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Apr
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s basic income scheme aims to ease economic pain

Sudan’s basic income scheme aims to ease economic pain

NEWS
NAFISA ELTAHIR and ELTAYEB SIDDING FOR Intisar Altayib, who ekes out a living drawing henna tattoos in Khartoum, soaring prices in Sudan mean running up tabs at local stores and cutting back on evening feasts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. She is one of millions struggling through an economic crisis that has deepened as Sudan tries to emerge from decades of isolation and conflict. Inflation has risen to more than 340% and there are shortages of everything from power to medicines. To ease the pain of reforms the government is introducing a donor-funded scheme that aims to provide…
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Apr
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Italian prosecutors ask judge to try Egyptian officers over Regeni murder

Italian prosecutors ask judge to try Egyptian officers over Regeni murder

NEWS
CRISPIAN BALMER ITALIAN prosecutors asked a judge on Thursday to have four senior members of Egypt's security services sent for 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 and Egyptian prosecutors investigated the case together, but the two sides later fell out and came to very different conclusions. The Rome prosecutors have…
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Apr
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Ghana sends in army to enforce mining ban

Ghana sends in army to enforce mining ban

NEWS
CHRISTIAN AKORLIE GHANA’S military has launched a nationwide operation to clear illegal miners out of its water bodies, the West African country's lands minister said yesterday. Two hundred soldiers were deployed yesterday morning to lakes, rivers and waterways in the country's central and western regions to "remove all persons and logistics involved in mining", a statement said. Pollution from mining has contaminated water sources across the country with mercury and heavy metals, raising the costs of water treatment and limiting access to drinking water, according to Ghana's water utility agency. Ghana is one of Africa's largest gold producers, with gold…
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Apr
29
2021
By The African Mirror
’Mozambique military deployment must include plan to protect human rights abuses’

’Mozambique military deployment must include plan to protect human rights abuses’

NEWS
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) must ensure that the military deployment to the troubled region in Mozambique is accompanied by a transparent and comprehensive plan to prevent human rights abuses.  The call has been made by the In Transformation Initiative (ITI), which is led by Mathews Phosa and Roelf Meyer, the two former politicians who were involved in the negotiations for the new South African dispensation and have been involved in peace settlements in Ireland, Myanmar and other countries. In a statement, the ITI said: “We welcome the decision of the SADC Double Troika to take decisive steps to…
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Apr
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Irish conservationist killed in Burkina Faso

Irish conservationist killed in Burkina Faso

NEWS
IRELAND’S government has confirmed that an Irish citizen, wildlife NGO founder Rory Young, was killed by unidentified gunmen along with two Spanish journalists in an ambush in Burkina Faso this week. The three foreigners and a member of the Burkinabe armed forces went missing on Monday after an attack on a convoy of security forces, forest rangers and expatriates, according to Burkina Faso's government. "Mr. Young was part of a group that on Monday morning was attacked by unknown assailants in the eastern part of Burkina Faso," the Irish foreign ministry said in a statement. The ministry has been in…
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Apr
29
2021
By The African Mirror
The plight of single Egyptian women

The plight of single Egyptian women

NEWS
MAI SHAMS ELDIN NESMA Nasr once stayed a week without water in her Cairo apartment, afraid to call a plumber because of the scrutiny from neighbours she feared a male visitor would provoke. As a young woman living alone, she says she fears the kind of social control that became a talking point last month when a 35-year-old fell to her death from a balcony in Cairo after neighbours confronted her over suspected pre-marital relations. The death prompted an outpouring of anguish from women who say living independently in the conservative, Muslim-majority country is a daily struggle. Some posted photos…
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Apr
29
2021
By The African Mirror
SADC meeting on insurgency postponed

SADC meeting on insurgency postponed

NEWS
A Southern African leaders meeting that was scheduled for today to address the Islamic State-linked insurgency in Mozambique has been postponed, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi's office has announced. The meeting was to receive a report from a team sent to Mozambique to assess the security situation and identify ways to support the country after IS-linked insurgents attacked the coastal town of Palma, displacing tens of thousands of people and stalling a $60 billion natural gas project. The gas project by French oil major Total is meant to transform the economy of one of Africa's poorest countries. The meeting was put…
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Apr
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Calm returns to Chad capital

Calm returns to Chad capital

NEWS
MAHAMAT RAMADANE CALM has returned to the capital of Chad appeared, with security forces deployed in large numbers and burning tyres still smouldering in the streets, a day after at least five people were killed in clashes between protesters and the army. Civil society groups have called for more demonstrations against the military, which took power after long-serving president Idriss Deby was killed on April 19. The government said five people were killed in clashes on Tuesday. A Chadian civil society group put the death toll at nine, with dozens more injured. Although opposition and civil society groups called for…
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Apr
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s president bows to pressure

Somalia’s president bows to pressure

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA’S President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has pledged to drop an attempt to extend his term by two years, bowing to domestic and international pressure after clashes in the capital Mogadishu split security forces along clan lines. Hours earlier, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble had denounced the proposed term extension and called for preparations for a new presidential election. The president's term expired in February, but the country failed to hold elections as planned. Earlier this month, the lower house of parliament voted to extend Mohamed's four-year term by another two years. The Senate rejected the move, provoking a…
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Apr
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Two dead, 27 hurt in Chad pro-democracy protests

Two dead, 27 hurt in Chad pro-democracy protests

NEWS
EDWARD McALLISTER and  MAHAMAT RAMADANE AT least two people were killed and 27 wounded in street clashes in Chad between protesters demanding a return to civilian rule and security forces, prompting key ally France to condemn the crackdown. Tensions have been high in Chad since the sudden death last week of President Idriss Deby, who had ruled the impoverished desert country for three decades. He was killed on April 19 as he visited troops fighting rebels. A military council headed by his son took control of the country after his death but is facing resistance from some Chadians who crave…
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