By Wendell Roelf, Leika Kihara and Kopano Gumbi CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa voiced dismay on Thursday that Group of 20 talks it hosted on global economic issues ended without consensus, after top officials from several countries skipped it and delegates remained far apart on issues such as climate finance. The two-day G20 meeting of …
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(Reuters) – Explosions at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu killed 11 people and wounded 65 others, Corneille Nangaa, head of the rebel alliance that includes M23, said in a press conference on Thursday. He said the grenades used on Thursday were the same type …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday to hold discussions with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia’s presidency said, following a thaw in icy relations. The relationship soured in January 2024 when Ethiopia announced plans to lease a stretch of coastline in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region. Ethiopia planned to …
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(This Feb. 26 story has been corrected to make clear that the royal museum will house some of, not all, the artefacts, in paragraph 6) By Ope Adetayo LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes, taking on the task with the assent of the royal …
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – King Mohammed VI of Morocco asked Moroccans on Wednesday to abstain from performing the rite of slaughtering sheep on Eid al-Adha this year due to a drop in the country’s herd following years of drought. Eid al-Adha, to take place in June, commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim, or Abraham, …
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By Ben Ezeamalu LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s drug enforcement agency called on Wednesday for life jail terms and the death penalty for those caught trading counterfeit medicines and illegal pharmaceutical drugs as it carries out its biggest nationwide blitz on fake medications. Nigeria has struggled for years with counterfeit drugs, especially anti-malaria and pain pills …
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By Reade Levinson, Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir (Reuters) – Satellite images show at least three drones and the construction of hangars at an airport in South Darfur held by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), evidence of the continuing stream of increasingly advanced weapons fuelling a devastating war. Nyala is an RSF stronghold and a …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Wednesday it would review a decades-old agreement that makes it easier for Algerian citizens to move to France unless Algeria agrees to take back those who are deported by the French authorities. Already strained ties between Paris and Algiers have worsened further after an Algerian citizen whom France had …
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By Michelle Nichols and Nafisa Eltahir UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Nations World Food Programme has temporarily stopped distributing food aid in a famine-struck camp for displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur amid escalating violence, warning that thousands of families could starve in the coming weeks. The move comes two days after medical charity …
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By Duncan Miriri CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s G20 presidency this year will prioritise efforts to help developing countries finance their shift to a low-carbon economy, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, even as the United States radically scales back its support. President Donald Trump’s administration, whose top officials have skipped two meetings of the Group …
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