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By Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) -Rival Sudanese political factions formally attended reconciliation talks in Cairo on Saturday, the first since a conflict in the country began almost 15 months ago, but admitted there was little prospect of quickly ending the war. During the conference the Democratic Bloc, which is aligned with the army, refused to …

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TUNIS (Reuters) – Sonia Dahmani, a prominent Tunisian lawyer known for her criticism of President Kais Saied, has been sentenced to one year in prison, her legal representative said on Saturday. The court ruling reinforces opposition concerns that critical voices will continue to be targeted ahead of a presidential election on Oct. 6 ‮”‬The one-year …

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By Andrew MacAskill and Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday he would scrap a controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda in his first major policy announcement since winning a landslide election victory. The previous Conservative government first announced the plan in 2022 …

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By Yassin Kombi BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Two more solders have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo after they fled battles in conflict-torn North Kivu province, a military court said on Friday. Congo’s army has been fighting the Rwanda-backed M23 insurgency for more than two years, as well …

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By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday proposed spending cuts and additional borrowing in roughly equal measure to fill a nearly $2.7 billion budget hole caused by his withdrawal of planned tax hikes in the face of nationwide protests. Ruto scrapped the finance bill containing the tax increases in response to …

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By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) – Two U.S. citizens on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo over their role in an attempted coup in May, told a court on Friday that they were threatened by the coup leader to either join or be killed. Armed men briefly occupied an office of the presidency in …

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