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Sierra Leone president says calm restored, most leaders of barracks attack detained

27 Nov 2023 27 Nov 2023

By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) -Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio said most of the leaders of an attack on a military barracks in the capital Freetown earlier on Sunday had been arrested, adding that security operations and an investigation were ongoing. “We will ensure that those responsible are held accountable,” Bio said on national …

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Church official says kidnapped German priest freed in Mali

26 Nov 2023 26 Nov 2023

BAMAKO (Reuters) – German missionary Father Hans Joachim Lohre who was kidnapped in Mali’s capital Bamako last year has been freed by his captor, a church official told Reuters on Sunday. Patient Nshombo of the Missionaries for Africa told Reuters by telephone that Lohre had been released. “Yes, he has been freed, but we have …

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Death toll from flooding in Somalia climbs to nearly 100

26 Nov 2023 26 Nov 2023

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The number of people killed by floods from heavy rains in Somalia has climbed to 96, state news agency SONNA said on Saturday. “Somalia’s flood death toll climbs to 96,” SONNA said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, adding the figure had been confirmed by Mahamuud Moallim, the head of the …

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Kenyan parliamentary committee call for reforms to electoral body

26 Nov 2023 26 Nov 2023

By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) – A committee set up by the Kenyan parliament has called for reforms to the country’s electoral body and a review of tax policy, public spending and social security, a copy of their report seen by Reuters on Sunday shows. The bipartisan committee formed to study opposition grievances wants the …

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Sierra Leone aviation authority urge airlines to reschedule flights

26 Nov 2023 26 Nov 2023

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s civil aviation authority on Sunday urged airlines reschedule flights after a nationwide curfew imposed by the government in response to an attack on a military barracks by unidentified gunmen. The aviation authority said in a statement that passengers should be placed on the next available flights after the curfew is …

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Egypt climate envoy sees international funds helping developing industries decarbonise

25 Nov 2023 25 Nov 2023

By Aidan Lewis LONDON (Reuters) – A financing scheme that draws on funding from Western donors to help developing countries shift to cleaner power generation could be mirrored for heavy industries and other hard-to-abate sectors, Egypt’s climate champion said. Extending a Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) structure to sectors including steel, aluminium, cement and fertilisers …

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Madagascar leader poised for third term after boycotted election

25 Nov 2023 25 Nov 2023

By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s incumbent leader Andry Rajoelina effectively secured a third term after the electoral body (CENI) on Saturday said he had obtained the most votes in a presidential election marked by a low turn out and an opposition boycott. Provisional results announced by CENI at the end of tallying showed …

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Gunmen kill one, kidnap at least 150 in Nigeria’s northwest, residents say

25 Nov 2023 25 Nov 2023

By Hamza Ibrahim and Ahmed Kingimi KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 150 people, including women and children, were abducted with one person killed in a coordinated attack by gunmen on four villages in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. Kidnapping for ransom has become rife in northwestern Nigeria in recent years where …

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Zimbabwe restricts gatherings, food vending as cholera cases spike

24 Nov 2023 25 Nov 2023

By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s government has started restricting public gatherings and food vending, while monitoring burials in all areas affected by cholera, after cases of the disease spiked this week. New cholera cases in the southern African country trebled from 437 to 1,259 this week, the biggest jump since the latest outbreak …

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Congo opposition candidate Katumbi vows more security in militia-plagued east

24 Nov 2023 24 Nov 2023

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Moise Katumbi has promised residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma not to abandon them amid spiralling militia violence in the region and to make security a priority if he wins the Dec. 20 vote. Katumbi addressed hundreds of jubilant supporters at …

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