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Critic of Tunisian president jailed over ‘racist country’ comment, lawyer says

24 Oct 2024

TUNIS (Reuters) -Sonia Dahmani, a prominent Tunisian lawyer and critic of President Kais Saied, was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday on charges of insulting her country, her lawyer said. The conviction related to comments on local radio this year when she called Tunisia a racist country, lawyer Sami Ben Ghazi told Reuters. …

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US targets Sudan weapons procurement director with sanctions, Treasury says

24 Oct 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday against Mirghani Idris Suleiman, a leading figure in the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) efforts to get weapons for the war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Treasury Department said in a statement. As director of Defense Industries Systems (DIS), the Sudanese army’s primary weapons …

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Factbox-Who is running for president in Botswana’s election?

24 Oct 2024

By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Botswana holds a national election on Oct. 30, with President Mokgweetsi Masisi favourite to win a second term against three challengers in a nation his Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has governed since independence from Britain in 1966.  Voters elect National Assembly members, who then pick the president. Here are …

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Exclusive-Plane downed in Darfur with suspected Russian crew was supplying army, rivals say

24 Oct 2024

By Khalid Abdelaziz, Reade Levinson and Filipp Lebedev DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – A plane downed in Sudan’s North Darfur state had Russian crew members and was being used by the army to resupply the besieged city of al-Fashir, according to the opposing faction and documents it said were found in the wreckage.   The incident offers a …

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Nigeria’s Tinubu names seven ministers, sacks five in cabinet reshuffle

23 Oct 2024

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has reshuffled his 45-member cabinet, naming seven new ministers, sacking five and reassigning 10 others to new portfolios, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. The ministers of finance, defence, national planning and two junior energy ministers all retained their positions. The reshuffle includes renaming the Ministry of …

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Exclusive-BRICS is for the fairies until China and India get serious, ‘Mr BRICS’ says

23 Oct 2024

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – The idea of the BRICS group ever challenging the U.S. dollar is for the fairies as long as China and India remain so divided and refuse to cooperate on trade, the former Goldman Sachs economist who came up with the BRIC acronym told Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin is …

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Climate change worsened rains in flood-hit African regions, scientists say

23 Oct 2024

(Reuters) – Devastating rains that triggered deadly floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan in recent months were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists said on Wednesday. Global warming made the seasonal downpours this year about 5-20% more intense across the Niger and Lake Chad basins, said World Weather Attribution …

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African progress backslides as coups and war persist

23 Oct 2024

By Libby George LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly half of Africa’s citizens live in a country where governance has worsened over the past decade, as deteriorating security erodes progress, according to a new report. The annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance report found that despite positive progress in 33 countries, overall governance was worse in 2023 …

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Drone attack in northern Mali kills at least 8, Tuareg rebels say

22 Oct 2024

(Reuters) – At least eight people including children were killed and 20 injured in a drone strike at a fair in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region, Tuareg rebels said on Tuesday. The rebel coalition known as the Permanent Strategic Framework for the Defence of the People of Azawad (CSP-DPA) said in a statement on Monday that …

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