WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has named conservative media critic Leo Brent Bozell III as U.S. ambassador to South Africa, the president said on social media late on Wednesday. Bozell’s nomination must still be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Sandra Maler)
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -An officer from the Kenyan multinational security support (MSS) mission was reported missing in Haiti on Tuesday after an incident involving gangs, the MSS said in a statement. Gang members attacked the MSS forces as they were helping a Haitian national police vehicle that was stuck in a ditch, suspected to have been …
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(Reuters) -The party of South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar said on Wednesday it was trying to locate him after the defence minister and chief of national security “forcefully entered” his residence and delivered an arrest warrant. In a statement, Machar’s SPLM-IO party condemned “a blatant violation of the Constitution and the Revitalized Peace …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – The Sudanese army drove its rival Rapid Support Forces from most of Khartoum city, residents said on Wednesday, as the army chief toured the presidential palace and airport, marking a major military gain though the wider war looks far from over. The residents said RSF troops had withdrawn and the army had …
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By Ahmed Kingimi and Amindeh Blaise Atabong MAIDUGURI, Nigeria/YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Suspected Islamist fighters launched a coordinated attack on an army base and a military outpost in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, killing at least 16 people, security sources told Reuters. Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province militants have mainly operated in the northeast of …
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By Sayed Sheashaa ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Sock ball was long considered a poor man’s game for Egyptian football lovers, but more recently it’s become a show of celebration during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan that takes over the streets. Originally played with some old socks or scraps crammed inside of each other to form …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Norway’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it was temporarily shutting its embassy in South Sudan’s capital Juba due to the deteriorating security situation in the country. South Sudan President Salva Kiir last week sacked the governor of Upper Nile state, where clashes have escalated between government troops and an ethnic militia he …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Harry has quit as a patron of Sentebale, a British charity he set up to help young people with HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and Botswana, following a dispute between trustees and the chair of the board that he called “devastating”. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, co-founded Sentebale in …
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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Police in eastern Congo killed two people on Tuesday when they opened fire on mourners at the funeral of a slain singer known for denouncing both his own government and the Rwandan-backed rebels occupying much of the country’s east, witnesses said. Thousands of Congolese had gathered to pay …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s ruling junta said there would be a five-year transition to constitutional rule starting from Wednesday, in an announcement during a signing ceremony for a new transition charter. Niger’s junta staged a coup in 2023 and ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. Like military rulers in Mali and Burkina Faso, Niger authorities went on …
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