BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Egypt and Jordan on Nov. 18, an EU Commission spokesperson wrote on X. She will meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo and travel to the Sinai to welcome the arrival of EU humanitarian aid before meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah …
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By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would pass an emergency law and warned Britain could quit the European human rights’ convention after the UK’s top judges dealt him a major blow by ruling his scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. After the UK …
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday denounced the United States and UK for issuing adverse security advisories to their citizens in Uganda, and accused both countries of creating and conserving insecurity in Africa. Last week the U.S. and UK both issued travel warnings urging their citizens not to travel …
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MONROVIA (Reuters) -Liberian opposition leader Joseph Boakai has a slight lead over President George Weah in a run-off election after results from about 22% of polling stations, the West African country’s elections commission said on Wednesday. Boakai and Weah emerged neck-and-neck from the first round of the presidential election but below the 50% needed to …
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(Reuters) – South Africa’s worst bird flu outbreak is now under control and egg supplies are improving, the department of agriculture said on Wednesday. The country has been battling an outbreak of a high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), a bird flu which spreads rapidly in an infected flock causing a high death rate, since April. About …
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By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar announced a night-time curfew on Wednesday on the eve of a tense first round of presidential elections which follows more than six weeks of protests that authorities quelled with tear gas and violence. The move comes days after ten of 12 opposition candidates pulled out of the race, …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Financial reparations are long overdue to Africans and the diaspora as compensation for the enslavement of people of African descent, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Tuesday on the first day of a conference on how to address such historical injustices. Advocates have long called for paying reparations or making other amends …
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HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean police said 22 people were killed and two injured late on Tuesday after a minibus collided with a truck on a highway, which links the country to the South African border. The fatal accident, on the Bulawayo-Beitbridge road, involved the minibus, which was carrying 21 passengers, and the truck with one …
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By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz CAIRO (Reuters) – Gains for Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) across western and southern parts of the country have broken months of stalemate in their war with the army, bolstering the paramilitary force’s ambition and giving it a stronger hand at talks in Jeddah. The RSF’s dominance in its …
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By Michael Kahn and Anna Koper PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) – Central European defence companies are negotiating new deals to sell more weapons, military equipment and related services in Africa as they seek to poach customers looking for alternatives to Russia, companies and government officials say. Though now part of the Western NATO alliance, former Warsaw Pact …
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