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Former commerce minister Billon concedes defeat to Ouattara in Ivory Coast election

26 Oct 2025

ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Former Ivory Coast commerce minister Jean-Louis Billon on Sunday conceded defeat to incumbent Alassane Ouattara in the presidential election, he said in a statement, as partial results showed Ouattara with a large lead in many localities. Billon was one of four opposition candidates challenging Ouattara, a former deputy managing director of the International …

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Cameroon opposition protests intensify ahead of presidential results

26 Oct 2025

DOUALA (Reuters) -Hundreds of opposition supporters barricaded roads and burned tyres in Cameroon’s commercial capital on Sunday, as protests intensified a day before the announcement of presidential election results. Police fired teargas and water cannon to break up the crowds of supporters of opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma. They say he beat veteran leader Paul Biya …

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Saudi Arabia undecided on investing in Egypt’s Red Sea coast, says minister

26 Oct 2025

RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia already has enough hotel rooms to host the 2034 World Cup, but is focused on adding more domestic hotel space and has not decided whether to invest in an area along Egypt’s Red Sea coast, the kingdom’s tourism minister said on Sunday. Cairo has been drawing up plans for a possible …

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Ivory Coast votes with 83-year-old Ouattara’s legacy in focus

25 Oct 2025

By Robbie Corey-Boulet ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Ivory Coast voted in a presidential election that unfolded on Saturday without major disruption, with incumbent and strong favourite Alassane Ouattara, 83, claiming credit for nearly 15 years of economic growth and relative stability while hinting it will be his final campaign.  Turnout appeared weak at many polling stations in …

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Hundreds protest in Tunisia’s capital over worsening pollution crisis

25 Oct 2025

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the capital Tunis on Saturday to protest a severe environmental crisis caused by pollution from a state chemical plant in Gabes, as protests that began there widen outside the southern city. The protest is the latest in a series of demonstrations that have underscored growing …

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US authorizes non-emergency personnel to leave Mali due to safety risks

24 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Friday authorized the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members from Mali due to safety risks in the West African nation. “The U.S. government cannot offer routine or emergency services to U.S. citizens outside of Bamako due to safety risks,” the state department said in a statement. …

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Liberia agrees to accept wrongly deported migrant Abrego, US says

24 Oct 2025

By Andrew Goudsward and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON/MONROVIA (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s administration said on Friday it has reached an agreement with Liberia to accept Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador in March became a flashpoint in the Republican president’s immigration crackdown. The Justice Department said in a court filing that Abrego could …

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UK asylum seeker jailed for sex assault released by mistake

24 Oct 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -An Ethiopian asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a teenage girl and another woman in Britain, sparking summer-long angry protests outside the hotel where he was living, has been accidentally released from jail, the government said on Friday. Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was sentenced to a 12-month term in September for sexually assaulting a …

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