By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Gabon claimed a 2-1 win over Kenya in their 2026 World Cup qualifier in Nairobi on Sunday to move two points clear of Ivory Coast in the race for a place at the finals in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Gabon, who …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least six police personnel were killed in Kenya while four were injured in an attack on a police camp by suspected Islamist militants in Garissa county in the country’s east on the border with Somalia, police said. The assault which occurred early Sunday was carried out by suspected fighters from Somalia’s …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz, Jana Choukeir and Nafisa Eltahir DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) -The Sudanese army seized full control of the presidential palace in downtown Khartoum on Friday, it said in a statement, in what would be a major gain in a two-year-old conflict with a rival armed group that has threatened to partition the country. The army …
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WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia’s newly elected President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Saturday named Ericah Shafudah as finance minister and Lucia Witbooi as vice president in a reduced cabinet. Nandi-Ndaitwah, who was sworn in on Friday after her SWAPO party secured victory in November, also named Natangwe Ithete as mines and energy minister and Selma Ashipala-Musavyi as …
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By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) -Rwanda-backed M23 rebels staging an offensive in east Congo said on Saturday they would withdraw forces from the seized town of Walikale in support of peace efforts, having previously said they were leaving troops there as they pushed on to the capital. The government said it hoped the move would be …
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon’s Constitutional Court has approved a list of eight candidates to run in the Central African nation’s presidential election next month, including interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who seized power in a military coup in 2023. Although transitional leaders are not usually allowed to run for election, Gabon approved a new constitution …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s army said it killed 242 fighters belonging to a Congolese rebel group known as CODECO after they attacked a Ugandan military camp across the border in east Congo earlier this week, a claim disputed by the group. Uganda military spokesperson Chris Magezi said hundreds of CODECO fighters attacked a Uganda Peoples’ …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country’s defence ministry said. The attack occurred during afternoon prayers in the village of Fombita in the rural commune of Kokorou, which is near the tri-border region of …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s army said on Friday its troops had killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region, as fears have emerged of a wider regional war. The Fano militia fought alongside the army and Eritrean forces in a two-year civil …
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By Nyasha Nyaungwa WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia’s newly elected President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pledged on Friday to boost investments in the agricultural sector and diversify the resource-focused economy in an attempt to address high unemployment rates. Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, became Namibia’s first female president after her SWAPO party, which has governed the nation of around 3 million …
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