By Amina Ismail BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) -At least 12 migrants died on Tuesday after their boat capsized on its way across the Channel to Britain, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that rescue operations were underway to find two people still missing. Tackling illegal immigration has been a priority for both the British and …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed in last month’s Paris Olympics, has suffered burns to over 75% of her body after allegedly being doused with petrol by her boyfriend, local media reported on Monday. Cheptegei is in a critical condition in hospital in Eldoret, Kenya after the attack on Sunday afternoon, …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Six people wanted for murder and extortion were killed in a shootout with South African police in the city of Durban late on Monday, police said. The suspects, linked to a triple murder on Friday and the execution-style killing of four other people on Sunday, were shot dead after exchanging gunfire with …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said at least 129 people were killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa late on Sunday, adding that the situation was now under control. In a statement posted on X early on Tuesday, Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said a fire …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) -The United Nations Support Mission in Libya said it held talks in Tripoli on Monday to help resolve a central bank crisis that sparked a blockade of oil production and threatens the worst crisis in years for the major energy exporter. The standoff was triggered when Western factions moved last month to oust …
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(Reuters) – Congo’s eastern city of Goma held a memorial service on Monday for 200 victims of the conflict between the army and rebels that are waging a renewed insurgency in the vast central African country’s militia-plagued east. The time and circumstances of the killings were unclear. Authorities said all were direct or indirect victims …
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By Djaffar Al Katanty KAVUMU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Dozens of feverish patients lay on thin mattresses on the floor of a makeshift mpox isolation ward in east Democratic Republic of Congo, as overstretched hospital workers grappled with drug shortages and lack of space to accommodate the influx. Congo is the epicentre of …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, detained in Nigeria since February, made a fresh bail application on medical grounds on Monday but lawyers for the country’s economic crimes agency opposed the request. Binance and Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen, as well as the exchange’s British-Kenyan regional manager for Africa, Nadeem Anjarwalla, have …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told China’s Xi Jinping on Monday he wanted to narrow his country’s trade deficit with Beijing, days before the Chinese leader is due to urge a summit of 50 African nations to buy more Chinese goods. China, which has the world’s second-biggest economy, is South …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s electoral commission rejected on Monday an administrative court ruling reinstating three presidential election candidates, reinforcing opposition fears that the commission sought to favour incumbent leader Kais Saied. Defying the highest judicial body, the commission approved only the candidacies of President Saied and two others, Zouhair Magzhaoui and Ayachi Zammel, for the …
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