LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Thursday they had arrested an additional individual over the deaths of five migrants, including a child, who died attempting to cross the Channel from France on a small boat earlier this week. The deaths occurred when a boat carrying 112 people set out to cross one of the …
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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s government has advised lawmakers against banning TikTok over concerns about content shared on the platform, and instead recommended stricter oversight by regulators. A panel in parliament has been considering a petition from a Kenyan citizen to ban the Chinese-owned platform. The recommendation follows accusations from the interior ministry …
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By Sai Ishwarbharath B and Haripriya Suresh MADURAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian engineer B. Ramachandran now prefers living in the smaller cities than the major tech hubs of Bengaluru and Chennai. After the pandemic, the 47-year-old moved to Madurai, a temple town in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. He has no plans to leave his …
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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Niger’s junta asked the U.S. to withdraw military personnel from the country over disagreements with Washington on issues including progress on the country’s transition to democratic rule, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. The United States has said discussions have begun on the withdrawal of forces from Niger, which until …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s military will extend the deployment of its troops in conflict-hit Mozambique and Democratic Republic of Congo, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement on Wednesday. The extension, for an unspecified amount of time, will keep 1,198 personnel of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in eastern Congo, where they …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday called on all armed forces in Sudan to immediately cease attacks in al-Fashir, North Darfur, as Sudan’s army battles the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for control of the vast north African country. In a statement, the U.S. State Department said it was “alarmed by indications of …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian coast guard recovered 14 bodies of migrants off the coast of Djerba, a judicial official told Reuters on Wednesday, raising the number of migrants died off Tunisia coasts in the last two days, amid a sharp increase of migrant boats heading towards Italy. On Tuesday, the coast guard recovered also 22 …
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BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Republic of the Congo has declared an epidemic of mpox after 19 cases were confirmed across five departments, including the capital Brazzaville. No deaths have yet been recorded, Health Minister Gilbert Mokoki said in a statement on Tuesday. He called on the public to take precautions including avoiding close contact with suspected …
LONDON (Reuters) -British police said on Wednesday they had arrested three men over the deaths of five migrants including a child who died attempting to cross the Channel from France the day before. The deaths occurred when a small overcrowded boat carrying 112 people set out to cross one of the busiest shipping lanes in …
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By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese authorities are holding up United Nations fuel tankers over a tax dispute, jeopardising the delivery of millions of dollars of aid during a humanitarian crisis, the U.N. mission there said. The trucks were held up at depots and the Ugandan border on Wednesday despite assurances from …
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