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RSF attacks main hospital in Sudan’s al-Fashir, says health official

14 Dec 2024

CAIRO (Reuters) -The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked the main still-functioning hospital in al-Fashir, in Sudan’s North Darfur state on Friday, killing nine people and injuring 20, according to a local health official and activists. A drone fired four missiles at the hospital overnight, destroying wards, waiting areas and other facilities, said state health minister …

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IMF board completes reviews that make $204.5 million available to Tanzania

13 Dec 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board on Friday completed a fourth review under a Extended Credit Facility loan arrangement with Tanzania, allowing for an immediate disbursement of about $148.6 million, the IMF said. The IMF board also completed a first review of the Resilience and Sustainability Facility arrangement with Tanzania, allowing for …

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Motor racing-F1 governing body approves controversial statute changes

13 Dec 2024

KIGALI (Reuters) – Formula One’s governing body approved statute changes on Friday that critics say will limit the powers of audit and ethics committees. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said the revisions were approved at its general assembly in Kigali ahead of a gala awards ceremony for the year’s various championships in the Rwandan capital. …

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Suspected Darfur militia leader maintains his innocence at ICC war crimes trial

13 Dec 2024

THE HAGUE – A Sudanese man accused of ordering thousands of pro-government Janjaweed militia to carry out atrocities including murder and rape in Sudan’s Darfur region told judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday that they had the wrong man. In the first trial at the ICC looking at alleged atrocities in Darfur, prosecutors …

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Turkey can step in to resolve Sudan-UAE disputes, Erdogan tells Burhan

13 Dec 2024

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey can step in to resolve disputes between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, President Tayyip Erdogan told the head of Sudan’s sovereign council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in a phone call on Friday, the Turkish presidency said. The Sudanese army has repeatedly accused the UAE of providing weapons and support to the paramilitary …

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Court rules Namibia opposition parties can inspect election data

13 Dec 2024

WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Two Namibian opposition parties that are seeking to challenge the result of elections last month won a court order on Friday allowing them to inspect election materials they had requested to see. Namibia’s ruling party SWAPO won both the presidential and parliamentary elections on Nov. 27, extending its 34-year rule in the …

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China and Egypt agree on need to promote peace in Middle East

13 Dec 2024

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing agreed with Egypt that both nations should promote peace and negotiations to achieve stability in the Middle East, amid several crises in the region including Syria, according to a media pool report. Wang met his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty in Beijing on Friday. He said …

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Congo to get Japan’s mpox vaccine for children from next week, Africa CDC says

12 Dec 2024

DAKAR (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo should start to receive three million doses of mpox vaccine from Japan next week that can be used on children, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday. Vaccinations against the potentially deadly infection are under way in Congo, the epicentre of the …

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UAE flights flood airstrip UN says supplies weapons to Sudan rebels

12 Dec 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – Since civil war erupted in Sudan last year, dozens of cargo planes from the United Arab Emirates have landed at a small airstrip in Chad that some U.N. experts and diplomats suspect is being used to funnel arms across the border into the conflict, flight data and satellite images show. At least  86  flights …

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