By Ayman al-Warfali CYRENE, Libya (Reuters) – The flooding that killed thousands in Libya’s Derna last month damaged the ruins at the ancient Greek city of Cyrene in the mountains nearby, but it also revealed new archaeological remains there by washing away earth and stones. Storm Daniel may have caused a meter of rain to …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian judge on Thursday ordered the imprisonment of Abir Moussi, a prominent opponent of President Kais Saied, two days after she was arrested at the presidential palace entrance, her lawyer said, part of a crackdown on opposition politicians. Investigations of Moussi, the leader of the Free Constitutional Party (PDL), …
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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Daniel Noboa, heir to a business fortune, is leading polls ahead of Ecuador’s presidential contest later this month, though his rival Luisa Gonzalez, the protege of a former leftist president, saw rising support, a poll showed on Thursday. Noboa, son of banana baron Alvaro Noboa, has focused his campaign …
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – Moroccans welcomed on Thursday the announcement that their country would co-host the 2030 World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal, after years of failed attempts. FIFA on Wednesday made a surprise announcement confirming Spain, Portugal and Morocco as hosts after another bid dropped out, but said the three opening matches …
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By Villen Anganan PORT-LOUIS (Reuters) -The Supreme Court of Mauritius has struck out a colonial-era law criminalising same-sex relations, bucking a trend elsewhere in Africa where a string of countries have passed or proposed anti-LGBT legislation. In a ruling on two cases brought by members of the gay community in the Indian Ocean island nation, …
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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) – The public execution by Cameroonian separatists of two civilians has cast a spotlight back on a simmering six-year conflict that has killed thousands in the English-speaking west of the Central African country. Here is a breakdown of what caused the war and why it has so far proved …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda’s main opposition leader Bobi Wine was forced into a car by security agents and driven home on Thursday after disembarking from a plane following a trip abroad, his party said. Wine, the strongest political challenger to veteran President Yoweri Museveni, was led away from the plane in Entebbe as an associate yelled, …
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By Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) – Burkina Faso medical student Alphonse Nikiema lit up as he read an email from his university allowing him to resume visa paperwork for training at a French hospital next year – a move that has been in limbo since France suspended consular services in his country. Hundreds of students, …
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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Armed separatists in Cameroon’s troubled northwest on Wednesday publicly executed two kidnapped civilians they accused of spying for the government, a local administrator and the separatists said on Thursday. Footage of the killing widely shared online showed the two middle-aged men sitting on a paved road as gun-wielding …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Thursday it was struggling to reach 18 million people in need in Sudan to fend off a humanitarian disaster, hampered by insecurity, interference from the warring parties and a lack of international support. “We need to reach 18 million people and we will not give up on …
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