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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroonian President Paul Biya secured approval from lawmakers on Tuesday to delay parliamentary and local elections until 2026, a move opposition parties fear could make it harder for them to mount a challenge in next year’s presidential election. Lawmakers in Biya’s Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement have a majority …

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CAIRO (Reuters) -Negotiations to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza war will resume in Doha on Wednesday, with the intelligence chiefs of Egypt, the United States, and Israel in attendance, Egypt’s state-affiliated Al-Qahera News TV and sources said on Tuesday. The Egyptian security delegation in Doha, led by intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, will be “on …

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KINSHASA (Reuters) – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo will pause its withdrawal, with no timeline set for the next phase following the initial one in June, the government and mission said. In September last year, President Felix Tshisekedi asked the mission to fast-track the withdrawal of peacekeepers who were deployed …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Ethiopian Premier Abiy Ahmed met Sudan’s army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday, becoming the first foreign leader to visit him in his war capital Port Sudan since the start of the conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Abiy, who was previously seen as closer to …

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By Mark John, Sumanta Sen and Anand Katakam (Reuters) – Elections are taking place this year in countries home to almost half of the world’s population, from Taiwan’s general election in January to the U.S. presidential race in November. The votes come amid growing economic and geopolitical strife, with the Ukraine war, conflicts in the …

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