CAIRO (Reuters) -Syria’s new President Ahmed al-Sharaa has received an invitation from Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to attend an emergency Arab League summit in Cairo on March 4, the Syrian presidency said in a statement on Sunday, marking a major step in rebuilding ties with the Arab world after the downfall of Bashar al-Assad. …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – South Africa’s Jacques Kruyswijk won the Kenya Open at Nairobi’s Muthaiga Golf Club on Sunday, pipping English veteran John Parry by two shots. Kruyswijk, 32, had stormed up the leaderboard in Saturday’s third round to lead by a stroke overnight and shot a final-round 67 for an 18-under par total of 266, …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority chairman Osama Rabei said on Sunday that 47 ships have been rerouted from Cape of Good Hope to Suez Canal since the start of February. Earlier this month, Rabie said that the Red Sea crisis did not create a sustainable alternative route to the canal and that there …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz (Reuters) – Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces signed a charter with allied political and armed groups late on Saturday to establish a “government of peace and unity”, signatories al-Hadi Idris and Ibrahim al-Mirghani told Reuters. Among the signatories to the charter is Abdelaziz al-Hilu, a powerful rebel leader who controls vast swathes of …
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(Reuters) – Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi will launch a unity government, his spokesperson said on Saturday, as he faces domestic pressure over his handling of an offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern provinces. The M23’s capture of swathes of eastern Congo and valuable mineral deposits has fanned fears of a wider war and provoked …
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s Eskom will cut 3,000 megawatts of power in controlled outages, known locally as loadshedding, from 5:30 p.m. (1530 GMT) on Saturday until further notice after a “temporary setback”, the power utility said. At the end of January, Eskom implemented similar power cuts after 10 months of uninterrupted supply as …
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(Reuters) – South African Jacques Kruyswijk sunk seven birdies in a bogey-free 64 to take a one-shot lead at 14 under par after the third round of the Kenya Open in Nairobi on Saturday. Kruyswijk, who was seven shots back at the start of the day, is one ahead of overnight leader John Parry of …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kenyan President William Ruto urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a phone call, the State Department said on Friday. CONTEXT An advance by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels has marked the gravest escalation in more than a decade of …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Arab leaders discussed on Friday the joint efforts supporting “the Palestinian cause” and Gaza developments, during an informal meeting in Riyadh attended by Gulf states, Egypt and Jordan, the Saudi state news agency SPA said. Arab countries are rushing to formulate an alternative to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to redevelop war-torn Gaza …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) – Burundi is facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian situation as more than 40,000 people have fled there in two weeks to escape fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.N. said on Friday. “Last week more than 9,000 people crossed in one day … This is the first …
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