NAIROBI (Reuters) -A bombing attack on a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital and pharmacy in South Sudan over the weekend was deliberate and may amount to a war crime, the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said on Tuesday. MSF said on Saturday that at least seven people had been killed and 20 wounded …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – British maritime security firm Ambrey reported on Tuesday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had launched a drone attack on facilities at Port Sudan, targeting the container terminal and escalating a two-year-long conflict. Ambrey said it had obtained video footage showing damage to the terminal and civilian infrastructure, reportedly leaving the …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -The sound of Chinese fighter jets roared over the Egyptian pyramids and could echo across the Middle East, as Beijing wrapped up military drills with Cairo aimed at chipping away at U.S. strategic influence in the volatile region. China’s military on Monday released videos of its fast jets, helicopters and …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Ugandan opposition activist, who President Yoweri Museveni’s son said he had been holding captive in his basement, appears to have been tortured, the East African nation’s justice minister said. Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is Museveni’s eldest child, said last week that he had detained Eddie Mutwe, the chief …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday said it can not rule on Sudan’s case accusing the United Arab Emirates of fueling genocide in Darfur by supplying weapons to paramilitary forces, saying it lacked jurisdiction. Sudan had argued before the U.N.’s top court last month that the UAE was violating the …
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PORT SUDAN (Reuters) – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched a second drone strike in as many days on Port Sudan, targeting fuel depots in the eastern city early on Monday, security sources told Reuters, in a major escalation of a two-year-long conflict. Large plumes of smoke and fire rose from the facility well into …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – A missing Ugandan opposition activist whom the president’s son said he was holding in his basement was brought to court limping on Monday, charged with robbery and remanded to prison, opposition leader Bobi Wine and his lawyer said. Eddie Mutwe, whose real name is Edward Ssebuufu, and who also acts as the …
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LOME (Reuters) – Togo leader Faure Gnassingbe has been given the powerful new role of President of the Council of Ministers which has no fixed term limit, parliament said – a move the opposition called a constitutional coup that could extend his rule for life. The new title for Gnassingbe, whose family has already ruled …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s President William Ruto fended off a shoe thrown at him during a speech about the cost of living which has been a source of public anger, social media videos showed, while a government official said it was accidentally lobbed at the president. Ruto has been compelled to abandon tax hikes and invite …
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By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – At least 19 people were killed in a suspected bandit ambush and livestock rustling operation in Bauchi state, northeast Nigeria, the police and residents said on Monday. Bauchi police command said in a statement that the attack took place early on Sunday morning when a local security patrol in …
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