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Nigerian lawmakers pass 2024 budget after Tinubu seeks extra funds

30 Dec 2023

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian lawmakers approved a 28.77 trillion naira ($34 billion) budget for 2024 on Saturday, accepting a funding increase which the government had sought due to higher revenue forecasts and a weaker currency. President Bola Tinubu had initially presented a 27.5 trillion naira budget to lawmakers, projecting a deficit of …

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Over 1,000 Burundian soldiers covertly deploy in eastern Congo – internal UN report

30 Dec 2023

By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) – Over 1,000 Burundian troops have been covertly deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since October, wearing the uniform of Congolese troops and working alongside them in the fight against M23 rebels, an unpublished U.N. report seen by Reuters showed. Citing security and intelligence sources and sources close to Congolese …

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Tunisia extends state of emergency by one month till jan. 30, 2024 -state news agency

30 Dec 2023

CAIRO (Reuters) – Tunisia extended a longrunning state of emergency by one month until Jan. 30, 2024, the state news agency reported on Saturday citing the official gazette. The North African nation has been under a state of emergency since 2015 after an attack in which several presidential guards were killed. (Reporting by Enas Alashray; …

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Two South Koreans released after being kidnapped in Nigeria

30 Dec 2023

SEOUL (Reuters) – Two South Koreans kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria earlier this month have been released safely, Seoul’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. The two men were taken after gunmen ambushed their convoy in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta on Dec. 12, killing four soldiers guarding the group and two civilian drivers. “On Friday, we …

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Congo election body says it will meet deadline for presidential results

30 Dec 2023

By Ange Kasongo and Benoit Nyemba KINSHASA (Reuters) – The head of Democratic Republic of Congo’s election commission on Friday said it would meet a Dec. 31 deadline for the release of full provisional presidential results, dismissing opposition calls for a re-run of the disputed vote as the response of “bad losers.” The CENI commission …

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South Africa files genocide case against Israel at World Court

30 Dec 2023

By Wendell Roelf and Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM/CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its crackdown against the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. The ICJ, sometimes known as the World …

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Aid agencies report looting, suspend operations in Sudanese state

29 Dec 2023

DUBAI (Reuters) – Two international aid organisations say that their facilities have been looted and they have suspended operations in an area of Sudan where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) recently advanced in its war with the army. The halting of operations by the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) and Medical charity MSF in …

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In Nigeria and much of Africa, Catholic same-sex couples see no blessings soon

29 Dec 2023

By Abraham Achirga ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian Catholic couple Jane and Lucy have little hope their local parish church will bless their same-sex union anytime soon, as conservative priests across Africa choose to ignore a landmark Vatican ruling allowing such blessings. Conservative Catholics have condemned the Vatican’s declaration two weeks ago, which was approved by …

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Congo rules out election re-run as observers flag irregularities

29 Dec 2023

By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) -The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday refused opposition calls for a re-run of disputed elections, as the main observer mission reported “numerous irregularities” that could undermine some results. Provisional results issued so far from the Dec. 20 general election show President Felix Tshisekedi with a …

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Aerial strike on Ethiopia church grounds kills eight – witnesses

28 Dec 2023

By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An aerial strike on the grounds of a church in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region killed eight people and injured five as they collected corn, two witnesses and an opposition political party said. Government spokesperson Legesse Tulu dismissed the accounts of the air strike as “an absolute lie”. Peace talks …

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