LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s contentious emergency legislation to allow asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda passed its first parliamentary hurdle on Tuesday. Lawmakers in the House of Commons voted by 313 to 269 in favour of the bill, which was designed to address concerns raised by the UK Supreme Court …
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YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Stormy weather off the West African coast has stranded vessels and disrupted fuel deliveries to Cameroon, the energy minister said, leading to days of shortages that have caused long queues at petrol stations in several cities. Car and motorcycle drivers waited hours to fill their tanks in the main cities of Yaounde, …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s state minister of peace has been fired and arrested on accusations he conspired with rebel groups to overthrow the government, state media reported on Tuesday. The move against Taye Dendea, a senior member of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party, follows a series of social media posts he has made in the past …
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(Reuters) – Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen has been named African Footballer of the Year after beating Mohamed Salah to the award at a ceremony in Marrakech on Monday, with compatriot Asisat Oshoala winning the top prize in the women’s category. Osimhen, 24, scored 26 goals as he helped Napoli to a surprise triumph in Serie …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey is seeking an explanation from Somalia after the son of its president, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, left the country following a fatal traffic accident involving his use of a diplomatic car, according to a Turkish official. The son, Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, was driving a vehicle belonging to the Somali consulate on …
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WASHINGTON/KINSHASA (Reuters) -A 72-hour ceasefire has been agreed to by the parties involved in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is backed by both the DRC and Rwanda, the White House said on Monday. “The U.S. Government will use its intelligence and diplomatic resources to monitor the activities by armed …
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By Andrew MacAskill, Michael Holden and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was scrambling on Monday to get enough support for his flagship immigration policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda after some lawmakers in his party said a planned emergency law was not tough enough. Sunak is facing a critical test …
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By Farah Saafan and Amina Ismail SUEZ, Egypt (Reuters) -Egyptians, some arriving on buses or stationed waving national flags outside polling stations, voted on Monday in the second of three days in a presidential election in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to sweep to a third, six-year term. Many have shown little interest or …
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BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – At least 14 people died in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rains battered the city of Bukavu overnight, causing landslides and houses to collapse, a local official said on Monday. The victims were all killed in the Bukavu commune of Ibanda, where many people live in …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A recent crackdown on migrant smuggling and human trafficking throughout the Americas turned up migrants from 69 countries, an indicator of the steep growth in Asians and Africans who are crossing oceans and continents to reach the United States. Coordinated by the international police organization Interpol, the fifth annual Operation …
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