ACCRA (Reuters) – A high court in Ghana has dismissed a legal challenge to President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision not to act immediately on an anti-LGBTQ bill passed by parliament in February, it ruled on Monday. Lawmakers who unanimously passed legislation that would intensify a crackdown on LGBTQ rights in the West African nation have been …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has decided to restrict its visa provisions for Ethiopian nationals due to a lack of co-operation from Ethiopia’s government over repatriating those who stay illegally, the EU Council said on Monday. The move comes as European governments try to tackle the problem of refugees leaving war-torn countries in Africa …
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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – African leaders on Monday called for rich countries to commit record contributions to a low-interest World Bank facility for developing nations that they rely on to help fund their development and combat climate change. Donors will make their cash pledges to the International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A roadside explosion killed six Hormuud Telecom employees on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, the company said. Hormuud Telecom said in a statement that its employees were killed in a “roadside bomb attack” in the Garasbaley district. No one has claimed responsibility. Al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab …
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(Reuters) -Burkina Faso has suspended a number of Western and African media over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, its communications authority said on Sunday. The move follows similar suspensions of BBC Africa and the U.S.-funded Voice of America for reporting on the HRW investigation that …
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By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 23 members of Nigeria’s civilian joint task force were killed on Saturday in separate attacks by militants and an armed kidnapping gang in the north, two officials from the force said on Sunday. In northeast Borno state, the heartland of an Islamist insurgency, suspected Islamic State …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Saturday expressed its “deep concern” over an imminent attack on al-Fashir in Sudan’s North Darfur region by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). War erupted in Sudan one year ago between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF, creating the world’s largest displacement crisis. Al-Fashir is the …
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By Pulcherie Adjoha COTONOU (Reuters) – Police in Benin fired tear gas to break up a protest over the cost of living called by trade unions and they arrested several senior union figures on Saturday, witnesses and union officials said. Armed police blocked access to the labour council in the commercial capital Cotonou, surrounding the …
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By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s Energy Minister Kanja Sesay resigned on Friday over a weeks-long electricity crisis, the same day the government announced it had paid some of the tens of millions of dollars it owed to energy providers. In his resignation letter on Friday, Sesay said he took full responsibility for …
(Reuters) -Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the U.S-funded Voice of America (VOA) for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, authorities said late on Thursday. In the report based on its own investigation, the rights watchdog said the …
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