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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Malian singer Rokia Traore, arrested in Rome last year over an international child custody dispute and later handed over to Belgium, will be released from a Belgian prison on Wednesday, local news agency Belga reported quoting her lawyers. Reuters could not immediately reach Traore’s representatives or confirm the release with local authorities. …

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By Nyasha Chingono (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s finance minister expressed concern on Wednesday that a U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization will lead to aid cuts to countries such as his that are most affected by HIV/AIDS. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the U.S. withdrawal after his inauguration to a second term …

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By Ope Adetayo ABUJA (Reuters) – The United Nations will this week appeal for $910 million to help tackle a humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria, which has been in the grip of an Islamist insurgency since 2009 and was hit by flooding last year, documents showed on Wednesday. The UN documents seen by Reuters showed …

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NIAMEY (Reuters) – A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region, Niger’s defence chief said on state television. Juntas in the neighbouring West African countries seized control in a series of coups between 2020 and 2023. Last year, they agreed …

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