(Reuters) – South Sudan’s army said it had recaptured a key town in Upper Nile state that it lost to an ethnic Nuer militia in March in clashes which led to the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar and a spiralling political crisis. President Salva Kiir has served in an uneasy power-sharing government with …
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By Yassin Kombi (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo suspended former President Joseph Kabila’s political party and ordered his assets seized over accusations of supporting Rwandan-backed rebels in the east, the government said. The 53-year-old, who ruled from 2001-2019 and only stepped down after deadly protests against him, has said he wants to return to …
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COTONOU (Reuters) -Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM said it killed 70 soldiers in raids on two military posts in north Benin, the biggest death count claimed by jihadists in the country in over a decade of activity in West Africa, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Saturday. The West African state and its coastal neighbour Togo …
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By Ben Ezeamalu LAGOS (Reuters) – The death toll in attacks by suspected cattle herders on communities in central Nigeria’s Benue State has risen to 56, Governor Hyacinth Alia said on Saturday, underscoring a resurgence of such deadly clashes in Africa’s most populous nation. Local media quoted the governor as citing the figure while visiting …
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(Removes duplicated words in paragraph 4) (Reuters) -Sitting in a crowd of mothers and children under the harsh sun, Najlaa Ahmed described the moment the Rapid Support Forces men poured into Darfur’s Zamzam displacement camp, looting and burning homes as shells rained down and drones flew overhead. She lost track of most of her family …
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(Reuters) – Gunmen killed 56 people in central Nigeria, AFP reported on Saturday, citing the governor’s office. AFP did not provide any further details. (Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Richard Chang)
(Reuters) -Tanzania’s main opposition party said on Saturday its leader Tundu Lissu, who has been held and charged with treason, had been moved to a different prison, a day after the party said his whereabouts were unknown. The charges against Lissu have brought new scrutiny to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s human rights record as she …
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By Tarek Amara and Menna AlaaElDin TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court on Saturday handed jail terms of 13 to 66 years to opposition leaders, businessmen and lawyers on charges of conspiring, a case the opposition says is fabricated and a symbol of President Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule. Rights groups say Saied has had full control …
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(Reuters) -At least 148 people were found dead in Democratic Republic of Congo after a motorised wooden boat caught fire and capsized, media reports citing local officials said on Friday. The boat was carrying as many as 500 passengers, including women and children, when it overturned in the Congo River located in the country’s northwest …
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By Ary-Misa Rakotobe ANTANANARIVO -Madagascar’s centuries-old bareknuckle combat sport “moraingy” is punching above its weight in the capital Antananarivo, as fighters and fans gather to celebrate a martial art once reserved for warriors and rural communities. The traditional barefoot combat, where fighters wrap their hands in fabric and employ almost any move to defeat opponents, …
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