RABAT (Reuters) – Moroccan archaeologists said on Friday they uncovered a Roman-era site in Rabat containing a port district, a bath and a cemetery dating back to the second century. The archaeological site, now the third largest in Morocco, will offer insight into the lives of Roman settlers and romanised Moroccans or Mauro-Romans in that …
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MOMBASA (Reuters) -King Charles and Queen Camilla toured East Africa’s oldest mosque and an ancient fort on Friday as they concluded a four-day state visit to Kenya marked by questions about Britain’s colonial legacy. Charles met Muslim, Christian, Hindu and African traditional faith leaders in the coastal city of Mombasa and toured Fort Jesus, built …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian court on Friday ordered that former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele should be freed unconditionally from detention or be taken to court for a hearing scheduled for Monday. Emefiele, who has been in detention since June 10, is charged with procurement fraud. His trial has stalled since …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy will host in late January the summit with African nations it recently decided to postpone in the wake of the latest flare-up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. “The Italy-Africa conference is scheduled for January 28-29,” Meloni said after a cabinet meeting in Rome which approved …
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By Edward McAllister, David Lewis and Michelle Nichols DAKAR (Reuters) – Before United Nations peacekeepers hurriedly abandoned their base in Kidal in northern Mali on Tuesday, they made a costly call: with insurgents stationed nearby, they destroyed sensitive equipment to avoid it falling into the wrong hands, the U.N. said. Shortly after the last U.N. …
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RAFAH, Gaza (Reuters) -People hoping to leave the Gaza Strip converged on the Rafah crossing to Egypt on Thursday, with those whose names were on a list vetted by Israel gradually passing through while others held up their foreign passports in vain. The crossing was open for limited evacuations for a second day under a …
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BANGUI (Reuters) – At least five civilians were killed when rebels attacked a town in northwest Central African Republic on Thursday, the latest reported escalation in a decade-long conflict, a local official said. Members of an alliance of armed groups known as the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) assaulted the town of Moyenne Sido …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – King Charles and Queen Camilla on Thursday watched UK-trained Kenyan marines stage a mock beach landing on the third day of their official visit to the former British colony. After two days in the capital Nairobi, Charles and Camilla travelled to the port city of Mombasa, the original capital of British East …
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By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – A management structure including politicians and state-controlled firms will be in charge of an Italian government plan to boost energy cooperation with African countries and help curb mass illegal migration, a draft decree showed on Thursday. The project, a flagship proposal of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, …
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By Robert Harvey and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – Belgium is set to shut the door on rising exports of low-quality gasoline and diesel to West Africa as it follows the Netherlands in tightening environmental rules, officials have told Reuters. The Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) hub is the world’s leading gasoline exporting region, LSEG data shows, and …
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