GENEVA (Reuters) – Rwanda-backed M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in the city of Goma last week, the United Nations said on Monday. M23 fighters raided CBCA Ndosho Hospital and Heal Africa Hospital during the night of February 28, taking 116 and …
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By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The United Nations World Food Programme, which relies on the U.S. for nearly half its budget, is closing its Southern Africa bureau due to funding constraints, the agency said on Monday as the region struggles to withstand a severe drought. President Donald Trump’s administration has slashed foreign aid contracts …
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By Sonia Rolley, Giulia Paravicini and Ange Kasongo (Reuters) – Congolese soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel last week to stand trial for crimes including rape and murder allegedly committed as they fled in the face of a lightning rebel advance. Their statements during the court martial proceedings …
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) -Gabon’s interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who turned 50 on Monday, announced his decision to run as a candidate in the Central African nation’s presidential election set for April 12. Nguema seized power in a military coup in 2023, the eighth in West and Central Africa between 2020 and 2023, that ended the …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand firmed on Monday against a weaker dollar ahead of a plan by the U.S. to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China and as markets processed U.S. President Donald Trump’s clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. At 1504 GMT, the rand traded at 18.6150 against the U.S. dollar, about 0.5% …
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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghanaian lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would become one of Africa’s most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation, three sponsors told Reuters, after an earlier attempt to enact it fell short because of legal challenges. Same-sex sexual acts are currently punishable by up to three years in prison …
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(Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo threatened to expel a political mission sent to his country by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), the political and economic bloc said on Sunday. A dispute over when Embalo’s presidential term, which began in 2020, should end has heightened tensions that risk unrest in a …
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By Jana Choukeir and Muhammad Al Gebaly DUBAI (Reuters) -Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Sunday that Egypt’s Gaza reconstruction plan, which ensures Palestinians remain in their land, is ready and will be presented at an emergency Arab summit in Cairo on Tuesday. Arab states, which were swift to reject President Donald Trump’s plan …
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(Reuters) – More than 40 members of the Islamist al Shabaab armed group were eliminated in an operation by the Somali National Army and international partners in the Biya Cadde area of Hirshabelle state on Sunday, Somali National Television said in a post on X. “The National Armed Forces, international partners, and vigilant locals are …
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By Jean Paul Arouff PORT LOUIS (Reuters) – Mauritius’ Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has described as “positive” U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments that signalled Washington would likely back a deal over the future of a U.S.-UK military base in the Chagos Islands. Britain struck the agreement in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands …
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