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Sep 22, 2024 | 
theafricanmirror.africa | Manfred Zwecker
IN a significant political development, one of Africa’s powerful political sons has abandoned his presidential bid and thrown his weight behind his father, potentially paving the way for one of Africa’s longest-serving heads of state to extend his rule. Reuters reports that Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, announced on Saturday his decision to withdraw from the 2026 presidential race. Instead, he urged his supporters to back his father’s re-election bid.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
theafricanmirror.africa | Manfred Zwecker
IN their first and possibly only debate, Vice President Kamala Harris stayed composed as she made her case to voters, often pivoting her answers to topics that got under former President Donald Trump’s skin. Trump, for his part, stuck to his typical rally fare of incendiary rhetoric about immigrants and false claims, some of which were fact-checked in real-time by the debate’s moderators.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
theafricanmirror.africa | Manfred Zwecker
PAUSES in the fighting in Gaza held on enough for the UN-led mass vaccination against polio to be rolled out and thousands more children received their dose, in addition to the 87,000 who received their first round on Sunday, UN agencies said. “There were 87,000 vaccinated on the first day out of 156,000 that we are hoping to reach in the Middle Area,” said Louise Wateridge, Senior Communications Officer for UNWRA, the largest UN agency in the Gaza Strip.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
theafricanmirror.africa | Manfred Zwecker
EGYPT needs to import around $1.18 billion worth of mazut fuel oil and natural gas to end persistent power cuts exacerbated by consecutive heat waves, its Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said in a televised address. It hopes the shipments will arrive in full around the third week of July, by which point the government aims to stop cutting power during the remaining summer months, he added.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
theafricanmirror.africa | Manfred Zwecker
DENMARK’S Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen walked away following an assault by a man in central Copenhagen and had no outward signs of harm, a resident told Reuters. “Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was beaten on Friday evening at Kultorvet (square, red.) in Copenhagen by a man who was subsequently arrested. The Prime Minister is shocked by the incident,” her office said without giving further detail.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
theafricanmirror.africa | Manfred Zwecker
Our website use cookies to improve and personalize your experience and to display advertisements (if any). Our website may also include cookies from third parties like Google Adsense, Google Analytics, and Youtube. By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies. SOUTH Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) had 40.27% of the vote after the election commission released results from over 99% of polling stations on Saturday. Thomson Reuters Foundation
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May 5, 2024 | 
theafricanmirror.africa | Manfred Zwecker
RWANDA denied U.S. accusations that its forces attacked a displaced persons’ camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and instead blamed militias it said were supported by the Congolese military for the assault. The U.S. strongly condemned Friday’s attack which killed at least nine people, the U.S. State Department said in a statement. The attack was mounted from positions held by the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, the U.S. statement said.
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May 3, 2024 | 
theafricanmirror.africa | Manfred Zwecker
REBUILDING homes in the Gaza Strip could drag into the next century if the pace follows the trend of previous conflicts, according to a U.N. report released. Nearly seven months of Israeli bombardment have caused billions of dollars in damage, leaving many of the crowded strip’s high-rise concrete buildings reduced to heaps, with a U.N. official referring to a “moonscape” of destruction.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
theafricanmirror.africa | Manfred Zwecker
The Tunisian coastguard has retrieved the bodies of 13 migrants off Tunisia and rescued 1,867 others in a number of separate incidents in the Mediterranean, the national guard said. With the improvement in weather, the number of migrant boats heading from Tunisia to the Italian coast has increased significantly.
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Mar 17, 2024 | 
theafricanmirror.africa | Manfred Zwecker
STRUGGLING Lorient came away from AS Monaco with a precious point in Ligue 1 on Sunday after a 2-2 draw that had two own goals while both sides were reduced to 10 men before Tiemoue Bakayoko scored a last-gasp equaliser for the visitors. The result leaves Monaco in third place, a point behind Brest in second after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Lille earlier on Sunday. Lorient are 15th with 26 points, one point above the relegation playoff spot.
