BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) -At least 31 people were killed and dozens injured at a stadium in the Republic of Congo’s capital Brazzaville overnight, the government said on Tuesday, with local media reporting a stampede during an army recruitment drive. The government said the “tragedy” occurred on Monday night at the Ornano stadium, where army recruitment operations …
By Carielle Doe MONROVIA (Reuters) – A car ploughed into a crowd celebrating the election victory of Liberia’s president-elect Joseph Boakai in the capital Monrovia on Monday evening, killing two people and injuring around 18 others, two hospital staff said. It was not immediately clear if the incident, which took place outside Boakai’s party headquarters, …
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(Reuters) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that food aid to 1.4 million people in Chad, including newly arrived refugees fleeing violence in Sudan’s Darfur region, will cease as of January because of a shortage of funds. Financial constraints and soaring humanitarian needs have already forced the WFP to suspend …
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By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Somalia has one year to expel the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group from the country, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Tuesday, with the deadline for remaining African Union peacekeepers to leave looming next December. Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab has been waging a brutal insurgency against the Somali …
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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Gunmen killed nine people and left several others wounded in an attack on a weekly market in Bamenyam town in the west of Cameroon early on Tuesday, a local official said. The attack in Bamboutos division, a French-speaking area, took place close to the region where armed separatists …
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By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -An Italian plan to build migrant camps in Albania cannot be compared to Britain’s bid to send irregular asylum seekers to Rwanda, Italy’s foreign minister said on Tuesday, adding the way requests would be handled would fully protect refugees’ rights. Earlier this month, the right-wing government led by Giorgia Meloni …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Two opposition candidates for Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election next month said on Monday they would drop out and back another opposition candidate, Moise Katumbi, following a move made by another aspirant last week. Seth Kikuni and Franck Diongo are the latest opposition candidates to throw their support behind 58-year-old Katumbi, …
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By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) -Attacks by rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group in an area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people over the weekend, a local official said on Monday. Deadly violence is common in the oil-rich Abyei region, where Twic Dinka from South Sudan’s neighbouring …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has recalled for consultations its ambassador to South Africa following the “latest statements from South Africa”, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday. South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party on Thursday had said it would support a parliamentary motion calling for the Israeli embassy in South Africa to be closed. …
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MONROVIA (Reuters) – Joseph Boakai has been elected president of Liberia with 50.64% of the vote, beating President George Weah who got 49.36%, according to final results announced by the election commission on Monday. (Reporting by Alphonso Toweh; Writing by Edward McAllister)
