TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The United Nations’ envoy to Libya on Thursday asked the country’s main powerbrokers to designate representatives for a meeting aimed at reaching an election settlement, part of an apparent new push for a national vote. Efforts to bring Libya’s rival factions to hold an election have been the main focus of diplomacy …
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By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) – As Democratic Republic of Congo heads to the polls in December, much will come down to President Felix Tshisekedi’s perceived performance running the giant Central African country of nearly 100 million people since 2019. Below are the key topics on voters’ minds. THE ECONOMY Congo’s economy grew 8.5% in …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Manchester United footballer Harry Maguire on Wednesday accepted the apology of a Ghanaian MP who mocked him during a parliamentary debate on the budget last year. Opposition lawmaker Isaac Adongo compared Vice-President Mahamadu Bawumia’s economic management of the embattled West African nation to Maguire’s performance on the pitch. In an address shared …
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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Cameroon received its first shipment of Mosquirix malaria vaccines manufactured by British drugmaker GSK Plc late on Tuesday, as the nation struggles with the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 600,000 each year globally. A batch of 331,200 doses of the vaccine – also known as RTS,S – was …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – At least 17 people were killed and 208 injured in Nigeria’s Niger state after a truck carrying them veered out of control and crashed, the Federal Road Safety Corp said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Bisi Kazeem said the crash occurred at about 0200 GMT on Tuesday in Takalafia village, in …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday welcomed an agreement for a four-day truce in Gaza and said he hoped the deal between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas would bolster efforts to achieve an outright end to their conflict. Ramaphosa has been one of the most prominent voices on the African continent …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian court on Wednesday freed on bail former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele, who has been charged with six counts of fraud and corruption. Emefiele, suspended as head of the central bank in June and detained by the security services, has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Justice …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan said he may travel to Egypt soon and discuss how to accelerate the evacuation of patients from Gaza and other steps, broadcaster Haberturk and other Turkish media reported on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters on his plane returning from a trip to Algeria, Erdogan was reported as saying the Islamic world …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -A second round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and a rebel group aimed at ending a decades-old conflict in the country’s largest region Oromiya has ended without a deal, both sides said on Tuesday. The negotiations in Tanzania between the government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) followed talks in April …
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South African lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favour of closing down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and suspending all diplomatic relations until a ceasefire is agreed in its war with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza. The resolution is largely symbolic as it will be up to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government whether …
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