By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) -More than 50 people including women, children and two U.N. peacekeepers were killed in attacks along South Sudan’s border with Sudan, officials said, the deadliest in a spate of incidents since 2021 related to a boundary dispute. Armed young men from South Sudan’s Warrap State carried out the raids …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – About 30 people were killed in attacks on two villages in central Mali over the weekend, the rural commune’s mayor said on Monday. He did not say who was responsible. The West African country is home to militant groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that wage frequent attacks on the …
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By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Monday it had suspended the membership of former president Jacob Zuma after he announced he would vote for another party in this year’s general election. Zuma, whose nine years in office from 2009 were marked by corruption scandals and sluggish …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor told the U.N. Security Council on Monday “there are grounds to believe” both Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are committing war crimes in Darfur at present. War erupted in Sudan on April 15, 2023 between the Sudanese …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Nearly 100 migrants have died or disappeared in the central and eastern Mediterranean since the beginning of 2024, more than double the toll recorded last year during the same period, the U.N. migration agency said on Monday. The comment was made during an Italy-Africa Conference in Rome attended by more than two …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis said in an interview published on Monday that Africans were a “special case” in the opposition of bishops and many other people in the continent to homosexuality. But he said he was confident that, except for Africans, critics of his decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples would eventually understand …
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By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe on Monday launched a cholera vaccination campaign to immunize over 2 million people against the waterborne disease, amid an outbreak that has killed hundreds since early last year. Cholera had killed 452 people and infected a total of 20,446 in the southern African country as of Jan. 24, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is designating Sudan’s former minister of State for the Interior Ahmad Mohammad Harun under its War Crimes Rewards program that offers rewards of up to $5 million, the State Department said on Monday. Harun, who served under autocratic ruler Omar al Bashir, is wanted by the International Criminal Court …
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ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government unveiled at a summit on Monday details of a long-awaited project aimed at boosting development in Africa, hoping it will help spark economic growth that will curb irregular immigration to Europe. Here are the main points of the “Mattei Plan” – named after the late Enrico Mattei, who founded …
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SAN PEDRO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Egypt goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal missed his penalty in the shootout as the Democratic Republic of Congo claimed an epic 8-7 victory following a tense 1-1 draw in their Africa Cup of Nations last-16 clash in San Pedro on Sunday. Abou Gabal clipped the crossbar with his effort and …
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