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By Dawit Endeshaw and Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA / NAIROBI (Reuters) – Fighting broke out on Wednesday between the army and a regional militia in Ethiopia’s mediaeval holy city of Lalibela, a World Heritage site, four residents told Reuters, but the government said the area was peaceful. Fano, a part-time militia in the northern Amhara …

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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian public prosecutor ordered on Tuesday the arrest of one of the country’s richest business owners, Marouan Mabrouk, son-in-law of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on suspicion of stealing funds from state companies, a judicial official told Reuters. Mabrouk has not been charged. It was not …

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BAMAKO (Reuters) – At least 12 civilians were killed by drone strikes around the town of Kidal in northern Mali on Tuesday, including on a base vacated days earlier by a United Nations peacekeeping mission, a local official and a rebel group said. The strikes appear to be the first sign of conflict in Kidal, …

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DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) – The warring Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed to easing humanitarian aid deliveries and implementing confidence-building measures, mediators in talks in Jeddah said via Saudi state news agency SPA on Tuesday. The two sides, who have been fighting since April, have previously agreed to and then promptly violated …

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ABUJA (Reuters) – An explosion at the Canadian High Commission in Nigeria killed two people, including a locally engaged employee, forcing a temporary halt in operations until further notice, the Canadian embassy said in a statement on Tuesday. Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian government department responsible for international relations, said in a statement on X …

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By Nyasha Nyaungwa WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia began construction on Monday of Africa’s first decarbonised iron plant, to be powered exclusively by green hydrogen, the country’s investment promotion body said. Steelmaking is one of the most polluting industries in the world and the industry is seeking to shift away from coal-fired plants and towards the …

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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian security and military forces caught five Islamists who escaped from a prison last week, where they were serving time for killing two secular politicians and policemen. The interior ministry said four of the escapees were captured on a mountain near Tunis early on Tuesday, while another was arrested, with the help …

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