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Kenya’s military chief among 10 people killed in helicopter crash

18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2024

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s military chief, General Francis Ogolla, was among 10 people killed when their military helicopter crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday, President William Ruto announced. The aircraft, which had been on a visit to troops deployed in northwest Kenya to combat endemic cattle-rustling, came down just minutes after leaving Cheptulel Boys Secondary School …

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LGBT Ghanaians await court ruling on restrictive new law

18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2024

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) -Members of Ghana’s LGBT community and activists are waiting to see whether the West African country’s president will sign into law a bill that would further restrict their rights and likely worsen the persecution many face. Kwame, a gay man who spoke to Reuters on the condition his real …

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Deadly heat in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come, says report

18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2024

By Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou NIAMEY (Reuters) – On a hospital bed in Niger, a 96-year-old woman lay motionless attached to a drip – one of thousands of possible victims of West Africa’s worst heatwave in living memory, which a report said on Thursday was linked to fossil fuel-driven climate change. In late March …

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Man named Vote will cast ballot for change in South Africa

18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2024

By James Oatway and Thando Hlophe LILLYDALE, South Africa (Reuters) – When Mariana Ubisi went into labour in her one-room home in rural South Africa, millions of Black citizens were queuing to vote in the election that would bring Nelson Mandela to power. It was April 27, 1994. Swept up in the excitement, Ubisi and …

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Burkina Faso expels three French diplomats for ‘subversive activities’

18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2024

(Reuters) -Burkina Faso’s military government has expelled three French diplomats for alleged subversive activities, the Burkina foreign ministry said in a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. The French foreign ministry rejected the allegation and said it regretted the decision to expel its diplomats and staff. “We reject the unfounded accusations made by the Burkina …

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France rejects accusations made by Burkina Faso against embassy staff – statement

18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2024

PARIS (Reuters) – The French foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday it regretted Burkina Faso’s decision to expel French diplomats and staff, some of whom were assigned to the French embassy in Burkina Faso. “We reject the unfounded accusations made by the Burkina Faso authorities against our staff,” it added. Burkina Faso’s military …

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UK’s Rwanda asylum plan to be debated on April 22

18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2024

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will be debated on Monday April 22 in the House of Commons, the government said on Thursday, setting the date for what it hopes will be the last stage in a protracted parliamentary battle over the scheme. On Wednesday, Britain’s House of Lords rejected for …

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Tunisia jails journalist Mohamed Boughalleb for six months

18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2024

TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court on Wednesday sentenced prominent journalist Mohamed Boughalleb, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, to six months in prison on charges of insulting a public official, his lawyer told Reuters. “It is a black day for the judiciary and freedom of the press. It is a message to journalists: Be …

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Gunmen kill three in Benin border attack

17 Apr 2024 17 Apr 2024

COTONOU (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen attacked a border crossing in northern Benin and killed three people and wounded one late on Tuesday, Malanville Mayor Gado Guidami said on Wednesday. The attack took place at a customs post near the Niger border around midnight, he said without giving any details on the motive of the attack. …

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Nigerian judge to rule on separatist leader’s bail next month

17 Apr 2024 17 Apr 2024

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian judge will rule next month if separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu’s bail should be reinstated, the judge said on Wednesday, after the court last month denied a fresh application and ordered that he face a speedy trial on terrorism charges. Kanu, a British citizen who leads the banned …

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