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CAIRO (Reuters) – A court in Cairo on Saturday sentenced prominent publisher and activist Hisham Kassem, who had recently stepped up his criticism of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s rule, to six months in prison, his lawyer said. Kassem is a leader of al-Tayar al-Hurr, or Free Current, a newly formed liberal group. The movement has …

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By Siyabonga Sishi ULUNDI, South Africa (Reuters) -Thousands of mourners gathered in South Africa’s eastern town of Ulundi on Saturday for the state funeral of veteran politician and Zulu prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Buthelezi, a controversial figure during the apartheid liberation struggle because of his bitter rivalry with the African National Congress (ANC), died last week …

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By Christopher Scicluna VALLETTA (Reuters) – A Maltese rescue team found hundreds of dead bodies on a beach in the flood-stricken Libyan city of Derna on Friday, the Malta Civil Protection Department said on Saturday. “There were probably about 400, but it is difficult to say,” Natalino Bezzina, who is leading the Maltese team, told …

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By Aidan Lewis (Reuters) – When a devastating earthquake shook Morocco’s High Atlas mountains on Sept. 8, residents of poor areas where it struck turned for help to the state and the man who leads it, King Mohammed VI. Yet the monarch, with his sweeping power, has kept a low profile, making just three appearances …

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By Felix Light (Reuters) – Russian general Sergei Surovikin is in Algeria as part of a Defence Ministry delegation, in an apparent return to official duties after coming under suspicion in connection with a June mutiny by the Wagner mercenary force, Kommersant newspaper reported on Friday, citing a source close to the general. The newspaper …

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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s ambassador in Niger is being held hostage at the French embassy by the military junta which has seized power in the West African nation, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday. “As we speak, we have an ambassador and diplomatic members which are being literally held hostage at the French embassy, and …

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