WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, Saudi Arabia and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, together with the African Union, have relaunched humanitarian and ceasefire talks between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, the U.S. State Department said on Sunday. “There is no acceptable military solution to this conflict. We call upon the …
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RABAT (Reuters) -Four explosions in the city of Smara in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara late on Saturday killed one man and injured three others, Moroccan local authorities said. The blasts damaged two houses, authorities said in a statement, without adding further details. The judicial police was investigating the source and nature of the projectiles that hit …
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By Ange Kasongo BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Countries that are home to the world’s three major rainforests agreed on Saturday to cooperate to overcome deforestation and safeguard biodiversity but fell short of a concrete alliance to protect the vital carbon sinks. The announcement came on the final day of the Congo Republic-hosted Three Basins summit, which …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – More than 20,000 people marched through Johannesburg on Saturday to celebrate Pride, singing, dancing and making their support clear for LGBTQ+ communities across Africa who cannot be open safely and whose relationships are criminalised. At the front of a parade that organisers estimated was 24,000-strong was Mandela Swali, a 25-year-old Ugandan gay …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday warned against any expansion of the conflict in Gaza, saying the region risked becoming a “ticking time bomb”. He also said his country’s sovereignty should be respected after drones were intercepted after entering Egyptian air space on Friday. Israel on Friday said it was the target …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Thirty-two people were killed and 63 injured on Saturday in a multiple-vehicle collision about 132 kilometres (82 miles) north of Egypt’s capital Cairo, the health ministry said. The collision took place in the morning and involved a bus and a number of vehicles bound for Cairo on the main desert road in the …
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MAPUTO (Reuters) – Police suppressed violent protests in Mozambique on Friday as opposition supporters took to the streets to decry the results of local elections earlier this month which they say were rigged. Nine civilians and one police officer were injured in protests in the city of Nampula on Friday, a police spokesperson told reporters. …
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By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Carbon offset developer South Pole has terminated its involvement in a project in Zimbabwe which has generated millions of carbon credits from efforts to prevent deforestation around Lake Kariba, the Swiss firm said on Friday. South Pole said it was not confident the Kariba REDD+ project – owned and …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd reported a near-flat quarterly profit on Friday as higher expenses offset a surge in premium income. SBI Life, one of India’s largest life insurers, reported profit after tax of 3.8 billion rupees ($45.66 million) for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with 3.77 billion rupees …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected legislation that would have forced President Joe Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Niger, a West African nation where military officers seized power in July. The measure was rejected by 86-11. The United States formally declared this month that there had been …
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