By Nayera Abdallah and Jana Choukeir ABU DHABI (Reuters) -Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the UAE’s president, called on Wednesday for an immediate ceasefire and civilian transition in war-ravaged Sudan. “At this point in Sudan, even without too much clarity, we need a ceasefire and we need for people to feel safe,” Gargash said …
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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Cameroon’s security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday to disperse opposition party supporters protesting in the capital Yaounde and the northern city of Garoua, as tensions rise over the outcome of the October 12 presidential election. Partial results reported by local media, citing the election vote tallying commission, indicate …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -A general strike and tens of thousands of protesters brought the southern Tunisian city of Gabes to a standstill on Tuesday to back demands for the closure of a state chemical plant blamed for a pollution crisis. A recent spate of environmental and anti-government protests prompted by a worsening economic …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Two teenagers were killed and five wounded in a shooting incident in Johannesburg on Tuesday, police said, adding that they suspected the incident was gang-related. “The teenagers were approached by four suspects on foot, three carrying firearms. The suspects opened fire at the victims without saying anything and then fled the scene,” a …
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By Tarek Amara GABES, Tunisia (Reuters) -Beneath a smog-choked sky, the once-glistening waters of Gabes in southern Tunisia run dark with rust-coloured streaks. Trees are dying, fish vanishing and a suffocating stench infuses the air. Known a generation ago as an ecological jewel of green oases, today the town is a toxic wasteland rife with …
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DUEKOUE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) -In a town in Ivory Coast torn apart by election violence and mass killings more than a decade ago, peace activists say they have hit on a way to help avoid a repeat of the bloodshed – “reconciliation marriages” between rival groups. Dozens of men and women from different communities have …
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(Fixes byline and year in paragraph 14) By Robbie Corey-Boulet ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Alassane Ouattara’s long path to becoming Ivory Coast president included two elections in which he was disqualified from running and a brief but brutal 2010-11 civil war spurred by his predecessor’s refusal to leave office. Things have been easier since he took the …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda’s electoral commission on Tuesday gave January 15 as the date for the country’s general election, at which octogenarian President Yoweri Museveni will seek to extend his rule to nearly half a century. Now Africa’s fourth longest-ruling leader, Museveni’s government has changed the constitution twice to remove age and term limits, allowing him …
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigerian police fired teargas on Monday and occupied major roads in the capital Abuja to stop demonstrations called to protest the continued detention of separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, who is on trial facing terrorism charges. Kanu, who holds British citizenship, leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra Movement (IPOB) that advocates for the secession …
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By Nafisa Eltahir LONDON (Reuters) – Residents of Sudan’s besieged city of al-Fashir have been taking refuge in underground bunkers to try to protect themselves from drones and shells after intensifying attacks on displacement shelters, clinics and mosques. Famine-stricken al-Fashir is the Sudanese army’s last holdout in the vast, western region of Darfur as it …
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