will ban me, says defiant Magashule

No one will ban me, says defiant Magashule

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER  IN defiance of the conditions of his suspension, ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has addressed a group of party members who had gathered outside the Maritzburg High Court to support former President Jacob Zuma on the first trial of his corruption trial. Magashule told the gathering that “I will never be banned from the ANC”. He said he will never leave the ANC.”I will die in the ANC,” he added. His stance, which is expected to attract possible new charges, is in violation of his suspension conditions, which says that he is not allowed to, among others, represent…
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May
18
2021
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s rain queen-elect fights for her throne

South Africa’s rain queen-elect fights for her throne

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE battle for the throne of South Africa’s only Queenship is headed for the courts. This follows a royal coup, staged by some to oust Queen-elect, Masalanabo Modjadji VII (16), who was expected to assume the throne once she comes of age. Things took a turn for the worst on May 07 when a faction of the Modjadji Royal Council announced Prince Lekukela, the Queen-elect’s brother, as the new king of the Balobedu Royal Nation. Mathews Phosa, a lawyer for the Queen-elect described those who announced Prince Lekukela as the king as “dissidents calling themself the Modjadji…
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May
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Namibia bans SA poultry imports

Namibia bans SA poultry imports

NEWS
NAMIBIA has banned all imports of poultry and poultry products from South Africa after further outbreaks of avian influenza were detected in the neighbouring country, the agriculture ministry said yesterday. Last month Namibia suspended imports from one commercial egg-producing chicken farm in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg after the death of around 300 birds. The samples from the farm tested positive for the H5 strain. The southwest African nation extended the ban on poultry to all South African farms following an outbreak on a further eight farms. Consignments containing poultry products packed in their final packaging on or after March 19…
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May
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia kills five suspected militants

Tunisia kills five suspected militants

NEWS
TUNISIAN security forces killed five suspected militants in the mountains near the border with Algeria yesterday, a Tunisian security official told Reuters. The operation, carried out by joint police and army forces in the Chaanabi mountains, is still continuing, he added. Six years ago an Islamic State militant shot dead 39 foreigners on a beach in the coastal city of Sousse, triggering an exodus of tourists and severely damaging Tunisia's economy. Since then Tunisia has grown more effective in preventing and responding to attacks, but sleeper cells still pose a real threat, especially with the return of jihadists from Syria,…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Social media restrictions lifted in Ethiopia

Social media restrictions lifted in Ethiopia

NEWS
SERVICE to social media platforms Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram has been restored in Ethiopia after they were restricted earlier on Monday, internet blockage observatory NetBlocks said. "Service to impacted online platforms in Ethiopia has been restored as of Monday mid-morning," NetBlocks said. "We continue to monitor." Earlier on Monday, the London-based watchdog had said in a tweet that network data had showed that Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram had been restricted in Ethiopia. Its director Alp Toker told Reuters that NetBlocks observed the restrictions at six locations across Ethiopia. The head of Ethiopia's Information Network Service Agency, Shumete Gizaw, did not…
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May
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Zuma to enter special plea in corruption trial

Zuma to enter special plea in corruption trial

NEWS
STAFF REPORTER  SUSPENDED ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and ANC MP, Supra Mahumapelo, also suspended, were among the party members who were in the Maritzburg Magistrates’ Court to support ex-president Jacob Zuma on the first day of his corruption trial. Magashule and Mahumapelo sat next to each other in the public gallery. Two benches in front of them sat KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala. Two benches behind them was Zuma’s son Duduzane. Carl Niehaus, a spokesperson of a faction of the ANC’s Umkhonto we Sizwe veterans, an ever-present at Zuma’s trials, was also in the courtroom.  Patricia de Lille, the South African…
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May
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Congo: President’s son appointed to cabinet

Congo: President’s son appointed to cabinet

NEWS
CONGO Republic's new prime minister has named a government, with President Denis Sassou Nguesso's son among several additions to the cabinet following the president's re-election in March. Sassou, who has ruled the Central African oil producer for a total of 38 years, appointed Anatole Collinet Makossa, a former education minister, as prime minister on Wednesday. He replaced Clement Mouamba, who had served since 2016. Among the new ministers announced in a decree read on state television was Sassou's son, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, who was named minister of international cooperation. A national lawmaker who was previously a director at the…
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