(Reuters) – Senegal holds a delayed election on March 24 to elect a successor to President Macky Sall, who is stepping down after two terms. Below are some of the main issues influencing voters. LACK OF JOBS Successive administrations have struggled to curb youth unemployment – an increasingly urgent issue for its fast-growing population, more …
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By Aaron Ross NAIROBI (Reuters) -Just 11 days ago, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and Kenyan President William Ruto signed an agreement that Ruto said would fast-track a long-delayed deployment of Kenyan police officers to tackle spiralling violence in the Caribbean nation. On Tuesday, the Kenyan government did an about-face, announcing that it was pausing …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz DUBAI (Reuters) -Sudan’s army said it had taken control of the state broadcast headquarters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday in what would be its most significant advance against its paramilitary rival in nearly 11 months of war. The broadcast building lies in Omdurman, a city across the River Nile …
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By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped 61 people from a village in northern Kaduna state, days after nearly 300 students went missing in an attack by an armed gang, residents said on Tuesday. Armed groups, known locally as bandits, have wreaked havoc for years in northern Nigeria where they target …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Three Egyptian Coptic monks were killed in a “criminal assault” inside a Coptic monastery in South Africa, the Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt said on Tuesday, and South African police said they were investigating a triple murder. “Three monks were subjected to a criminal assault inside our Coptic monastery,” the spokesman for …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya has decided to pause its deployment of 1,000 police officers to lead an international security mission in Haiti following Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s announcement that he would tender his resignation, a senior Kenyan official said on Tuesday. “(Whether we deploy) is contingent on the ground situation, and the critical ground situation …
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RABAT (Reuters) – A shipment of humanitarian aid from Morocco for Palestinians in Gaza began entering the besieged enclave via a land route on Tuesday, the first time the Kerem Shalom border crossing from Israel has been used for aid in five months of warfare, a Moroccan diplomatic source said. The 40 tonnes of aid …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Angola’s President Joao Lourenco will visit China from March 14 to 17, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The ministry in a regular news conference said China’s President Xi will hold talks with Lourenco and there will be a signing ceremony of cooperation documents. Lourenco will also visit …
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By Garba Muhammad and Hamza Ibrahim KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian soldiers were on Monday hunting for armed kidnappers who seized nearly 300 school pupils in Kaduna state last week, a security source said, as distraught parents sought answers on when they would be reunited with their children. The source said the army’s Kaduna-based One …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Nineteen candidates are vying for the presidency in Senegal’s March 24 election and no clear front-runner has emerged to succeed outgoing President Macky Sall. For the first time in Senegalese history the incumbent is not in the running. Prominent candidates include former prime minister Amadou Ba, 62, the handpicked flagbearer for the …
