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Jul
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Internet restored in eSwatini

Internet restored in eSwatini

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG NO WhatsApp, Facebook or Twitter. Cases of internet shutdowns in Africa are on the rise. Uganda imposed a blackout in January, Nigeria banned Twitter in June and two weeks ago eSwatini – a tiny landlocked nation in Southern Africa where recent protests against the absolute monarch have turned violent  – became the latest country to curtail internet access. Unable to check in on his family and communicate with his clients, consultant and human rights activist Melusi Simelane decided to sue the government for the shutdown. Simelane’s case, the first of its kind in eSwatini, was dropped on Thursday…
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Jul
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Three days of violent protests

Three days of violent protests

MULTIMEDIA
THREE days of violence started in some parts of KwaZulu-Natal and spread to Johannesburg, Soweto in Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The South African Police have arrested 62 people in connection with criminal acts. Police believe the protests calling for the release of Jacob Zuma, who is serving his 15-month sentence for contempt, has been hijacked by criminal elements. In Alexandra, a police officer was shot and rushed to hospital. Two other officers sustained minor injuries when they responded to information about businesses being looted. The police said 18 people were arrested. [origincode_photo_gallery_wp id="35"]
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Jul
10
2021
By The African Mirror
62 held as SA police battle pro-Zuma protesters

62 held as SA police battle pro-Zuma protesters

NEWS
A total of 62 people have been arrested as police sought to impose the rule of law in the face of lawlessness which has accompanied protests by supporters of jailed former president Jacob Zuma. National roads have been blocked, trucks with merchandise running into hundreds of millions torched and shops looted by protesters. The South African Police said the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure was working around the clock to enhance operational capacity in response to incidents in which people were undermining the authority of the state. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has spoken out strongly against the violent…
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Jun
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Anti-monarchy protests in African kingdom eSwatini turn violent

Anti-monarchy protests in African kingdom eSwatini turn violent

NEWS
LUNGA MASUKU GOVERNMENT forces in the southern African kingdom of eSwatini have fired gunshots and tear gas to break up protests calling for reforms to its system of absolute monarchy, witnesses said. A dusk-till-dawn curfew was also imposed. Acting Prime Minister Themba Masuku denied media reports that King Mswati III had fled the violence to neighbouring South Africa. King Mswati III "His Majesty...is in the country and continues to advance the Kingdom's goals," Masuku said in a statement. "We appeal for calm, restraint and peace." Anger against Mswati has been building for years. Campaigners say the king has consistently evaded…
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Jun
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Violent protests continue in Tunisia

Violent protests continue in Tunisia

NEWS
VIOLENT protests erupted in the streets of Tunisia's capital again at the weekend, adding to the pressure on Prime Minister's Hichem Mechichi's government to crack down on police abuses. The clashes occurred in the Sejoumi neighbourhood of Tunis and followed protests earlier in the day in the center of the city during which protesters threw chairs and stones at the police who responded by kicking and hitting them with sticks. The release of a video this week of police stripping and beating a young man triggered widespread anger in the country and raised doubts about the credibility of police reforms…
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Apr
11
2021
By The African Mirror
2 killed during anti-U.N. protests in DRC

2 killed during anti-U.N. protests in DRC

NEWS
ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE AT least two people were killed during violent protests on Friday against the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said. Troops attached to the U.N. mission, known as MONUSCO, killed one person during a protest in the rural area of Oicha, its mayor Nicolas Kikuku told Reuters. "They (the protesters) set fire to two bridges that lead to the (peacekeepers') base," Kikuku said. "The MONUSCO peacekeepers did not accept that and opened fire directly on the demonstrators." Rosette Kavula, the deputy administrator of Beni territory, where Oicha is located, and…
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Mar
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Artist tackles politics, pandemic with paint

Artist tackles politics, pandemic with paint

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
NELLIE PEYTON and NGOUDA DIONE WHEN Senegal erupted in violent protests this month over perceived injustice and inequality, artist Omar Ba was tackling the issues in his own way, with paint on canvas. "What the youth are doing in the streets is the same thing I'm doing in my studio," said Ba, stepping in black paint and making footprints on a new canvas in his airy workspace outside the capital, Dakar. Ba, one of Senegal's best-known contemporary artists, has often used his art to make political statements. A current exhibit at the Galerie Templon in Brussels, 'Anomalies', critiques power-hungry leaders…
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Mar
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Senegal shuts schools amid violent unrest

Senegal shuts schools amid violent unrest

NEWS
SCHOOLS in Senegal will be closed until March 15, the education ministry has announced, after days of violent protests that have paralysed parts of the capital Dakar and are expected to continue next week. At least five people have died in demonstrations sparked by the arrest on Wednesday of Ousmane Sonko, Senegal's most prominent opposition leader. It is the worst political unrest in years in a country widely seen as one of West Africa's most stable. Sonko, who enjoys strong support among the young, was arrested after an employee of a beauty salon accused him of raping her. Sonko denies…
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Feb
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Violent protests rock Niger over contested election result

Violent protests rock Niger over contested election result

NEWS
SUPPORTERS of the losing candidate in Niger's presidential election burnt tyres, threw rocks and set several buildings on fire yesterday, in a third day of violent protests in the capital Niamey. Niger's electoral commission on Tuesday declared ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum the winner of Sunday's runoff election with 55.75% of the vote, but his rival, Mahamane Ousmane, a former president, has alleged fraud and claimed he won with 50.3%. The election is meant to lead to the first transition from one democratically elected leader to another following four coups since independence from France in 1960. President Mahamadou Issoufou is…
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