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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. Navy sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia on Thursday evening, the U.S. military said in a statement on Friday, adding that search and rescue operations were ongoing to locate them. “The sailors were forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) area of …

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By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) -Four Ukrainians were on a United Nations helicopter seized by al Shabaab militants in central Somalia this week, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Friday. The U.N.-contracted chopper with nine aboard was conducting a medical evacuation when a technical problem forced it to land near Hindhere village, an area controlled by …

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ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish court scrapped an arrest warrant for the son of Somalia’s president on Friday after he participated in a court case over a fatal car accident involving a diplomatic car he had been driving, state broadcaster TRT reported. Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, son of Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, was driving …

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(Reuters) – Hosts South Africa have stripped skipper David Teeger of the captaincy for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup amid fears he could be a target for anti-war protesters, but he will remain part of the squad, officials confirmed on Friday. Teeger was cleared of wrong-doing by an independent inquiry established by Cricket South Africa …

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KIGALI/BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – The Rwandan government on Thursday said Burundi had decided to shut its border with the East African nation, weeks after the Burundian president accused it of hosting a rebel group. Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye in late December accused Rwanda of hosting and training the Red Tabara rebel group, which claimed responsibility for …

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(Reuters) -Ghana hopes to finish by Friday reviewing a draft term sheet on debt relief from its official creditors to restructure $5.4 billion of debt, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. An agreement between Ghana and its official creditors including China and France would pave the way for the IMF Executive Board to approve the disbursement …

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