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South Africa says Ukraine peace talks should have no preconditions

24 Apr 2025

By Nellie Peyton PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said during a visit by Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday that peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow should start without preconditions such as Ukraine ceding land to Russia. U.S. President Donald Trump criticised the Ukrainian president this week for refusing to recognise Russia’s occupation of …

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Tanzania bans agriculture imports from South Africa, Malawi

24 Apr 2025

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania has banned the importation of agricultural products from Malawi and South Africa, saying it was retaliation for similar hostile trade measures from both countries. The three countries all belong to a regional economic bloc, the Southern African Development Community, SADC. Tanzania had demanded that both countries rescind bans on …

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Al Shabaab battles Somalia’s army for control of strategic military base

24 Apr 2025

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Al Shabaab fighters battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in central Somalia on Thursday, the government and a military official said, as the al Qaeda-linked militants tried to extend recent gains in the region. Capturing the base in Wargaadhi town in the Middle Shabelle region, …

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Senegal top court rejects bid to lift amnesty for protest deaths

24 Apr 2025

DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s top court has rejected a move by lawmakers to revise an amnesty law that would have paved the way for possible prosecutions over the deaths of dozens of protesters during anti-government demonstrations between 2021 and 2024. The West African country’s parliament had approved revisions earlier this month to the law, which …

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Benin says Al Qaeda affiliate attack killed 54 soldiers last week

24 Apr 2025

COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin’s government said that 54 soldiers were killed in an attack in the country’s north last week, providing a lower toll than reported by Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM. The West African state and its coastal neighbour Togo have seen a rise in jihadist activity in recent years, as groups linked to Islamic …

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Vitriol, aggression won’t halt presidential bid, Ivory Coast’s Thiam says

24 Apr 2025

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -Ivory Coast opposition leader Tidjane Thiam said on Wednesday he would fight on to run in the West African nation’s presidential election due in October despite having been removed from the electoral roll. A court in Ivory Coast ruled on Tuesday that Thiam, 62, a former Credit Suisse chief executive, …

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Athletics-Kipyegon targets four-minute mile in Nike “Breaking 4” project

23 Apr 2025

By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -Kenya’s triple Olympic and world 1,500 metres champion Faith Kipyegon is to attempt the first women’s, unofficial sub-four minute mile in a Nike “Breaking 4” project following the success of Eliud Kipchoge’s sub-two hour marathon. Nike said on Wednesday that Kipyegon, 31, is to attempt the feat on June 26 …

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Kenya’s ant-smuggler bust exposes lucrative underground trade

23 Apr 2025

By Hereward Holland and Monicah Mwangi NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police who raided a national park guesthouse earlier this month aimed not to bust elephant tusk or rhino horn poachers but a more esoteric ring trading a much smaller, more lucrative item by weight – queen ants. Two Belgian teenagers were arrested for wildlife trafficking at …

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Tunisian judge orders detention of prominent lawyer and Saied critic Souab

23 Apr 2025

TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian anti-terrorism judge ordered on Wednesday the detention of prominent lawyer Ahmed Souab, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, lawyers said, two days after his arrest for comments about the judiciary. Souab’s arrest sparked widespread anger among political parties and civil society groups, which said the move was a dangerous escalation …

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Soccer-Ex-FIFA Council member and Mali football chief released from jail

23 Apr 2025

(Reuters) -A former member of the FIFA Council, Mamoutou Toure, has been released from jail in Mali after almost two years in detention for alleged corruption, Malian media reports said on Wednesday. Toure, president of the Malian Football Federation since 2019, was released after 622 days in prison on Tuesday. He served on the FIFA …

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