MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Nigerian authorities have shut schools in five districts in central Kwara state, fearing they could be targets of armed gangs after a deadly attack on a church in the state earlier in the week. Nigeria has witnessed a spate of attacks by gunmen, including the kidnapping on Monday of 25 schoolgirls from …
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(Corrects paragraph four of November 10 story to state that presidential term is now seven (not five) years) CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea junta leader Mamady Doumbouya and eight other candidates have been approved to run in next month’s presidential election, according to a list published by the Supreme Court at the weekend. Doumbouya vowed not to …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would work to help end the war in Sudan after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to get involved in the matter. “We’ve already started working on that,” Trump said at a Saudi investment conference a day …
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By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -Gunmen have attacked a church in Nigeria, killing at least two people and kidnapping the pastor and some worshippers, police and witnesses said on Wednesday, days after 25 girls were abducted from a boarding school. The attack on Tuesday evening in Eruku, a town in central Nigeria’s Kwara state, puts …
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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar’s interim president, who seized power in the Indian Ocean island nation last month, has unveiled a 300 kg (661 lb) gemstone that he said had been found in the presidential palace. The dark boulder, streaked with shimmering green crystal, was shown on Tuesday evening inside the Ambohitsorohitra State Palace in the capital …
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By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian restorers are reconstructing a dilapidated neighbourhood in Cairo’s historic centre, dismantling houses and then rebuilding them with materials from the old structures in a model they hope can be applied to other districts. The Darb al-Labbana neighbourhood is nestled on a slope directly under Cairo’s more than eight-century-old citadel, …
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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Prosecutors in the Netherlands on Wednesday asked judges to convict an Eritrean suspect accused of being a notorious trafficker who tortured African refugees and migrants, and to sentence him to 20 years in prison. According to prosecutors, 42-year-old Amanuel Walid – known as Tewelde Goitom – ran a migration route to Europe …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands of young doctors went on strike across Tunisia on Wednesday to demand higher pay and warn of an impending collapse of the health system, part of a broader wave of social unrest convulsing the country. A spate of environmental and anti-government protests prompted by a worsening economic crisis and …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece, long a gateway to Europe for refugees, wants to join several other EU countries in discussing the deportation of rejected asylum seekers to Africa, the Greek migration minister said on Wednesday. Greece was at the forefront of Europe’s migrant crisis in 2015-2016 as more than one million people from the Middle East …
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BISSAU (Reuters) -Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, a 53-year-old ex-army general, is seeking a second term in a November 23 vote, but faces 11 challengers in the West African nation with a history of political instability. Following are details on the main opposition candidates: FERNANDO DIAS A relatively inexperienced and little-known candidate, Dias, 47, has …
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