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(Reuters) – Senegalese President Macky Sall on Wednesday named new finance and energy ministers as part of a government reshuffle four months ahead of elections. Sall dismissed the government and reappointed Prime Minister Amadour Ba on Friday, without explaining the reasoning behind the decision. Among other changes, former Interior Minister Antoine Diome, who was criticised …

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By Ahmed Mohamed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt has discussed plans with the United States and others to provide humanitarian aid through its border with Gaza Strip but rejects any move to set up safe corridors for refugees fleeing the enclave, Egyptian security sources said on Wednesday. Gaza, a tiny coastal strip of land wedged between …

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NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger’s junta has demanded that the top United Nations official there leave the country within 72 hours over accusations that Niger was excluded from the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders in New York last month. Niger military officers ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in July, suspending the constitution, dissolving all former institutions and …

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TUNIS (Reuters) – The U.S Embassy in Tunisia said on Wednesday it would close to the public for routine services on Thursday and Friday in an abundance caution, due to expected pro-Palestinian protests in the country. A national protest is expected to take place on Thursday, with the participation of most of the country’s political …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s King Charles and his wife Camilla will travel to Kenya for a four-day state visit at the end of this month where he will acknowledge “painful aspects” of its colonial past, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. It will be the third foreign trip by the royals since Charles became king following the …

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By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday it would be a couple of months before it gives its decision on whether the government could go ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Lawyers for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government have been arguing over three …

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GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations Humans Rights Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution that opens a probe into the humanitarian situation in Sudan where the army and a paramilitary group have been fighting for the last six months. “This resolution is a call to action for what we all agree are the pressing priorities …

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