BISSAU (Reuters) -A group of senior officers of Guinea-Bissau’s army have been arrested on accusations of attempting a coup, deputy chief of staff of the armed forces Mamadou Kourouma said on Friday. Coups and unrest have been common in the West African country since independence from Portugal in 1974. General Dahaba Na Walna, Commanders Domingos …
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(Corrects to change attribution in paragraphs 6-7.) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called for a strong response from President Donald Trump’s administration after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized new territory in Sudan, reportedly attacking civilians. Republican Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday issued a travel advisory warning U.S. citizens against traveling to Niger, citing crime, unrest, terrorism, health and kidnapping. The State Department advisory follows the kidnapping last week of an American missionary in Niger’s capital Niamey. It warns Americans not to travel to Niger for any reason and says …
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(Corrects paragraph 10 of October 30 story to say that Islamic State-affiliated militants released the truck drivers, not JNIM) BAMAKO (Reuters) -A deal has been reached to free two citizens of the United Arab Emirates who were kidnapped in Mali by al Qaeda-linked insurgents, with the group getting a hefty ransom payment in return, four …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -Cameroon opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary said on Friday he had been escorted to a secure location by soldiers loyal to him for his protection, a move that could signal a split within the army following a disputed election. Tchiroma had been holed up in his house in the northern city of Garoua …
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(Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that 17 countries in Africa have experienced ongoing active transmission of mpox over the past six weeks, with 2,862 confirmed cases, including 17 deaths between September 14 and October 19. WHO also said that Malaysia, Namibia, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain have detected the Clade Ib …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights office said on Friday it has received reports that at least 10 people have been killed by security forces during protests following a general election earlier this week. “We are alarmed by the deaths and injuries that have occurred in the ongoing election-related protests in Tanzania. Reports we have …
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(Reuters) -Police in Tanzania fired tear gas and gunshots on Thursday to disperse groups of protesters who returned to the streets a day after a general election marred by violent demonstrations, witnesses said. Protests broke out in commercial capital Dar es Salaam and other cities during the vote on Wednesday over the exclusion of President …
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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Mozambique’s government may have counter-arguments to the updated budget and schedule proposed by TotalEnergies for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project it is leading in the Southern African country, President Daniel Chapo said. The French oil major told Mozambique’s president last week that the Mozambique LNG consortium estimated its …
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By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) -Kenya’s anti-doping agency ADAK will move onto WADA’s watch list in an easing of the non-compliant status announced last month, the world’s body’s director general Olivier Niggli said on Thursday. ADAK was warned in September of serious consequences unless the East African nation addressed critical requirements following an audit carried …
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