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About 1,000 gold miners have already been arrested and the army and police are waiting for the rest
South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground
JOHANNESBURG — An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them.The miners have been in a mineshaft in Stilfontein, in the North West province, for about a month.They have refused to cooperate with authorities as some are undocumented - coming from neighboring countries like Lesotho and Mozambique - and fear being deported.Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country. Illegal mining costs the South African government hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales each year.Many South African mines have closed down in recent years and workers have been sacked.To...
November 15, 2024

South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground

Amnesty said it had verified pictures of the armoured vehicles on the ground in Darfur fitted with the French system
French weapons used in Sudan war despite UN arms embargo — Amnesty
LONDON — French military technology is being used in Sudan's brutal civil war in violation of a UN arms embargo, rights organization Amnesty International has said.It says the Rapid Support Forces militia is using vehicles in the Darfur region supplied by the United Arab Emirates that are fitted with French hardware as it battles the army."Our research shows that weaponry designed and manufactured in France is in active use on the battlefield in Sudan," said Amnesty’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard.The BBC has asked for comment from France and the UAE, which has previously denied arming the RSF.Aid workers say the conflict in Sudan has led to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with many thousands at risk of famine.The Galix defense system — made in...
November 14, 2024

French weapons used in Sudan war despite UN arms embargo — Amnesty

Duma Boko, who made history last week after his party won the election, said Batswana could also learn skills from Zimbabweans
Botswana to legalize undocumented Zimbabweans — president
GABORONE — Botswana’s new president has told the BBC that he wants undocumented Zimbabweans to be legalized by granting them temporary work and residence permits."They do jobs that would otherwise not get done," Duma Boko told the BBC Africa Daily podcast before his historic inauguration on Friday.Botswana hosts the world’s second-largest community of Zimbabweans fleeing their country’s economic woes — and they are often resented, with deportations taking place daily.The decision is not likely to be popular in the diamond-rich southern African nation, but Boko, 54, who has just unseated the ruling party that was in power for 58 years, said it was part of his plans to revive the economy.President Boko said it was a challenge when thousands of Zimbabweans entered Botswana...
November 08, 2024

Botswana to legalize undocumented Zimbabweans — president

The photos of the statue have gone viral in Ghana
Uproar in Ghana after president unveils his own statue
ACCRA — Ghana's outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo is facing a backlash on social media after he unveiled a statue of himself during a tour of the country’s Western Region.The monument is intended to honor the development initiatives the president has overseen whilst in office, the region's minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah says.But many Ghanaians have been mocking its installation — outside a hospital in the city of Sekondi — seeing it as "self glorification"."The people of the Western Region deserve better than these self-serving displays," opposition MP Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah posted on X.Akufo-Addo, who will be standing down in January after two terms in power, has boasted that he has fulfilled 80% of his promises to Ghanaians.He unveiled the...
November 08, 2024

Uproar in Ghana after president unveils his own statue

The closure follows reports of vehicles being torched near the Lebombo border post
South Africa shuts border crossing with Mozambique over poll unrest
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has closed one of its busiest border crossings with Mozambique following violent post-electoral protests in the neighbouring country.The protests have led to deadly clashes in several cities following last month's disputed presidential election, won by Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party.The authorities say there are reports of vehicles being torched on the Mozambican side of the Lebombo port of entry."Due to these security incidents and in the interest of public safety, the port has been temporarily closed until further notice," the South African border agency said.South African police also fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at Mozambicans trying to enter the country through the Lebombo border, according to the News24 site.Lebombo, one of...
November 07, 2024

South Africa shuts border crossing with Mozambique over poll unrest

Over 3,000 refugees are currently seeking protection for different reasons in Kenya, a rights group says
Forced expulsions taint Kenya's safe haven image
NAIROBI — Once regarded as a safe haven for refugees, Kenya is slowly becoming a hostile place for some of those seeking protection from political persecution and war, rights groups say.Their concerns come after masked men abducted at gunpoint four Turkish refugees in the capital, Nairobi, last month — the latest in a series of such cases in the East African state.Kenyan authorities said the four, who were recognised by the UN as refugees, were deported at the request of the Turkish government, which wants them on treason charges.Critics accuse Kenya of abandoning an age-old legal principle of "non-refoulement", which prohibits the forced return of people to countries where they may face persecution.This has tarnished Kenya's reputation, with the local Daily Nation...
November 07, 2024

Forced expulsions taint Kenya's safe haven image

Nigeria's Chief of Army General Taoreed Lagbaja was appointed to his position in 2023
Nigeria's army chief dies aged 56
ABUJA — Nigeria's army chief General Taoreed Lagbaja has died after a "period of illness" aged 56, President Bola Tinubu has announced.He died on Tuesday night in Lagos. The exact details of his illness were not shared.In a statement shared on X by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu expressed his "heartfelt condolences" to Gen Lagbaja’s family."President Tinubu wishes Lt General Lagbaja eternal peace and honors his significant contributions to the nation," the statement read.His passing marks a significant loss for the Nigerian Armed Forces, where he "played pivotal roles in numerous internal security operations", it said.Gen Lagbaja is survived by his wife, Mariya, and their two children. — BBC
November 06, 2024

Nigeria's army chief dies aged 56

Police are only allowed to use their official walkie-talkies while on duty
Zimbabwe bans police from using mobile phones while on duty
HARARE — Zimbabwe's government has banned "with immediate effect" police officers from using mobile phones while working.The ban is contained in a memo, ordering police officers to abandon their private communication gadgets while on duty.All officers are required to surrender their mobile phones to their supervisors once they get to their stations and only use them during their break time.No reasons were cited for the ban in the memo but it is widely believed this could be part of efforts to curb police corruption.It comes a few days after two traffic enforcement officers were arrested in the capital, Harare, after a viral social media video exposed them taking bribes from public transport vehicles.Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi described the two detained officers as...
November 05, 2024

Zimbabwe bans police from using mobile phones while on duty

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy
Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash, says UK's Lammy
LAGOS — UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the concept of reparations for former colonial nations affected by slavery "is not about the transfer of cash".In his first comments since 56 Commonwealth leaders in October signed a joint letter saying "the time has come" for a conversation about reparations, Lammy told the BBC that was not "the debate people are wanting to have"."I’m keen to emphasize that there's a sort of simplistic press debate in part of the media that thinks this is about the transfer of cash," he said.Speaking in Nigeria, Lammy said instead the UK wanted to look to developing relations with the continent based on the sharing of skills and science.“It's not about the transfer of cash, particularly at a time of a...
November 04, 2024

Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash, says UK's Lammy

The RSF shared videos from the alleged crash site on Monday, and said it found documents showing Russians were on board
Russian crew feared dead after plane shot down in Sudan
KHARTOUM — Russia's embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battleground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).The aircraft, identified as a Russian-made lyushin Il-76, was on a mission to deliver equipment and medicine to the army-held city of el-Fasher, military sources told Sudanese media.On Monday, the RSF said it had downed a Russian-made plane flown by the Egyptian military that it accused of bombing civilians -- though it was identified as an Antonov.Egypt denies accusations that it has been providing military support to Sudan's army during the 18-month conflict.The vicious struggle for power between the army and RSF began in April 2023, leading to...
October 22, 2024

Russian crew feared dead after plane shot down in Sudan

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