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CAIRO (Reuters) – Talks on ending the Gaza conflict have made progress on the issues of hostage releases and withdrawal of Israeli forces, but security arrangements and ceasefire guarantees are still being worked on, two Egyptian security sources said on Thursday. Long-running negotiations involving Israeli, U.S., Egyptian and Qatari officials about a proposal for a …

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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan human rights advocates on Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against a ruling by a lower court that upheld a draconian anti-homosexuality law which includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts. An April ruling by the country’s constitutional court declined to void Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), a move …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked the country’s finance minister who was just four months into the job, state-owned television reported, the sixth replacement in the post since 2020. Kiir gave no reason for firing Awow Daniel Chuong, who was appointed in mid March this year, the report said late on …

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KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected to cruise to a fourth term in office in an election on Monday against two opposition candidates who were cleared to run against him but have only modest expectations. Kagame, 66, helped lead the rebel movement that ended the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and has served …

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By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) – Charlie, the only horse owned by the Egyptian modern pentathlon federation for training purposes, will be out of a job after the Paris Olympics but his country’s future medal prospects may be all the brighter for it. The five-discipline sport is preparing for a major shift, with the equestrian …

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