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Suspected pirates hijack Yemeni fishing boat off Somali waters, EU naval force says

18 Mar 2025

GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) – Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni-flagged fishing boat off the semi-autonomous Puntland region in northeast Somalia, the European Union’s anti-piracy naval force said, the second such incident in as many months. Seven pirates boarded the vessel, which was carrying eight Somali crew members, EU NAVFOR said in a statement on …

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Eight countries could run out of HIV treatments due to USAID cuts, WHO says

17 Mar 2025

By Mariam Sunny and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -The Trump administration’s decision to pause U.S. foreign aid has “substantially disrupted” supply of HIV treatments in eight countries, which could soon run out of these life-saving medicines, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The global health agency said that Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, …

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Bodies pulled out of well point to killings in areas recaptured from Sudan fighters

17 Mar 2025

SHARG ELNIL, Sudan (Reuters) – In a part of Sudan recaptured by the army just weeks ago after nearly two years under the control of paramilitary fighters, Red Crescent volunteers in hazmat suits and masks pulled bodies out of a well and put them in black bags as residents looked on. Most of the 15 …

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Airstrike kills at least 19 in South Sudan town, residents say

17 Mar 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) – An airstrike by South Sudan’s airforce killed at least 19 people in the country’s east, residents said, less than two weeks after government forces withdrew from the area following intense fighting with an ethnic militia. The clashes in Nasir, near the Ethiopian border, between national forces and the White Army, a loosely …

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Poor rains enough to support Ivory Coast’s mid-crop, farmers say

17 Mar 2025

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Moisture levels last week were sufficient to support the development of Ivory Coast’s April-to-September cocoa mid-crop, despite below-average rainfall in most growing regions, farmers told Reuters on Monday. The world’s top producer of the essential chocolate ingredient is now in its November-to-March dry season when rains are typically poor and scarce. Most …

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Rwanda and Belgium expel each other’s diplomats over Congo conflict

17 Mar 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Belgium and Rwanda announced the expulsion of each other’s diplomats, as relations deteriorated over allegations about their respective roles in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Kigali said it was severing diplomatic relations and giving Belgian diplomats 48 hours to leave the East African country, accusing Brussels of “using lies and …

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Global displacement to rise by 6.7 million people by end of next year, aid group says

17 Mar 2025

(This March 14 story has been corrected to show that 27 countries account for nearly all of global displacements, not nearly a third, in paragraph 4) GENEVA (Reuters) – Some 6.7 million additional people are expected to be newly displaced around the world by the end of next year, the Danish Refugee Council said on …

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Congo says it will join peace talks with Rwanda-backed rebels on Tuesday

16 Mar 2025

(Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo will send a delegation to Angola on Tuesday for talks aiming to resolve a spiralling conflict against Rwandan-backed rebels in the east, the presidency said on Sunday. Angola said last week that direct peace talks between Congo and M23 rebels would begin in the Angolan capital Luanda on March 18. …

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