By Daphne Psaledakis, Simon Lewis and Nafisa Eltahir WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States is eyeing April 18 for a possible resumption of peace talks on Sudan in Saudi Arabia, U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello said on Tuesday, as Washington seeks a resolution to the conflict that has displaced millions and caused the …
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By Portia Crowe and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a political newcomer popular among disaffected youth, promised on Monday to govern with humility and transparency. Faye, set to be declared the next president after his main rival called him to concede defeat, thanked President Macky Sall and other candidates …
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MONROVIA (Reuters) – Several people have been killed in Liberia in an accident at an abandoned gold mine, the West African country’s mines minister said on Tuesday. Minister Wilmot Paye said on Tuesday seven people died in Monday night’s incident, but acknowledged the authorities could not yet provide an exact death toll until a team …
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LOME (Reuters) – Togo has adopted a new constitution that lengthens presidential terms by one year while limiting the number of terms to one, which will likely allow President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his 19-year rule by a year longer than previously expected. The presidency of the tiny phosphate-producing country on the West African coast …
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By Ope Adetayo LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Defence Chief General Chris Musa said on Monday the military was being fed bad intelligence by informants, hampering the fight against armed kidnapping gangs who continue to abduct students and residents in the north of the country. The military announced on Sunday that it had rescued 137 students …
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By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Wrapped in orange headscarves and blue school uniforms, over 100 Nigerian students and staff who were kidnapped this month arrived at the local government building in the country’s north on Monday, a day after they were freed by the army. “There are here 131 students, six others are …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s oil and gas minister in the Government of National Unity has been temporarily suspended from work, a state institution said on Monday, citing a legal investigation. The Administrative Control Agency (ACA) said on its verified Facebook page that its head Abdullah Qadirbuh issued the suspension decision against the oil and gas …
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By Bate Felix and Portia Crowe DAKAR (Reuters) – Just a few months ago, the man set to be Senegal’s next president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was sitting in a prison cell, a relatively unknown figure outside his opposition party Pastef. Everything changed for him when the party’s firebrand leader, Ousmane Sonko, who was also detained, …
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By Bate Felix and Alessandra Prentice DAKAR (Reuters) – For all the drama and the sometimes violent protests in the run-up to Senegal’s presidential election, the former French colony looked set for a peaceful transition of power on Monday – a welcome boost for democracy in coup-prone West Africa. Sunday’s vote, which was delayed from …
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By Ope Adetayo LAGOS (Reuters) – At a warehouse in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, dozens of women patiently wait their turn to receive food handouts. Among them is 68-year-old widow Damilola Salami, who received an invitation to the facility just as she had almost run out of food. The Lagos Food Bank is a crucial …
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