DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Tuesday published an amended list of candidates for a presidential election delayed from Feb. 25 to a yet undecided date, removing just one candidate from the initial list because she withdrew her application. The council last week overturned a bill that delayed the vote to December – a …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s defense chief General Christopher Musa said on Tuesday that reports into a military drone attack that killed at least 85 civilians in northern Kaduna state in December will be released by the end of the month. President Bola Tinubu ordered a thorough investigation following the attack, which had …
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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) – South Africa on Tuesday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue a non-binding legal opinion that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal, arguing it would help efforts to reach a settlement. Representatives of South Africa opened the second day of hearings at …
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By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) – Violent clashes have escalated between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s army and Rwandan-backed M23 Tutsi-led rebels in eastern Congo, killing scores and displacing hundreds of thousands. The fighting, in a war that has lasted decades, has increased the risk of an all-out conflict between Congo and Rwanda that could …
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By Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – An intensifying conflict between Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army and the Tutsi-led M23 rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has disrupted food supplies to the eastern city of Goma, affecting over two million residents and displaced individuals. Clashes have escalated since the start of …
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CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s self-appointed military leaders have dissolved the government and will appoint a new one, the presidency’s secretary general said in a filmed statement on Monday. The West African country has been under military rule since a junta seized power in a September 2021 coup. The region’s main economic and political bloc, ECOWAS, …
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By Ahmed Kingimi ABUJA (Reuters) – A group of armed men attacked a police division in Zurmi town, in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state, but were repelled by officers with casualties recorded on both sides, the police said on Monday. Gangs of heavily armed men referred to as bandits by locals have wreaked havoc across Nigeria’s …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s military government has named new ministers of mining and energy in a government reshuffle, splitting up the previous ministry of mines, petrol and energy into three posts, it said on Monday. Mahaman Moustapha Barke Bako, previously minister of mines, petrol, and energy, will now be minister of petrol. Professor Amadou Haoua was …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi went on hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures waging a protest fast to demand their immediate release, a team of opposition lawyers said. Ghannouchi, 82, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and head of the Ennahda main opposition party, was jailed …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The United Nations mission in Libya has urged authorities to investigate the shooting deaths of 10 people in a Tripoli neighbourhood, with city security chiefs saying the victims included two members of a powerful armed faction. The U.N. said in a statement released on social media that the authorities should “prevent any …
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