By Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) – Families in Sudan’s conflict zones could experience famine-like hunger by next summer, the United Nations has warned, while some in the war-ravaged capital are surviving on a single, meagre daily meal. Some 30 million people, almost two thirds of the population, are in need of assistance in Sudan according …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on Thursday he expected the son of Somalia’s president to return to Turkey in coming days to participate in a court case over a fatal car accident involving his use of a diplomatic car. Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud was driving a Somali consulate car on Nov. …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Climate change, worsening armed conflicts, growing debt-loads and shrinking international support will accelerate humanitarian crises worldwide in 2024, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said in a report on Thursday. In its 2024 Emergency Watchlist, the New York-based IRC pointed to 20 nations largely in Africa at the greatest risk of a …
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By Sofia Christensen DAKAR (Reuters) – Eight months after her arrest, a heavily pregnant detainee was escorted into court in Senegal’s capital Dakar for the start of a trial for her involvement in a counterfeit money scheme. The 42-year-old had spent the bulk of her pregnancy in overcrowded prison cells, sharing mattresses with up to …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – The United States intends to resume security and development cooperation with Niger provided it takes steps to restore democracy, a U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday after meeting the military leaders who took power in a coup in July. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee said she had met the …
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BISSAU (Reuters) – Police in Guinea-Bissau fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse opposition members of parliament who had tried to convene in defiance of a decision by President Umaro Sissoco Embalo to dissolve the house. Embalo dissolved the opposition-controlled parliament last week, accusing it of passivity in response to gunfire and clashes in the …
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YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Six people, including four soldiers, were killed while two South Korean employees were kidnapped after gunmen ambushed their convoy in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta, a security source and the army said on Wednesday. Attacks by militants in the Niger Delta have significantly decreased over the years but the region remains volatile …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – A record 49.5 million people are expected to go hungry in West and Central Africa next year due to a combination of conflict, climate change and high food prices, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The figure is 4% higher than in 2023. In coastal countries, the number of people facing acute …
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By Andrew MacAskill, Elizabeth Piper and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak might have emerged victorious from a bruising vote on his flagship Rwanda migration policy, but the bitter divisions that risk turning his party into a “circus” mean any respite is likely to be short lived. A day of high …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s government has asked the United Nations to allow its peacekeeping mission to help with the logistics of organising national elections next week, according to a letter seen by Reuters. There have been challenges in the distribution of voting materials in Africa’s second-largest country due to a lack of …
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