HARARE (Reuters) – Human rights groups condemned a decision by the Zimbabwean High Court on Wednesday to uphold a lower court’s ruling denying bail to an opposition party leader and 78 activists, who were arrested last month. Jameson Timba, who took over as party leader at Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) after Nelson Chamisa quit …
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(Reuters) – A humanitarian truce in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been extended by 15 days until 11.59 p.m. local time on Aug. 3, the White House said on Wednesday, amid efforts to end the conflict between government troops and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. North Kivu province has been battling the M23 insurgency for …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s armed forces have ordered an investigation into a video showing a man in Malian military uniform cutting into a corpse in front of his peers, the army chief said in a statement on Wednesday, describing it as a “rare atrocity” akin to cannibalism. It added that the act did not align …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Egypt will halt load-shedding power cuts during the summer as of Sunday, after some natural gas shipments arrived, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday, in a bid to end a crisis that inconvenienced a population of 106 million. The North African country has been grappling with power shortages as high cooling demand …
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By Ahmed Elumami and Tarek Amara TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Tunisia’s prime minister urged European countries on Wednesday to increase financial assistance to his country and others to help tackle the flow of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Tunisia has faced protests by local residents and extra financial costs over migrants arriving from other countries in the …
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By Djaffar Al Katanty and Sonia Rolley KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Under the denuded slopes of Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, traders in Kibati town bartered over sacks of charcoal, a product of deforestation that an ongoing conflict has pushed to unprecedented levels, the United Nations says. Motorbikes …
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African retail sales rose 0.8% year on year in May after rising by a revised 0.7% in April, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday. Sales fell 0.7% month on month in May after increasing by 0.5% in April. (Reporting by Tannur Anders; Editing by Alexander Winning)
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – A salvage team hopes to take advantage of a respite in the stormy weather that has lashed Cape Town’s coast to start pumping 500 tons of fuel off a ship that ran aground last week on South Africa’s west coast, authorities said on Wednesday. The Panama-flagged “Ultra Galaxy” floundered close to …
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ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – At least five people were killed and several others injured when an informal gold mine caved in and buried them alive in northern Kenya, a local official said. Authorities closed the Hillo subsistence gold mine near the Ethiopian border in March after several people were killed in clashes between local communities …
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By Thomas Mukoya and Monicah Mwangi NAIROBI (Reuters) -At least one person was killed in renewed anti-government protests across Kenya on Tuesday, a Reuters reporter said, as police clashed with demonstrators demanding that President William Ruto step down. Youth-led protests that broke out a month ago against proposed tax hikes have continued even after Ruto …
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