PARIS (Reuters) – France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he was still waiting for Africa’s Sahel states to thank Paris for stopping them falling into the hands of militants and he dismissed suggestions his country had been forced out of the region. Speaking to French ambassadors at an annual conference on foreign policy for …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Sunday, maintaining a 35-year-long tradition, to quietly advance Beijing’s already sizeable influence across the resource-rich continent as Europe’s presence wanes and America’s wavers. While global capitals and investors brace for the return of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – The head of Uganda’s military, who is also the son of longstanding President Yoweri Museveni, said he wanted to behead the country’s most prominent opposition leader. Muhoozi Kainerugaba is widely believed to be the heir apparent to his father, who has governed Uganda since 1986. Kainerugaba routinely makes inflammatory posts on social …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic eastern town near the provincial capital Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, local politicians said on Sunday. The Tutsi-led M23 group has been waging a renewed insurgency in eastern Congo since 2022. Congo and the United Nations accuse neighbouring Rwanda of backing the group with …
(Reuters) – Nine civilians including women and children were killed in an attack on a vehicle in Mali’s Segou region last week, a civil society group and a rebel coalition said late on Saturday, accusing the army and Russian mercenaries of being responsible. The vehicle was travelling from the town of Niono to a refugee …
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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Gunmen from Nigeria have killed at least five Cameroonian soldiers and wounded several others in the village of Bakinjaw on Cameroon’s border with Nigeria, a member of parliament for the district and a traditional leader said on Saturday. It is the latest in a series of attempts to …
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BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Afghanistan lost three wickets early in their second innings and were 46-3, still trailing Zimbabwe by 40 runs, when bad light brought an early close to play on Friday at the end of the second day of the second test at Queens Sports Club. Zimbabwe quick bowler Blessing Muzarabani removed openers …
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By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Ryan Rickelton struck a career-best unbeaten 176 and his captain Temba Bavuma scored 106 as South Africa pummelled Pakistan’s seamers at Newlands to finish the first day of the second and final test on 316 for four on Friday. The pair put on 235 in 53.5 overs for the …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -A volcano in northeastern Ethiopia was showing signs of starting to erupt on Friday, prompting authorities to move residents to temporary shelters, a state-affiliated broadcaster and a government geological office said. The Ethiopian Geological Institute posted a video on its Facebook page showing what appeared to be dust and smoke emerging from …
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PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Police in Mauritius arrested the country’s former central bank governor on Friday in connection with an investigation into a case of conspiracy to defraud, local media in the Indian Ocean island nation reported. Last month, Mauritius police’s anti-money laundering unit issued an order for the arrest of Harvesh Kumar Seegolam over the …
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