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Aug
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Why some governments fear even teens on TikTok

Why some governments fear even teens on TikTok

MEDIA FREEDOM
CHRIS BARKER, Assistant Professor of Political Science, American University in Cairo IN Egypt, teenager Menna Abdel Aziz used social media to ask for protection after a sexual assault. She was arrested on a variety of charges, including misusing social media and corrupting family values. Two young women, Haneen Hossam, with 915,000 TikTok followers, and Mawada Eladhm, with 3.1 million TikTok followers, were also arrested for their social influencing videos. Renad Imad, another social media influencer, was arrested after allegations of posting indecent content and prostitution. In late June, belly dancer Sama El-Masry was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for posts…
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Aug
03
2020
By The African Mirror
The Grand Renaissance Dam: what’s at stake and what could break the deadlock

The Grand Renaissance Dam: what’s at stake and what could break the deadlock

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
MAHEMUD TEKUYA, JSD/Ph.D candidate, University of the Pacific The Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam is inching closer to completion, rekindling the environmental and political controversies that have dogged the project from the start nearly 10 years ago. In addition, recent satellite images show a steady increase in the amount of water being held back by the new mega dam. Mahemud Tekuya explains what’s at stake. The current dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is directly linked to colonial-era Nile treaties. During the scramble for Africa, controlling the source of the Nile was a major colonial goal for the British. In…
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Jul
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt’s Sisi approves restrictions on retired army officers standing for election

Egypt’s Sisi approves restrictions on retired army officers standing for election

NEWS
EGYPTIAN  President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has approved legal amendments that restrict retired army officers from running in elections without permission from the military, according to an announcement in the official gazette on Wednesday. Critics of Sisi, a former army chief who was re-elected for a second term in 2018, say the amendments, passed by parliament this month, aim to curb any opposition from prominent former army generals. The government denies this. The amendments bolster the role of the army by allowing it to offer an opinion on proposed constitutional amendments and bills related to political rights, elections and national security, according…
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Jul
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt and Sudan criticise Ethiopia at start of new Nile dam talks

Egypt and Sudan criticise Ethiopia at start of new Nile dam talks

NEWS
EGYPT and Sudan criticised Ethiopia for what they called unilateral filling of its Blue Nile dam at a new round of talks that kicked off on Monday to regulate the flow of water from the huge project. Sudan and Egypt both fear the $4 billion hydroelectric dam could lead to water shortages in their own countries. The Blue Nile is a tributary of the Nile, from which Egypt's 100 million people get 90% of their freshwater. Almost a decade of tortuous negotiations have failed to yield an agreement to regulate how Ethiopia will fill the reservoir and operate the dam…
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Jul
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt‌ ‌jails‌ ‌five‌ ‌women influencers‌ ‌over‌ ‌TikTok‌ ‌posts‌

Egypt‌ ‌jails‌ ‌five‌ ‌women influencers‌ ‌over‌ ‌TikTok‌ ‌posts‌

NEWS
MENNA A FAROUK AN Egyptian court has sentenced five female social media influencers to two years each in prison after finding them guilty of promoting immorality and human trafficking by encouraging women to make money building social media followings. The women, who were also fined 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($19,000), were accused of running online accounts that violated the values ​​and principles of Egypt, a conservative Muslim nation. Haneen Hossam, 20, a Cairo University student, was charged over encouraging young women to meet men through a video app and build friendships with them, receiving a fee according to the number of…
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Jul
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to hold more talks on Renaissance dam

Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to hold more talks on Renaissance dam

NEWS
ETHIOPIA, Egypt and Sudan have agreed to resume talks to break a deadlock on the Grand Renaissance Dam reservoir on the Blue Nile, the leaders of the three countries have said. The announcements made separately by Ethiopian leader Abiy Ahmed, Sudan's Abdalla Hamdok and Egypt's presidency, followed a virtual mini-African Union summit that was called after they failed to reach an agreement earlier this month. "The extraordinary meeting... concluded with all parties reaching a major common understanding which paves the way for a breakthrough agreement," Abiy's office said in a statement which was posted on Twitter. South Africa's President Cyril…
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Jul
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt’s Sisi wins parliamentary approval for possible Libya intervention

Egypt’s Sisi wins parliamentary approval for possible Libya intervention

NEWS
MAHMOUD MOURAD and NADINE AWADALLA EGYPT'S parliament gave President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi the green light for possible military intervention in Libya by approving the deployment of armed forces abroad to fight "terrorist groups" and "militias". A sharp military escalation in Libya, where fighters led by eastern commander Khalifa Haftar have been battling the forces of the internationally recognised government, could risk igniting a direct conflict among the foreign powers that have poured in weapons and fighters in violation of an arms embargo. Khalifa Haftar Sisi warned last week that Egypt would not stand idle if there was a threat to national…
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Jul
18
2020
By The African Mirror
After losing jobs, many Sudanese struggle to make ends meet in Egypt

After losing jobs, many Sudanese struggle to make ends meet in Egypt

COVID-19
ULF LAESSING AFTER  losing his job as house cleaner in Cairo, Sudanese refugee Abdel-Nasser Khamis has been struggling to pay his bills. It's a fate shared by tens of thousands of migrants in Egypt, where the fallout from the coronavirus has hit the economy hard, U.N. officials and aid workers say. Coronavirus lockdowns also cost many Egyptians their jobs. More than a quarter of those who had a job have not been working since the government brought in measures to fight the pandemic, while more than half have been put on shorter hours, the statistics office says. In turn Egyptians…
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Jul
17
2020
By The African Mirror
Sisi says Egypt won’t stand idle in Libya if security is threatened

Sisi says Egypt won’t stand idle in Libya if security is threatened

NEWS
MAHMOUD MOURAD and OMAR FAHMY EGYPT will not stand idle in the face of any direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan security, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has said after lawmakers allied to commander Khalifa Haftar urged Cairo to intervene militarily in Libya's civil war. Tribal leaders who flew in from Haftar's Benghazi stronghold told Sisi at a meeting in Cairo that they authorized him and the Egyptian army to intervene in their country to counter what they described as the "Turkish invasion and terrorism". The meeting, broadcast on state TV, illustrates the growing regional stakes in Libya, divided since 2014 between…
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Jun
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt court jails belly dancer for ‘debauchery’ in social media crackdown

Egypt court jails belly dancer for ‘debauchery’ in social media crackdown

NEWS
MENNA A FAROUK A HIGH-profile Egyptian belly-dancer, Sama el-Masry, has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($18,500) for inciting debauchery and immorality as part of a crackdown on social media postings. El-Masry was arrested in April during an investigation into videos and photos on social media, including the popular video-sharing platform TikTok, that the public prosecution described as sexually suggestive. The dancer, 42, denied the accusations, saying the content was stolen and shared from her phone without consent. Cairo's Misdemeanours Economic Court said she had violated family principles and values ​​in Egypt as well…
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