DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – A Tanzanian citizen missing since the Oct. 7 raid by Palestinian Hamas militants on southern Israel has been confirmed dead while a second remains unaccounted for, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dar Es Salaam said. In a statement issued late on Friday, it said the family of farming student …
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MOMBASA (Reuters) – Heavy rains pounded the streets of Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, with some passengers evacuated from a flooded bus by holding on to a rope amid chest-high water. Others stood on top of the bus with umbrellas and raincoats as they waited for their turn to pull themselves to safety in Kisauni …
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By Ngouda Dione and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) – The presidential ambitions of jailed Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko suffered two setbacks on Friday after the Supreme Court annulled a lower court’s decision ordering his reinstatement in the voter roll. Separately, a West African regional court backed the government of Senegal in a legal battle …
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By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina took a predictably commanding early lead on Friday in his bid for re-election in a vote marked by low turnout and an opposition boycott, preliminary results showed. The 49-year-old entrepreneur and former DJ rose to power on the Indian Ocean island in a 2009 coup, …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court said on Friday it had ended proceedings against Vincent Otti, the former deputy head of the notorious Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), as it believed he had died. Otti was facing 32 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, rape, forced enlistment of children, cruel …
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The former chief executive of Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, on Friday submitted his candidacy to lead one of Ivory Coast’s main opposition parties, which could put him in the running for the 2025 presidential election. Thiam, 61, served as a minister under ex-president Henry Konan Bedie. He left the West African country …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will fly to Berlin on Saturday to attend the G20 Compact with Africa conference as he seeks to attract investments in energy and infrastructure and boost trade, his office said. The conference, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, will focus on enhancing economic and business cooperation between African …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, United Kingdom and Norway on Friday condemned escalating violence and human rights abuses in Sudan, especially in the Darfur region, the three countries said in a statement. The countries cited attacks by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force drawn largely from Arab groups and allied Arab militias …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian court on Friday remanded former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele in custody on charges of procurement fraud, pending a bail hearing scheduled for Wednesday. Emefiele applied for bail after pleading not guilty to six new graft charges that accused him of “conferring corrupt advantage”. Prosecutors cut the …
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KOLKATA (Reuters) – South Africa may have suffered more Cricket World Cup semi-final heartache but coach Rob Walter believes they have laid a platform for the future with a core group of players after exceeding expectations at the most recent tournament in India. Poor starts with the bat and ball cost the side in their …
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