By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) – South African singer-songwriter Tyla releases her self-titled debut album on Friday, fresh off her win at the Grammy Awards last month. The 22-year-old found success last year, reaching the top 10 on the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and top 5 in Britain with amapiano hit “Water”, a …
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By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -The Nigerian army on Sunday rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country’s north earlier this month, the military said, days before the deadline for a ransom payment. School officials and residents had said 287 students were taken on March 7 in …
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Southern African regional leaders on Saturday reiterated their commitment to their peacekeeping mission in restive eastern Congo and condemned a letter of protest by Rwanda written last month opposing United Nations support for the mission. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) deployed its Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) on …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on Niger’s army that it said had killed 30 soldiers on Wednesday. The group said in a statement carried by its AMAQ news agency and posted on its Telegram channel that the soldiers were killed in an ambush on a convoy near …
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N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s Constitutional Council on Sunday cleared 10 candidates for this year’s long-awaited presidential election, including interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby and the country’s recently-appointed prime minister. The central African nation is scheduled to hold the first round of a presidential election in May as part of a transition back to democracy from …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least 17 people were killed in Somalia on Saturday after Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a military base. The Busley base, in the Lower Shabelle region in the country’s southwest, was briefly occupied by the attackers, security officials and the group said. Armed fighters from al Shabaab battled their way to …
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By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian navy handed over 35 Somali pirates to the police in Mumbai on Saturday, after 100 days of anti-piracy operations east of the Red Sea, where piracy has resurfaced for the first time in nearly a decade. India, the largest national force in the Gulf of Aden …
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KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s army has rescued 17 students and a woman who were kidnapped in a dawn raid by armed men two weeks ago in northwest Sokoto state, the state governor said on Saturday. The attack at Tsangaya school on March 9 came two days after the mass abduction of schoolchildren in Kaduna, …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -The Tunisia public prosecutor detained prominent journalist Mohamed Boughalleb on Friday on suspicion of insulting a public official, which the journalists union said was aimed at silencing the voices of journalists. The detention of Boughalleb, who has been a critic of President Kais Saied, reinforces activists’ fears that the government …
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By Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) – The presidential candidate for Senegal’s ruling coalition, former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, warned on Friday that an opponent’s proposal to introduce a national currency could discourage investors, a prospect the country could not afford. “Raising the debate around currency right now causes jitters among investors. Tomorrow, investors are going …
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