By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will make a push of more than a hundred million in additional funding to respond to the conflict in Sudan as Washington seeks to spur international response at a donor conference on the humanitarian crisis this month, the U.S. Special Envoy to the North African country said on …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz, Parisa Hafezi, Aidan Lewis (Reuters) -A year into Sudan’s civil war, Iranian-made armed drones have helped the army turn the tide of the conflict, halting the progress of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Force and regaining territory around the capital, a senior army source told Reuters. Six Iranian sources, regional officials and …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Nigeria’s health regulator is recalling a batch of Johnson & Johnson children’s cough syrup after finding an unacceptably high level of a potentially fatal toxic substance, it said on Wednesday. Laboratory tests on Benylin Paediatric showed a high level of diethylene glycol, which has been linked to the deaths of dozens of …
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By Duncan Miriri AMBOSELI, Kenya (Reuters) – In the rolling grasslands of the Amboseli wildlife park, conservationists fret about an emerging threat to Kenyan elephants that are crucial to its tourism business: licensed hunters across the border in Tanzania. The two East African neighbours manage elephant herds differently. Tanzania issues some trophy hunting licences to …
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By Christophe Van Der Perre TULA, Kenya (Reuters) – Passengers on a bus that was swept downstream by floodwater on Tuesday in Kenya’s east clung to ropes as they crossed rapids to get to safety. All 51 people aboard the Nairobi-bound bus escaped after the vehicle failed to make it across a river swollen by …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Rwandan President Paul Kagame are looking forward to the first flights under Britain’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda departing in the spring, a readout of their meeting said on Tuesday. Sunak wants to relocate thousands of asylum seekers who arrive in Britain on small …
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MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberia’s senate on Tuesday backed the establishment of a war crimes court meant to bring overdue justice to victims of serious abuses committed during the West African country’s two civil wars. President Joseph Boakai proposed the resolution, which lawmakers backed during a vote in Liberia’s lower house last month. It passed a …
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By Nette Noestlinger BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Last year’s coup in Niger could bring about a surge in irregular arrivals to the European Union, Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Tuesday, the eve of a key vote on overhauling the bloc’s migration rules ahead of a June election. The military junta that seized power in …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The world just experienced its warmest March on record, capping a 10-month streak in which every month set a new temperature record, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service said on Tuesday. Each of the last 10 months ranked as the world’s hottest on record, compared with the corresponding …
DUBAI (Reuters) – Drones hit the Sudanese city of al-Gadaref on Tuesday, eyewitnesses and the local governor said, bringing the country’s devastating war to a calm farming state where almost half a million displaced people have taken refuge. Gadaref is the capital of al-Gadaref State that has remained under military control as the war between …
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