PARIS (Reuters) -France will begin withdrawing its troops from coup-hit Niger this week after President Emmanuel Macron said last month he refused to be “held hostage” by the putchists and was ending military cooperation with the West African country. The decision to pull 1,500 troops from Niger leaves a gaping hole in Western efforts to …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian opposition parties said on Wednesday that people trying to endorse candidates hoping to stand against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in an election in December had been repeatedly obstructed from doing so. Potențial candidates must secure backing of at least 25,000 members of the public from 15 different governorates, or 20 members …
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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will work with the U.S. Congress on military aid and arms sales to Egypt, the State Department said on Wednesday, after the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he would block the aid over human rights concerns. Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Cardin on Tuesday …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s President William Ruto on Wednesday reshuffled eight members of his cabinet, and folded the foreign affairs ministry into the office of the chief minister. The changes were necessary, Ruto said, to “optimise performance and enhance delivery as set out in the administration’s manifesto”. Ruto has faced a series of nationwide protests …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s northern Tuareg rebels said on Wednesday that they had seized another military base from the Malian army, bringing to five the number of conquered and pillaged camps in recent weeks. Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, a spokesperson for the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), told Reuters that his fighters had taken control of …
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By Emma Farge and Aaron Ross GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations-mandated inquiry into what investigators say are continuing atrocities in Ethiopia faces closure after a U.N. website on Wednesday showed that no motion has been received to renew it. Thousands died in a two-year conflict between the government and regional forces from Tigray, which …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s parliament speaker Aguila Saleh has issued laws for national presidential and parliamentary elections, the chamber’s spokesperson said on Wednesday, but continued disputes over the process may make a vote difficult to achieve. A majority in the parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), voted to approve the laws on Monday according to …
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By Krishna N. Das and Sumit Khanna NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s drug regulator has found that a cough syrup and an anti-allergy syrup made by Norris Medicines are toxic, according to a government report, months after Indian-made cough syrups were linked to 141 children’s deaths worldwide. The medicines were contaminated either with diethylene glycol (DEG) …
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By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is expected to slow this year, dragged down by slumps in heavyweights South Africa, Nigeria and Angola, the World Bank said on Wednesday. Regional growth will slow to 2.5% in 2023 from 3.6% last year, the bank said in a report, before rebounding to a …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi has filed his candidacy to run for president in December polls during which President Felix Tshisekedi will seek re-election for a second term in office, his party said on Wednesday. Katumbi, a millionaire businessman and former governor of the copper-rich Katanga region, will also be competing against …
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