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Congo has asked Chad for military support to help fight rebels, sources say

19 Feb 2025

By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo has asked Chad for military support to help fight a spiralling insurgency by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in its eastern provinces, a Chadian official and a source at the Congolese presidency said. Congo’s Minister of Regional Integration met with Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Tuesday …

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Three tankers damaged by blasts in Mediterranean in the last month, causes unknown, sources say

19 Feb 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) – Three oil tankers have been damaged by blasts in the last month in separate incidents around the Mediterranean, with the causes unknown, shipping and security sources said on Wednesday. The incidents are the first involving blast damage to non-military vessels to have taken place around the central Mediterranean in decades. An explosion …

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Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east

19 Feb 2025

By Ange Kasongo and Sonia Rolley KINSHASA (Reuters) – As Rwanda-backed rebels strolled through the streets of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s second-largest city, President Felix Tshisekedi’s office claimed it was actually still controlled by his army and “valiant” allied forces. It was the latest jarring move from the 61-year-old leader that has fuelled a …

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Suez Canal chief says Red Sea crisis did not create sustainable route to replace canal

19 Feb 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) -Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie said on Wednesday that the Red Sea crisis did not create a sustainable route to replace the canal, adding that there were positive indicators for the return of stability in the region. Iran-backed Houthi militants have attacked vessels in the Red Sea area since November 2023, disrupting …

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Egypt says Gaza should be rebuilt without displacing Palestinians

19 Feb 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) – Egypt’s president called on the international community on Wednesday to adopt a plan to rebuild war-torn Gaza without displacing Palestinians, after a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump angered Arabs with his own vision for the enclave. “We stressed the importance of the international community adopting a plan to reconstruct the Gaza …

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Uganda discharges all eight Ebola patients, health minister says

19 Feb 2025

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda has discharged eight people after they recovered from Ebola although at least 265 contacts remain under quarantine, its health minister said. The East African country declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease late last month after one man – a male nurse at the Mulago National …

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Trump’s aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks

19 Feb 2025

By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work. The first round of vaccines she and her colleagues made in Johannesburg had produced an immune response …

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Burundi troops withdraw in eastern Congo as M23 rebels expand reach, sources say

19 Feb 2025

(Reuters) -Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, four sources said on Tuesday, in a further blow to Congo’s army as it struggles to halt a rebel advance. But a spokesman for the Burundian military dismissed reports of the ongoing pull-out as “fake”, …

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Gaza Arab plan may involve up to $20 billion regional contribution, sources say

18 Feb 2025

By Nafisa Eltahir and Pesha Magid CAIRO/RIYADH (Reuters) -Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to travel to Riyadh on Thursday, two Egyptian security sources said, where he is due to discuss an Arab plan for Gaza that may include up to $20 billion from the region for reconstruction. Arab states are expected to discuss …

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