By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -South Africa and Morocco are at loggerheads over the presidency of the United Nations’ top human rights body ahead of a vote on Wednesday, with the former saying Rabat has committed violations in Western Sahara and has no credibility to lead the body. For only the second time in the …
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By Isaac Anyaogu LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria on Tuesday destroyed 2.5 tonnes of seized elephant tusks valued at over 9.9 billion naira ($11.2 million) in a push to protect its dwindling elephant population from rampant wildlife traffickers. Over the past three decades, Nigeria’s elephant population has declined drastically from an estimated 1,500 to less than …
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MANGINA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested six soldiers who are accused of the indiscriminate killing of four civilians during militia clashes in the east. The clashes took place in the rural district of Mangina, near Beni, on Monday, the army said in a statement on Tuesday. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s legislation to block further court challenges to the government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda will return to parliament next week. Sunak faced the most serious threat to his leadership when he saw off a revolt by dozens of his lawmakers during the first parliamentary vote …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -A former Gambian minister under ousted dictator Yahya Jammeh went on trial in Switzerland on Monday for crimes against humanity in a milestone case where a serial rape victim will testify after a multi-decade wait for justice. Former interior minister Ousman Sonko becomes the highest-ranking official to be tried in …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s military tribunal granted the son of ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, Mohamed Bazoum Salem, provisional release from house arrest in the capital Niamey on Monday, it said in a statement. Salem, 23, has been in detention at the presidential residence with his parents since his father was toppled during a military coup …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) -Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday ordered security forces to leave the home of main opposition politician Moise Katumbi, which they had surrounded in what the provincial governor called a “faux pas”. A spokesman for Katumbi, who came second in disputed presidential elections last month, said earlier on Monday that …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s president has suspended the minister of humanitarian affairs with immediate effect and asked the corruption watchdog to investigate financial transactions involving her ministry, the president’s spokesperson said on Monday. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, is the first minister to be suspended, less than six months after …
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(Reuters) – Rescuers on Sunday pulled out all 15 subsistence mine workers who were trapped in an underground shaft at Redwing mine in Zimbabwe after it collapsed on Thursday, a government spokesman said. The miners were trapped after a ground collapse at the mine, 270 km (167.77 miles) east of the capital Harare. “All miners …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Five Senegalese marine commandos have been missing since Friday when a suspected drug-trafficking boat was scuppered off the coast of the capital Dakar while it was being searched by the navy, the armed forces said on Saturday. A Senegalese patrol boat intercepted the vessel, suspected of involvement in the trade in which …
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