By Yassin Kombi (Reuters) – More than 40 people have been killed over the last week in a flare-up of violence between two feuding communities in western Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese army and local authorities said. The bloodshed is among the most significant for the Teke and Yaka groups since the brokering of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – There were around 11 million more cases of malaria in 2023 than in 2022, up to an estimated 263 million, according to a new World Health Organization report, marking another year of negligible progress against the age-old killer. There were 597,000 deaths, a similar total to 2022, the vast majority among African …
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THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor told judges on Wednesday that the suspect in the first trial examining war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region two decades ago was a feared militia leader who enthusiastically ordered atrocities including murder, rape and pillaging. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, who is charged with overseeing thousands of …
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MADRID (Reuters) – At least six migrants have died trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands using precarious boats from West Africa, the emergency services and the Red Cross said on Wednesday. Five of 65 migrants aboard an open-topped boat that reached the tiny island of El Hierro overnight were found dead, said the emergency services, …
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By Camillus Eboh PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers state will provide six gunboats to the navy for patrols as part of efforts to help combat oil theft, which has plagued the region, its governor said on Wednesday. Rampant oil theft from pipelines and wells has crippled Nigeria’s oil industry in recent years, …
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VIENNA (Reuters) – Human trafficking has risen sharply due to conflicts, climate-induced disasters and global crises, according to a United Nations report published on Wednesday. In 2022, the latest year for which data is widely available, the number of known victims worldwide rose to 25% above 2019’s pre-pandemic levels, the United Nations Office on Drugs …
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CAIRO/DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) -At least 127 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said. The 20-month-old war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been turning increasingly bloody as ceasefire efforts have stalled, and crises elsewhere have …
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By Catarina Demony and Ben Makori CRAWLEY, England (Reuters) – Chagossians living in Britain said fresh doubts over a deal to hand sovereignty of their islands to Mauritius had given them a “last chance” to demand a rethink, and pledged to protest at the British parliament to make their voices heard. Britain struck a deal …
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PARIS (Reuters) -France has started the withdrawal of its military from Chad with the departure of two warplanes that were based in the capital N’Djamena, the French army said, two weeks after Chad said it was ending its defence cooperation pact with Paris. In a surprise move, the government of Chad – an ally of …
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ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – A wall collapsed at an illegal gold mine in northern Kenya, killing five people and leaving around 15 others missing, a local government official said on Tuesday. The bodies of five miners were recovered from the Hillo artisanal mine, said Ibrahim Dube, an administrator in Moyale sub county. The mine has …
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