CAIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that the United Nations has failed to resolve international conflicts and harshly criticized Israeli actions in Gaza. “Israel’s behavior has no explanation: with the pretext of fighting Hamas, it is killing women and children,” he said after a meeting with Egyptian President …
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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s new finance minister, Mohammed Amin Adam, pledged on Thursday to keep its $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme on track as it aims to finish restructuring its overseas debt before an election in December. President Nana Akufo-Addo replaced Ken Ofori-Atta with Adam, a petroleum economist who …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria is considering the introduction of state police in its 36 states to bolster its national police force as it struggles to contain widespread violence and insecurity, the information minister said on Thursday. An Islamist insurgency in the northeast, kidnappings for ransom, deadly farmer-herder clashes in the central belt and separatist and …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France will hold a ministerial meeting in mid-April to help Sudan and neighbouring countries cope with the fallout of a civil war that has seen millions displaced and prompted warnings of famine, its foreign minister and diplomats said. The United Nations has urged countries not to forget the civilians caught up in …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Hundreds of soccer fans took to the streets of Ghana’s capital Accra on Wednesday, demanding better governance for football after their team failed to get out of the group stage at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations. Clad in black and red T-shirts saying “Save Ghana football” and holding placards, the protesters …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – South Africa’s latest request to the World Court against a possible offensive by Israel in southern Gaza serves Hamas and is an attempt to stop Israel from defending itself, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. South Africa on Tuesday asked The International Court of Justice (ICJ) to consider whether Israel’s plan …
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By Christian Akorlie and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana’s president has replaced finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta in a cabinet reshuffle after criticism of the ex-banker’s leadership during the West African country’s worst economic crisis in a generation. The office of President Nana Akufo-Addo said that Ofori-Atta would be replaced by Mohammed Amin Adam, currently …
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CAIRO/ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey was ready for cooperation with Egypt to rebuild Gaza as he made his first visit to the country since 2012. Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held a joint news conference on Wednesday in Cairo after bilateral talks, taking a big step …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel on Wednesday asked a London court to overturn his murder conviction, citing attempts to bribe his trial jury and the use of incriminating messages as reasons his conviction is unsafe. The musician, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, is one of Jamaica’s most popular …
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ROME (Reuters) – An Italian judge has ruled that two employees of a U.N. agency cannot be tried over the deaths of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and a driver in 2021 because they have diplomatic immunity. Luca Attanasio, bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Mustapha Milambo were killed …
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