(Reuters) -Burkina Faso’s military leader Ibrahim Traore appeared on national TV on Thursday to deny reports of mutiny within the army following an attack by al Qaeda-linked insurgents that killed over 100 soldiers near the border with Niger. Commenting for the first time since the assault, Traore did not address a claim of responsibility by …
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BLANTYRE (Reuters) – Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera appointed Michael Usi as his vice president on Thursday, after the previous vice president was killed in an airplane crash last week. Former Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others were killed when the military plane they were travelling in crashed in a forest on June 10. Chilima …
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By Monicah Mwangi and Jefferson Kahinju NAIROBI (Reuters) -Riot police in Nairobi fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of demonstrators on Thursday as coordinated marches took place across Kenya against government plans to raise $2.7 billion in additional taxes. Late into the protest on Thursday, officers fired tear gas to disperse protesters …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt formed a crisis unit on Thursday to investigate the deaths of Egyptians taking part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca during extreme heat, after medical and security sources said at least 530 Egyptians had died and 31 were missing. In recent days hundreds of people from different countries have died in …
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By Abdi Sheikh, Aaron Ross and Giulia Paravicini MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia’s government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum, documents seen by Reuters show, with neighbouring countries fretting that resurgent al Shabaab militants could seize power. The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), a peacekeeping …
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N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed and more than 46 injured in blasts caused by a fire at a military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital on Tuesday night, health minister Abdelmadjid Abderahim said. The death toll could rise as many people suffered serious injuries, Abderahim told reporters on Wednesday. The explosions lit …
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By Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) suspended on Thursday a newly sworn-in member of parliament after an old video of him calling for the killing of Black people resurfaced on social media. A snippet of a video resurfaced on social media platforms on Wednesday, where a young Renaldo Gouws, who …
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By Siyabonga Sishi and Thando Hlophe PRETORIA (Reuters) -A weakened South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday that his new multi-party government would work to improve basic living conditions for all citizens as he was sworn in for a second term in office. Ramaphosa’s African National Congress will be sharing power with five other …
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By Yassin Kombi BUTEMBO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – At least five people, including three women and a girl, were killed in the bombardment of a town in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province on Wednesday, an army spokesperson said, accusing the M23 rebel group of the attack. The deaths illustrate the worsening civilian fallout …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu is willing to negotiate with the Nigerian government over his continued detention and trial on terrorism charges, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Kanu, a British citizen who leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, was first arrested in 2015 but disappeared from Nigeria …
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