NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s defence minister travelled to Somalia on Thursday, a senior official in Mogadishu said, the first bilateral visit since relations nosedived a year ago over an Ethiopian plan to build a naval base in a breakaway Somali region. Somalia’s state minister for foreign affairs, Ali Omar, confirmed Aisha Mohammed Mussa’s visit in a …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s coast guard has recovered the bodies of 27 African migrants after two boats they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean in sank off the coast, the national guard said on Thursday. The boats sank in waters off the city of Sfax, a departure point often used by African migrants. Last month, …
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By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa will give a debut to firebrand 18-year-old fast bowler Kwena Maphaka as one of three changes to their side for the second and final test against Pakistan starting at Newlands on Friday. Opening batter Tony de Zorzi has been ruled out with a left thigh strain …
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GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) – The Islamic State group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Somalia’s northeastern region of Puntland a day earlier, the group posted on its Telegram channel. In its statement, Islamic State said the attack was conducted by 12 militants and two booby-trapped vehicles, adding that it …
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By Yassin Kombi LUBERO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – A Congolese military tribunal has sentenced 13 soldiers to death on charges including murder, looting, and cowardice in what military authorities said was a drive to improve army discipline after territorial losses due to soldiers fleeing. The soldiers were sentenced on Tuesday in the town …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shiban, appointed by the new rulers, said on social media on Tuesday that he had received a phone call from his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty, in which they discussed the importance of both countries in bringing peace to the region. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a …
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday that French forces would withdraw from the West African nation, continuing the former colonial power’s military exit from the region. Speaking in an end-of-year address to the nation, Ouattara said Ivorians should be proud of the modernised state of their own armed forces. “In …
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GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) – Security forces in Somalia repulsed an attack by Islamic State suicide bombers on a military base in the northeastern region of Puntland on Tuesday, the local state broadcaster and a military official said. It was the first time Islamic State has attempted such a large and sophisticated attack in the country, …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -At least 71 people died in Ethiopia when a truck packed with passengers plunged into a river, according to the spokesperson for the southern Sidama regional government and a statement. The accident occurred in the Bona district, the regional communication bureau said in a statement issued late on Sunday. Wosenyeleh Simion, spokesperson …
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense said on Monday that detainee Ridah Bin Saleh Al-Yazidi was repatriated from Guantanamo Bay to Tunisia. It said 26 detainees remain at the facility, of which 14 are eligible for transfer. (Reporting by Idrees Ali and Jasper Ward; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
