By Tim Cocks and Giulia Paravicini ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -An army commander who led a mutiny in Madagascar said on Tuesday the military had taken power after President Andry Rajoelina was impeached by lawmakers and forced to flee the country following weeks of youth-led protests. Rajoelina had refused to step down despite escalating Gen Z demonstrations …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -German economic policy is in need of a decisive “Africa shift” in light of geopolitical tensions and critical dependencies on raw materials, the Sub-Saharan Africa Initiative of German Business (SAFRI), a paper seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed. “Africa is not just a market for the future, but a partner for our economic …
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GAROUA (Reuters) -Cameroon opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma declared victory late on Monday in the country’s October 12 presidential election, urging President Paul Biya to accept defeat and “honour the truth of the ballot box”. “Our victory is clear. It must be respected,” Tchiroma said in a speech on his Facebook page from his hometown of …
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By Mark Gleeson (Reuters) -Morocco set a new record of 16 successive victories by a national team as they completed their World Cup qualifying campaign with 1-0 home win over Congo on Tuesday. Youssef En-Nesyri scored in the 63rd minute in Rabat to ensure Morocco finished their Group E programme with eight wins from eight …
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By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Ivory Coast, Senegal and South Africa on Tuesday completed the list of group winners in African qualification and the lineup of nine automatic qualifiers for next year’s World Cup. Ivory Coast beat Kenya 3-0 at home in Abidjan to finish one point ahead of Gabon in Group F, while …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal secured a runaway 4-0 victory over neighbours Mauritania to finish top of their qualifying group and reach next year’s World Cup finals. Senegal were quarter-finalists in 2002 and also competed at the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals. (Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby Davis)
ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Ivory Coast overcame Kenya 3-0 in their final qualifier on Tuesday to finish top of their group and secure a berth at next year’s World Cup finals in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. The Ivorians are reigning African champions and will be competing at a fourth World Cup but first since 2014. (Writing …
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Madagascar’s top court on Tuesday invited Colonel Michael Randrianirina, an army commander who declared the military had taken power after leading a mutiny backing Gen Z demonstrators, to serve as the country’s new president. The court said on its website that it took the decision because President Andry Rajoelina was unable to perform …
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By Tim Cocks and Ammu Kannampilly ANTANANARIVO/NAIROBI (Reuters) -A former DJ once nicknamed “TGV” after the French fast train for his dynamism, Madagascar’s Andry Rajoelina was the world’s youngest head of state at 34 when he came to power in a coup in 2009. Now the three-time president has fled after disappointing the Indian Ocean …
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By Tim Cocks ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -The thousands of young protesters chanting vitriolic slogans against Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina in Antananarivo were clear about what they wanted him to do. “He has to quit. Immediately,” 21-year-old law and politics student Angie Rakoto said at a demonstration this week on May 13 Square, named after a 1972 …
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