By Reade Levinson, David Lewis LONDON (Reuters) -A U.N. panel of experts charged with monitoring sanctions in Sudan is investigating how mortar rounds exported from Bulgaria to the United Arab Emirates ended up in a supply convoy for Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia fighters, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Mortar rounds seized from …
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(Reuters) -Rwanda escorted the troops of a Southern African force through Rwandan territory to Tanzania on Tuesday as they pulled out from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda’s foreign minister and army spokesperson said. The Southern African Development Community (SADC), which groups 16 states, said in mid-March it had terminated the mandate of its mission …
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By Emmanuel Bruce (Reuters) -Three Indian nationals have been arrested in Ghana on suspicion of operating a gold smuggling syndicate that authorities believe has been taking tons of the precious metal out of the country for over a decade, the West African country’s gold trading regulator said on Tuesday. The three pleaded guilty at their …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The Islamic State West Africa Province has claimed responsibility for an attack on Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state that killed at least 26 people, the group said in a statement on Telegram on Tuesday. Islamist insurgents Boko Haram and ISWAP have been battling Nigerian security forces for over 15 years in the northeast …
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(Reuters) -Burkina Faso plans to take control of more foreign-owned industrial mines, its prime minister said, as the West African nation seeks a bigger share of revenue from its resources. Like neighbours Mali and Niger, Burkina Faso is pushing for greater control over its resources and revised its mining code last year, creating a new …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Five quarry workers were killed and two others injured when their vehicle was attacked by suspected al Shabaab militants in northeastern Kenya on Tuesday morning, according to a Kenyan police report seen by Reuters. About 10 gunmen alleged to be from the Somali-based, al Qaeda-linked group ambushed a minibus full of workers …
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By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) – Belgium is open to deeper involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo’s minerals sector, its foreign minister said on a visit to the former Belgian colony, which is seeking to diversify its investment partners. The vast Central African nation is home to large reserves of copper, cobalt, lithium and uranium …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – A group of philanthropies including the Gates Foundation has set up a fund backed with nearly $500 million to help save the lives of newborn babies and mothers in sub-Saharan Africa, standing out against a bleak global health funding landscape. The Beginnings Fund was launched on Tuesday in Abu …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -At least 26 people were killed on Monday when two vehicles detonated an improvised explosive device in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, the heartland of an Islamist insurgency, residents said. The International Safety Organization, which provides security to foreign non-governmental organisations in the northeast, said in an internal memo seen by Reuters that …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from the BRICS group of developing nations met on Monday to discuss a shared defense of the global trade system, coordinating their response to the barrage of new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump. The meeting in Rio de Janeiro is expected to produce a …
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