Pilot killed as military jet crashes in Algeria, Ennahar TV says
CAIRO (Reuters) – A military jet crashed in Algeria’s Adrar province on Wednesday, killing its pilot, Ennahar TV reported. (Reporting by Enas Alashray; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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Nigerian lawmakers probe USAID-funded non-profit groups, others, document shows
By Ope Adetayo ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigerian lawmakers are probing the activities of more than a dozen non-profit organisations and demanded they submit within a week tax and financial statements dating back a decade, a letter seen by Reuters showed, prompting accusations of “bullying”. The groups affected include some who were previously funded by the U.S. …
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Exclusive-Congo and Rwanda presidents call for east Congo ceasefire during Qatar sit-down
By Andrew Mills and Aaron Ross DOHA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame called for a ceasefire in eastern Congo on Tuesday during their first meeting since M23 rebels stepped up an offensive there in January. A joint statement issued along with Qatar, whose emir mediated the …
Nigeria declares state of emergency in Rivers State over pipeline vandalism
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigerian President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in oil-producing Rivers State and suspended the state governor, his deputy and all lawmakers. Tinubu, in a television broadcast, said he had received security reports in the last two days of “disturbing incidents of vandalization of pipelines by some …
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M23 rebels pull out of peace talks with Congo after EU sanctions
(Reuters) – Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Monday pulled out of peace talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government less than 24 hours before the warring parties in eastern Congo’s worst conflict in decades were due to convene in Angola. The rebel alliance, of which M23 is a member, said it was withdrawing from what …
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Nigeria’s Trans Niger oil pipeline shut after blast, police say
By Tife Owolabi and Isaac Anyaogu YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Nigeria’s Trans Niger Pipeline, a major oil artery transporting crude from onshore oilfields to the Bonny export terminal, was shut after a blast that caused a fire, police said on Tuesday. Nigerian oil consortium Renaissance Group, which now owns Shell’s former onshore subsidiary that operates the …
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Somali militants target presidential convoy in bomb attack, president safe
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Al Shabaab militants targeted Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a bomb attack on his motorcade as it was traveling through the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the Islamist group said. Two senior government and military officials told Reuters that Mohamud was safe following the attack, and presidential adviser Zakariye Hussein wrote in …
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South Sudan party partially withdraws from peace process
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A major party in South Sudan’s coalition government said on Tuesday it had suspended its role in a key element of a 2018 peace deal as relations between its leader Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir deteriorate amid clashes and arrests. The agreement ended a five-year war between forces loyal to Kiir …
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Somalia appoints new defence minister in cabinet reshuffle
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre replaced his defence minister with the Minister of Commerce and Industry Jibril Abdirashid Hajion Monday as part of a broader cabinet reshuffle. The appointments included new ministers of ports, trade, transport and sport, the office of the Prime Minister said in a statement. It gave no …
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Strike on market in north Mali kills 18, civil society group says
BAMAKO (Reuters) – An army air strike at a market in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region on Sunday killed at least 18 people and injured seven, a local rights group said, while the army said it was targeting terrorists. The Collective for the Defence of the Rights of the Azawad People, which is linked to separatist …
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