NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan court on Thursday found two people guilty of aiding a 2019 attack by al Qaeda-linked militants on a hotel and office complex in the capital that killed 21 people, the presiding judge said. In January 2019, gunmen shot their way into Nairobi’s Dusit hotel and office complex, killing 21 people in …
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Tanzania has released a Kenyan activist who had been arrested after he tried to attend a hearing in the treason case against a detained opposition leader in Dar es Salaam, Kenyan authorities said on Thursday. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) said it had received Boniface Mwangi in Kenya’s …
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By Mark Gleeson PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns will be hot favourites to win a second CAF Champions League title when they face Pyramids in the two-leg final but the Cairo side have proven themselves no pushovers after shaking up a duopoly in Egyptian football. Pretoria-based Sundowns, who won the continental title in …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan and a Ugandan activist detained in Tanzania after travelling to observe a court appearance by a jailed opposition leader are still in custody, Tanzania’s Law Society said on Wednesday, after previously saying they had been deported. Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire had gone to Dar es Salaam …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has reshuffled the senior leadership in the ruling party, according to an official decree, as the country faces fresh fighting between rival armed factions and widespread speculation about Kiir’s succession plans. Kiir, 73, promoted sanctioned ally Second Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel as his SPLM party’s deputy chairperson, …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to not let a group of migrants being flown to South Sudan leave the custody of U.S. immigration authorities after saying they appeared to have been deported in violation of a court order. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston during …
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By Nandita Bose, Tim Cocks and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to raise several issues in a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, including seeking an exemption for U.S. companies from laws requiring equity ownership by disadvantaged groups, a White House official told Reuters. The meeting between …
CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan said the United Arab Emirates was responsible for an attack on Port Sudan this month, accusing the Gulf state for the first time of direct military intervention in a war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The UAE denied the allegations in a statement and said it condemned …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed an amended law that permits military tribunals to try civilians, prompting protests from the opposition who said the move violated a Supreme Court ruling in January that banned such trials. The practice, in use for the last two decades, has long been criticised by opposition politicians and rights …
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By Hanna Rantala and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -With “My Father’s Shadow,” Nigeria’s first film in the Cannes Film Festival’s official selection, director Akinola Davies Jr. wanted to create something deeply personal, he told Reuters. The film had to mean “something to me, to him (my brother), to my family, to our community, I …
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