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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Senegalese President Macky Sall to restore Senegal’s electoral calendar and timeline for presidential transition, the U.S. State Department said after a call between the two leaders. In the call, Blinken raised “serious concerns” about Senegal’s current political situation following actions to postpone the …

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By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal cut mobile internet access on Tuesday ahead of a banned march against the postponement of a presidential election, and rights groups accused the authorities of using overly repressive tactics to stifle widespread opposition to the delay. The abrupt postponement of the Feb. 25 vote to December has plunged Senegal …

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By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa said on Tuesday it had asked the World Court to consider whether Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in Gaza into the city of Rafahrequires additional emergency measures to protect Palestinians’ rights. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) last month ordered Israel to take all measures within its …

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TUNIS (Reuters) -A record 1,313 migrants were reported to have died or went missing off the Tunisian coast last year, a rights group said on Tuesday, highlighting the worsening migrant crisis in the North Africa country. The number represented about 75% of the number of dead or missing off the coasts of Italy, Libya and …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa will send 2,900 troops as part of its contribution to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) force deployed to tackle armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the president’s office said in a statement on Monday. The one-year deployment will cover the period between Dec. 15. 2023 and Dec. …

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CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) -A communications network blackout in Sudan, blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has hobbled aid deliveries and left the war-weary population of almost 50 million unable to make payments or contact the outside world. The RSF has been fighting Sudan’s army for control of the country since April in a war that …

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ELGEYO MARAKWET, Kenya (Reuters) – Kelvin Kiptum’s devastated wife had been looking forward to watching him try to become a marathon legend as the first athlete under 2 hours. Now she is wondering how to tell their two children that their father was killed in a car accident. Sobbing next to her in the village …

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