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By Mahamat Ramadane N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s newly elected President Mahamat Idriss Deby was sworn in to succeed his late father on Thursday, after three years as an interim leader under military rule in the central African country. Deby seized power after rebels killed his father, long-standing President Idriss Deby, as he was visiting troops …

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By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – The controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda may never get off the ground, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that there would be no deportations before a national election in July. After taking office in October 2022, Sunak …

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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Kenyan President William Ruto will announce on Thursday investments in green energy and health manufacturing in the east African nation and a plan to reduce its debt burden, a senior U.S. administration official said. Ruto arrived in the U.S. on Wednesday as part of three-day …

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By Hatem Maher (Reuters) -Lebanon’s economic reforms are insufficient to help lift the country out of its economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday. Ernesto Ramirez Rigo, the head of the IMF mission visiting Lebanon, said in a statement that Lebanon’s ongoing refugee crisis, fighting with Israel at its Southern border and …

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By Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to designate Kenya as a major non-NATO ally during a three-day state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto this week, a source familiar with the plans said. Kenya would be the first sub-Saharan African country to receive the designation, …

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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said he plans to make an official visit to Africa in February after the U.S. presidential election, an announcement that presumed he will defeat Donald Trump. “I plan on going in February after I am reelected,” Biden said as he greeted Kenyan President William Ruto …

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TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court on Wednesday sentenced two journalists to one year in prison on charges of publishing false news that harms public security, a judicial official said, amid growing fears of a crackdown targeting all critical voices. Mourad Zghidi and Borhan Bsaiss, both journalists with IFM radio, were detained this month over political …

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Kinshasa (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s national assembly elected Vital Kamerhe, whose home was violently attacked on Sunday, as speaker in a delayed vote, a key step towards installing a government five months after a presidential election. The role of speaker makes Kamerhe, a close ally of President Felix Tshisekedi, the Central African …

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By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s small Muslim political party Al Jama-ah is gaining support due to the conflict in Gaza and sees itself as a potential coalition partner for the African National Congress after next week’s vote, its leader said on Wednesday. Solidarity with the Palestinians is a popular position in South …

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