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IMF approves $1.2 billion for Egypt after fourth review

11 Mar 2025 12 Mar 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund approved the disbursement of $1.2 billion to Egypt following completion of the fourth review of the country’s $8 billion economic reform programme, after allowing Egypt to waive a primary budget surplus target. The IMF’s executive board also approved Egypt’s request for an arrangement under the resilience and sustainability facility …

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Al Shabaab gunmen attack hotel in central Somalia, seven dead

11 Mar 2025 11 Mar 2025

By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Al Shabaab gunmen killed at least seven people in an attack on Tuesday at a hotel in a central Somali town where local elders and government officials were meeting to discuss how to act against the Islamist militant group, an elder said. The al Qaeda-linked group claimed …

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Uganda says it has deployed troops in South Sudan capital

11 Mar 2025 11 Mar 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan’s capital Juba to “secure it”, Uganda’s military chief said on Tuesday, but South Sudan’s information minister denied the presence of troops, as tensions between South Sudan’s president and first vice president stoke fears of a return to war. A Ugandan military spokesperson said the …

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Meningitis outbreak kills 26 in northwest Nigeria, official says

11 Mar 2025 11 Mar 2025

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -At least 26 people have died from a meningitis outbreak in Nigeria’s northwest Kebbi state, a local health official said on Tuesday. Nigeria is one of the hotspots of the deadly disease in Africa where at least 1,700 cases were reported last year, with more than 150 deaths recorded in …

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Nigeria to appoint ambassadors, 18 months after worldwide recall, sources say

11 Mar 2025 11 Mar 2025

By Ope Adetayo ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s government has started vetting potential candidates to lead its more than 100 diplomatic missions, with appointments expected “very soon”, 18 months after President Bola Tinubu recalled all ambassadors, sources familiar with the matter said. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and a key Western ally in the fight against …

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Congo ex-president Kabila’s allies questioned by military prosecutor

10 Mar 2025 10 Mar 2025

(Reuters) -Officials from the party of Democratic Republic of Congo’s former President Joseph Kabila appeared before a military prosecutor on Monday in a sign of political tensions over advances by Rwanda-backed rebels in the east. The exact reason for the invitation to appear before the prosecutor was not clear, said Jean Mbuyu, a lawyer for …

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Nigeria’s anti-graft agency recovers nearly $500 million in one year

10 Mar 2025 10 Mar 2025

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s economic crimes commission said it recovered nearly $500 million in proceeds of crime last year and secured more than 4,000 criminal convictions, its highest since the agency’s inception more than two decades ago. Africa’s biggest energy producer, Nigeria has struggled for decades with endemic corruption, which many Nigerians say contributes to …

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Clashes continue in eastern Congo days after attack on civilians left many dead

9 Mar 2025 9 Mar 2025

(Reuters) -Fighting between M23 rebels and pro-Congo militias was underway on Sunday in Nyabiondo, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, residents said, days after a nearby attack left a heavy civilian death toll, according to the United Nations and an NGO. The Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 has seized swathes of …

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US orders its non-emergency personnel to leave South Sudan

9 Mar 2025 9 Mar 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has ordered its non-emergency government personnel in South Sudan to leave the country because of security concerns, the State Department said on Sunday. “Armed conflict is ongoing and includes fighting between various political and ethnic groups. Weapons are readily available to the population,” the State Department said. The United Nations …

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South Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace – U.N. rights body

8 Mar 2025 8 Mar 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process, a United Nations rights body said on Saturday, days after the arrests of several officials allied to the country’s vice president. Earlier this month, security forces loyal to President Salva Kiir arrested two ministers and several senior military officials …

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