By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI – Ethiopian police have arrested a French journalist on suspicion of “conspiracy to create chaos”, his employer said on Monday. Antoine Galindo was arrested last Thursday while on assignment in the capital Addis Ababa, the Africa Intelligence publication said in a statement. It said a judge on Saturday prolonged Galindo’s detention …
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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has approved the immediate resumption of cash transfers to 12 million vulnerable households, Minister of Finance Wale Edun said on Monday, amid a cost-of-living crisis and calls by labour unions to cushion hardship caused by reforms. President Bola Tinubu scrapped a popular but costly fuel subsidy last May …
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CONAKRY (Reuters) -Workers started a national strike in Guinea on Monday, shutting businesses and disrupting operations across the mining sector as they demanded higher wages, the lifting of web restrictions and the release a detained trade union leader. Streets were largely empty, banks closed and normally bustling markets deserted in the West African country’s capital …
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BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Gunmen from the Red Tabara rebel group killed nine people and injured others in an overnight attack in western Burundi near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, a government spokesperson told reporters on Monday. Red Tabara has been fighting Burundi’s government from bases in Congo since 2015. In a post on …
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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – The West African regional bloc said on Saturday it would lift strict sanctions on Niger as it seeks a new strategy to dissuade three junta-led states from withdrawing from the political and economic union – a move that threatens regional integration. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African …
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By Villen Anganan PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Mauritius stopped a ship belonging to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings from docking at its ports due to what it said was a health risk and took samples from about 15 passengers who were in isolation on board, its port authority said on Sunday. The Norwegian Dawn had been scheduled …
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By Nyasha Nyaungwa WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia’s late president Hage Geingob, who died in hospital on Feb. 4, weeks after being diagnosed with cancer, was buried at the Heroes Acre on Sunday with thousands of mourners, including 25 heads of state and former presidents in attendance. The burial was on the outskirts of Windhoek following …
TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian court sentenced on Saturday prominent opposition figure Jawher Ben Mbarek to six months in prison after he criticised the 2022 parliamentary election, his lawyer and sister Dalila Ben Mbarek said. Ben Mbarek, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and senior member of the Salvation Front opposition coalition, was detained …
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DURBAN (Reuters) – South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that his party, the African National Congress(ANC), would build on the successes of the last three decades and work to resolve the country’s challenges of high unemployment, crime and poverty should it win decisively at the polls. Ramaphosa outlined his party’s six priority areas at …
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By Giulia Paravicini MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said his country would “defend itself” if Ethiopia goes ahead with a deal to set up a naval base in the breakaway region of Somaliland and possibly recognise the territory as an independent state. Landlocked Ethiopia agreed a memorandum of understanding on Jan. 1 …
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