CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt rejected any proposal to allocate land to Gaza residents, the state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV reported on Tuesday, citing Egyptian sources. U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier on the same day that he believed there would be a parcel of land in Jordan, Egypt and someplace else where Palestinians can be …
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.S. pause on foreign aid has had a “major impact” in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where humanitarian operations last year were 70% funded by Washington, the top U.N. aid official in the country said on Tuesday. Bruno Lemarquis said that in 2024 the U.N. humanitarian response plan …
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(Reuters) -The Rwandan-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo threatened on Tuesday to advance on the provincial capital of Bukavu, citing a “dangerously deteriorating” situation, as Congo rejected a call for direct talks with the rebels. The capture of Bukavu would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the M23’s control and deal …
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By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on what he alleges is South Africa’s mistreatment of its white minority are being met with mockery on social media by some white South Africans poking fun at their own privilege. Trump said last week that “certain classes of people” were being treated “very badly” …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates called on Tuesday for a ceasefire in Sudan during the coming holy month of Ramadan, a UAE official said, a call rejected by the Sudanese army, as the country’s civil war approaches the two-year mark. The army considers the UAE to be an aggressor of the war, accusing …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The Islamic State armed group attacked military bases in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, but government forces repelled the assault and airstrikes killed 70 militants, a military official said on Tuesday. Puntland announced a major offensive against Islamic State and a rival Islamist group, the al …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – At least 26 people have been killed after the bus they were travelling in overturned in Oromiya, Ethiopia’s largest region, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported on Tuesday. The bus was travelling from Shambu, in the west of the country, to the capital Addis Ababa, Fana reported, quoting the East Wollega Zone traffic …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed his intelligence chief and two of the country’s vice-presidents, replacing one of his closest allies with a senior advisor whom analysts believe Kiir may be readying to succeed him. South Sudan has been formally at peace since a 2018 deal ended a five-year civil war …
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By Raphael Satter (Reuters) – A refugee advocate caught up in an Italian political scandal over the recent release of an alleged war criminal was targeted using sophisticated spyware, according to an alert sent to him by iPhone maker Apple. David Yambio, the head of the Refugees in Libya group, received the alert on November …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to nine from three, the country’s health ministry said. The East African country declared an outbreak of the severe, often-fatal viral infection late last month. The latest outbreak is being driven by the Sudan strain of the virus, for which there is …
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