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Jan
22
2023
By The African Mirror
In Mexico, a reporter published a story. The next day he was shot dead

In Mexico, a reporter published a story. The next day he was shot dead

WORLD
SARAH KINOSIAN JUST after sunset on Thursday, February 10th, two men in a white Dodge Ram pickup pulled up in front of Heber Lopez Vasquez's small radio studio in southern Mexico. One man got out, walked inside and shot the 42-year-old journalist dead. Lopez's 12-year-old son Oscar, the only person with him, hid, Lopez's brother told Reuters. Lopez was one of 13 Mexican journalists killed in 2022, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York-based rights group. It was the deadliest year on record for journalists in Mexico, now the most dangerous country for reporters in the…
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Jul
19
2022
By The African Mirror
Mass shootings in South Africa are often over group turf: how to stop the cycle of reprisals

Mass shootings in South Africa are often over group turf: how to stop the cycle of reprisals

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
IN just two days in early July, 25 people were shot dead in four separate incidents at taverns across South Africa. In one of these shootings, in Soweto, 16 people lost their lives. The killings made international headlines and were shocking even in South Africa, a society with one of the highest murder rates in the world. There has been intense speculation about the motives behind the killings in the absence of reliable evidence that explains why the multiple murders took place. Author GUY LAMB, Criminologist / Lecturer, Stellenbosch University To provide some insights into the possible reasons, I reflect…
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Apr
16
2022
By The African Mirror
Nigeria suspends voter registration in Imo state after election official shot dead

Nigeria suspends voter registration in Imo state after election official shot dead

NEWS
NIGERIA'S electoral commission suspended voter registration in most parts of oil-producing Imo state after an election official was shot dead by unknown gunmen, as the country prepares for a series of votes early next year. Armed groups have since last year burned down electoral offices and police stations in states in the southeast, which government blames on the banned separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group. IPOB denies the charges. Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria spokesman Festus Okoye said in a statement voter registration had been suspended at 54 centres and in three local government areas in Imo state, following…
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May
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Emotional send-off for SA man killed in the US

Emotional send-off for SA man killed in the US

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER DRESSED in traditional black, the widow of Lindani Myeni, the South African man who was shot dead by police while unarmed in the United States, has paid an emotional farewell to him at his funeral, which was held in Empangeni, in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday. Lindsay Myeni took mourners on a journey into her life with the man she met a few years ago in SA, fell in love, married and relocated to Honolulu, Hawaii, in pursuit of their dreams.  Lindsay shared anecdotes and spoke of her husband’s personality and bravery. She said her 29 year-old husband, a former…
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