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By Mohamed Ezz and Nayera Abdallah CAIRO (Reuters) -Six Russians died on Thursday and 39 foreign tourists were rescued when a viewing submarine sank off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada, the local governor’s office said on Facebook, adding that no passengers or crew were still missing. The Red Sea Governorate said the submarine, …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday advised its citizens in South Sudan to leave the country following rising tensions that have brought the East African nation to the brink of renewed civil war. “If you are in South Sudan and judge it safe to do so, you should leave now,” Britain’s foreign office said in new …

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TUNIS/PARIS (Reuters) -An Algerian court sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in jail on Thursday for undermining national unity, prompting a call for his freedom from French President Emmanuel Macron. Sansal, 80, has been detained in Algeria since November, spending time in hospital for ill health, and French authorities as well as fellow …

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(Reuters) -The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan’s First Vice President, marks the latest turn in the turbulent relationship with his rival, President Salva Kiir, after a five-year civil war. The two men, now in their early 70s, launched a conflict in 2013 that led to …

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By Khalid Abdelaziz DUBAI (Reuters) – The Sudanese army shelled parts of Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman from early morning on Thursday, residents said, after declaring victory over their Rapid Support Forces rivals in a two-year battle for the capital. The army ousted the RSF from its last footholds in Khartoum on Wednesday but the …

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By Nyasha Nyaungwa WINDHOEK (Reuters) -Namibia’s government on Thursday forecast a modest acceleration in economic growth over the next two years, but it said the fiscal backdrop would remain difficult because of subdued revenues from the mining sector. Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah said in a budget speech that the Southern African country’s economy was now …

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By Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa acted to consolidate his hold on power with Tuesday’s dismissal of a senior general, political analysts say, amid growing fears of a possible coup by former allies. Mnangagwa, who took charge after a military coup that ousted longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in 2017, is facing …

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