BAMAKO (Reuters) – Around two dozen soldiers and at least five civilians were killed when militants attacked a military camp and a village in central Mali on Tuesday, a local official said. The attack took place in a rural commune of Mali’s south-central Segou Region on Tuesday afternoon. Armed assailants stormed the village of Farabougou …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won a vote in parliament on Tuesday over a bill which he hopes will allow Britain to send asylum seekers who arrive illegally in Britain to Rwanda. Last month the British Supreme Court declared the policy unlawful and Sunak hopes the new legislation, when passed, …
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By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s staple maize harvest is expected to halve to 1.1 million tons in 2024 due to an El Nino-induced drought, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Wednesday, flagging a huge grain deficit that threatens food security in poor households. The southern African country requires about 1.8 million tons of …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – One of the main opposition candidates for Congo’s presidential election next week, Moise Katumbi, suspended part of his campaign on Wednesday after violent clashes at one of his election rallies. Live rounds were fired and several people were injured as Katumbi addressed supporters in the coastal town of Moanda on Tuesday, marking …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian military court on Wednesday handed down a one-year suspended jail sentence on Chaima Issa, a prominent opponent of President Kais Saied, in what the opposition said was part of a broader crackdown on dissent. Issa was charged with inciting the army to disobey and insult the president, …
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FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s Court of Appeal has ordered the arrest of the opposition candidate who was runner-up in presidential elections this year for suspected corruption linked to the sale of government shares in a mining company, it said in a statement. Samuel Kamara was the candidate for the opposition All People’s Congress Party …
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By Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Conflict defined Ishara Bahati Yassin’s childhood, forcing him time and again to flee his home in eastern Congo, where like millions of compatriots he now lives in a crowded camp for displaced people, sharing a tent with three brothers. At 20, Yassin is eligible …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 72-hour ceasefire agreed to by the parties involved in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is holding so far, according to a White House official familiar with the developments. The White House had said on Monday that the groups agreed to stop fighting to …
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By Aidan Lewis and Amina Ismail CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptians cast their ballots on Tuesday on the third and final day of a presidential election expected to give President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a sweeping victory and a new six-year term in the absence of real competition. Many Egyptians have shown little interest in the election, saying …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel declared 19 of 135 people still in Gaza captivity dead in absentia on Tuesday, after announcing its forces had recovered the bodies of two hostages. The list of 19 includes a Tanzanian national, the government press office said. It did not name him. Tanzania has said that two of its citizens, …
