BISSAU (Reuters) -A group of army officers said they had seized power in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday, a day before the planned announcement of results from a hotly contested presidential election. In a statement read on state television by spokesperson Diniz N’Tchama, the army officers said they had ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, suspended the …
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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and David Lewis DAKAR/LONDON (Reuters) -A U.S.-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda despite the iPhone maker’s denials. International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) previously filed a lawsuit against tech firms including …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -West Africa’s ECOWAS and African Union observers on Wednesday expressed concern over the military takeover in Guinea-Bissau and the arrests of election officials, a joint statement issued by the organizations said. A group of army officers said earlier on Wednesday they had seized power in the coup-prone West African nation, a day before …
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By Anait Miridzhanian BISSAU (Reuters) -Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo struck a confident note as he kicked off his re-election bid in early November, claiming that “stability has been achieved” since he took office in 2020. Ahead of results expected to be announced on Thursday, Embalo called journalists to say he had been deposed. Army …
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By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) -The families of Papiri had long called for security forces to protect their children at the school in northern Nigeria where more than 300 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen last week, in one of the country’s worst mass abductions. They say that no one came. “Neither the police, nor the …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -A group of senior army officers in Guinea-Bissau said on Wednesday they have deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and suspended the country’s disputed electoral process, citing the need to clarify the situation before returning to constitutional order. (Reporting by Ayen Deng Bior; Editing by Bate Felix)
DAKAR (Reuters) -A group of senior army officers announced on Wednesday that they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau “until further notice,” following the West African nation’s disputed presidential election, French radio RFI reported. (Writing by Ayen Deng Bior; Editing by Bate Felix)
(Corrects to show that man was killed inside the hospital, not outside, in paragraph 2) GENEVA (Reuters) -Medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres said on Tuesday it has withdrawn its staff from a Darfur hospital after a stretcher-bearer was shot dead, calling on a paramilitary group to guarantee the safety of staff there. The victim, who …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The death toll from a Marburg virus outbreak in Ethiopia has risen to six, state-run news agency reported on Wednesday. Ethiopia first confirmed the outbreak on November 14, with three deaths being reported three days later. “Out of the 11 people in whom the virus was detected, six have died, and five …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian President Kais Saied summoned the EU ambassador to protest what he called a diplomatic breach after the EU official met the head of a powerful union this week, amid rising tensions with the country’s largest civil-society group. The incident marks the latest sign of friction between Tunisia’s leadership and …
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