By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Advocates hope the new legislation will better protect girls in Sierra Leone, around a third of whom are married before they turn 18, increasing …
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NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – Three protesters have died in detention in Mauritania, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, after security forces made mass arrests in the town of Kaedi to contain unrest in the wake of the West African country’s presidential election. The ministry said protests turned violent in the southern town near the border with …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt is expected to change its foreign, finance, petroleum, electricity and supply ministers in a long-awaited cabinet overhaul, with Ahmed Kouchouk promoted to lead the finance ministry, state TV said on Tuesday. Kouchouk was serving as a deputy to Mohamed Maait, who as finance minister since 2018 played a central role in Egypt’s …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italian authorities intercepted and seized two Chinese-made military drones that were destined for Libya and disguised as wind turbine equipment, Italy’s customs police and customs agency said on Tuesday. The disassembled drones were found in six containers at the port of Gioia Tauro in the southern region of Calabria, concealed among replicas …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday it is expanding its Sudan aid plan to Libya and Uganda, after a surge in arrivals in those countries of people fleeing the 14-month-old Sudanese civil war. Sudan is already the world’s worst displacement crisis with some 12 million forced to flee their …
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By Yassin Kombi BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group’s advance into strategically important new territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has led to fresh clashes and food price rises as people flee, two officials and local residents told Reuters. After weeks of fighting, the rebels entered Lubero territory …
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LUSAKA (Reuters) – The World Bank has approved a $208 million grant for Zambia to help address the social and economic impact of drought that has hit the southern African nation, its finance ministry said on Tuesday. Southern Africa is enduring its worst drought in years, owing to a combination of naturally occurring El Nino …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan protesters took to the streets again on Tuesday demanding the resignation of President William Ruto, despite his U-turn on the proposed tax hikes that initially triggered the unrest. Ruto is contending with the most serious threat to his two-year-old presidency as the youth-led movement escalates from online criticism of the tax …
DAKAR (Reuters) – Two employees of Britain-based aid agency Tearfund have been killed in an attack on their convoy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the charity said on Monday. The workers had travelled by road from the town of Lubero to Butembo city in conflict-torn North Kivu province when they were attacked on arrival …
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By Giulia Paravicini and Tuvan Gumrukcu (Reuters) -Turkey has begun mediating talks between Somalia and Ethiopia over a port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland earlier this year, Ankara and four officials familiar with the matter said. The negotiations are the latest attempt to mend diplomatic ties between the East African …
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