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DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) -Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, a daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of inciting violence during riots in 2021 in which more than 300 people were killed. The unrest broke out in July 2021 after Jacob Zuma was arrested for disobeying a court order to …

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BAMAKO (Reuters) -The African Union has called for an urgent international response, including intelligence-sharing, to address worsening security conditions in Mali, where insurgents are imposing a fuel blockade and kidnapping foreigners. An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group active in West Africa’s Sahel region has blocked fuel imports since September, attacking convoys of tankers and creating a …

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By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -South Africa showed all their world champions resilience, storming back from 14-6 down and the first-half sending-off of lock Lood de Jager to crush France 32-17 in a bruising Autumn international on Saturday. Down a man for the entire second half, the Springboks absorbed early pressure before overwhelming Les Bleus …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Police in Tanzania arrested a senior official from opposition party CHADEMA on Saturday and authorities named nine others being sought in relation to violent protests that followed last week’s elections. CHADEMA and some human rights activists say that security forces killed more than 1,000 people. The government has called those numbers exaggerated without …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday that no U.S. government official would attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa later this month, because of what he said were “human rights abuses” taking place in the country. South Africa’s foreign ministry described the decision as “regrettable” and repeated its …

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Sonia Rolley WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda said in a statement on Friday that they had agreed an economic pact in Washington, as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to implement a peace deal and spur Western investment in the region. Reuters earlier reported that technical teams from the …

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By Nafisa Eltahir AL-DABBA, Sudan (Reuters) -Civilians in al-Fashir were shot in the streets, targeted in drone strikes and crushed by trucks, witnesses to the first days of the RSF’s takeover described to Reuters, providing a glimpse into the violent capture of one of Sudan’s largest cities. The fall of al-Fashir on October 26 has …

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