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By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) -Congo’s former President Joseph Kabila on Friday lambasted the Central African country’s justice system, a day after the senate voted overwhelmingly in favour of lifting his immunity from prosecution over his alleged links to the M23 rebel group. Kabila is wanted in Congo for alleged crimes against humanity for supporting …

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By Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A local representative of an area shown in a video played at the White House said she was “sad” that U.S. President Donald Trump used the footage of hundreds of white crosses as false evidence of mass killings of white South African farmers.  Trump showed an aerial …

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By Tim Cocks and Felix Njini JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Nearly a third of the 260 miners stuck underground following an accident at a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in South Africa were brought to the surface on Friday, the company said, as a senior union official confirmed there had been no injuries. The miners were stuck underground after …

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By America Hernandez and Simon Jessop PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) -TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne defended the company’s work on oil projects in East Africa on Friday, after an independent U.N. human rights expert said the French firm should urgently address fresh allegations of abuses. In a statement released late on Thursday, Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders …

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By Simon Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Thursday it would impose sanctions on Sudan after determining that its government used chemical weapons in 2024 during the army’s conflict with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, a charge the army denied. Measures against Sudan will include limits on U.S. exports and …

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By Tim Cocks, Siyanda Mthethwa and Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG -South Africans expressed dismay on Thursday at how U.S. President Donald Trump’s false claims of a white genocidedominated a conversation with President Cyril Ramaphosa, and many wondered if his trip to Washington was worth the trouble. Ramaphosa included popular white South African golfers in his delegation …

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KABARE, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Tropical forests in eastern Congo that fell into rebel hands this year have seen a spike in illegal logging to produce charcoal and timber, residents and environmentalists said, raising fears of large-scale degradation. The Kahuzi-Biega National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site west of Bukavu, the second-largest city …

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