CAIRO (Reuters) – Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie has told shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk there are signs of stability returning to the Red Sea, and urged the company to take that into account when planning sea routes, according to a statement from the SCA. The statement said Rabie made the comments at a meeting …
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By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) -When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. Instead, the Rwanda-backed insurgents are intent on showing they can restore order and govern. On Thursday, power and mobile data services, which had been down for days, were back up. The border …
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By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the “global south” on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting have exposed an inability to project hard power in its own backyard. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government has challenged …
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By Abdou Moustoifa MORONI (Reuters) – (This Jan. 25 story has been corrected to clarify that President Assoumani’s remarks have been interpreted in different ways by the government and his opponents. The translation of Assoumani’s comments has also been corrected to show that he referred to ‘a child’ who would succeed him. The original story …
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By Abdou Moustoifa MORONI (Reuters) – (The Jan. 24 story said the president’s comments confirmed accusations he had been grooming his son to take over. The story has been corrected to show the president’s remarks have been subject to differing interpretations, and the government denies he was talking about his son. The translation of the …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo authorities are investigating 12 possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its northwest, Africa’s main health body said on Thursday, though first tests had come up negative. Congo’s northeastern neighbour Uganda declared on Thursday an Ebola outbreak in the capital Kampala with one person dead. The Congo …
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday. It is the East African country’s ninth outbreak since it recorded its first infection of the viral disease in 2000. The …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday an investigation targeting her over the release of a Libyan war crimes suspect was bad publicity that could push away much-needed foreign investment. “The point is that what is happening above all damages the nation … That is what frankly drives me a little …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday described the crisis between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo as a “very serious problem.” During a news conference about an air collision in Washington, Trump was asked if he had a plan to bring peace in DRC, where a conflict in the east of the country …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Thursday that over 2,000 people have been wounded by fighting in and around Congo’s city of Goma and 45 people have died, citing unnamed reports. “There are reports of 2,029 wounded in health facilities and other points of care, and 45 dead across 3 health zones …
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