CAIRO (Reuters) – A delegation from Palestinian group Hamas arrived in Cairo on Monday to discuss the implementation of ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza, the group said in a statement. (Reporting by Ali Sawafta, Writing by Menna Alaa El-Din, Editing by Alex Richardson)
By Sonia Rolley and David Lewis (Reuters) – In 2018, Corneille Nangaa orchestrated the heavily criticised vote that handed President Felix Tshisekedi power. Today, he is the public face of a sprawling coalition of Congolese politicians and rebel groups fighting to oust him. The success of his unlikely transition from election board boss to rebel …
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JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan has lifted a nationwide curfew imposed more than 10 days ago after a night of deadly rioting in the capital over the alleged killing of South Sudanese people by the army and allied groups in neighbouring Sudan, its spokesperson said on Monday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Riots erupted in Juba and …
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MAPUTO (Reuters) -Mozambique’s central bank cut its policy rate for the seventh consecutive meeting on Monday but by a smaller margin, saying inflation was expected to remain in single digits but risks to its forecasts had grown because of post-election protests. The Bank of Mozambique cuts its MIMO interest rate by 50 basis points to …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Troops from Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have been firing at each other across their shared border in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, where Rwandan-backed rebels launched an offensive, two United Nations sources said on Monday. (Reporting by Sonia Rolley; Writing by Sofia Christensen; Editing by Gareth Jones)
PARIS (Reuters) – Thirty-seven suspected terrorists, including suspected members of Islamic State, have been arrested across east Africa over the last two months, the global police body Interpol said on Monday. Interpol, which is headquartered in France, said the arrests had been made during November and December during operations conducted jointly with the pan-African police …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France expresses its solidarity regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo and condemns actions by Rwanda in the country, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday. “France strongly condemns the offensive led by the M23, backed by the Rwandan armed forces, which has led to the death of six peacekeepers and the …
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By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Security mbbbmlengthy statement. The council urged Rwanda and the DRC to return to talks to achieve peace and address issues related to the presence of Rwanda Defence Forces in the eastern Congo and Congolese support for the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). …
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Congolese rebels said on Sunday they had taken Goma, the biggest city in the east of the mineral-rich country, after a lightning advance that has forced thousands of people to flee and fuelled concerns of a regional war. “We have taken Goma and have ordered soldiers to surrender by …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited its strategic headquarters in central Khartoum on Sunday in his first appearance there since government forces claimed to have broken a months-long siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Accompanied by senior military leaders, Burhan praised the “resilience and sacrifices” of soldiers who …
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