By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The deaths of 12 children in northern India between December 2019 and January 2020, police allege, were caused by adulterated cough syrup made by drugmaker Digital Vision. It was not the first time the company’s medicines have come under scrutiny. Indian drugs regulators found quality shortfalls in …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -The United Nations Joint Human Rights office has received credible reports about the existence of at least 13 mass graves in Sudan’s El Geneina, a city in Darfur, and its surrounding areas, the head of the U.N.’s Sudan mission said on Wednesday. The mass graves contained victims of attacks by the paramilitary RSF …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States plans to withhold $85 million in military aid to Egypt because of Cairo’s failure to meet U.S. conditions on freeing political prisoners and other issues, according to a congressional notification obtained by Reuters and a U.S. senator. Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat, urged the …
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By Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfali DERNA, Libya (Reuters) -Residents of the devastated Libyan city of Derna desperately searched for missing relatives on Wednesday and rescue workers appealed for more body bags, after a catastrophic flood that killed thousands of people and swept many out to sea. Swathes of the Mediterranean city were obliterated by …
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By Nafisa Eltahir (Reuters) – As shells rained down on her neighbourhood in Sudan’s Nyala city on Aug. 23, Mahla Adam decided to rush home instead of sheltering under a nearby bridge as she and many others had done during countless clashes. But this time, a projectile hit next to the bridge, and when she …
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(Reuters) – Libya has called for international aid after a devastating flood killed thousands of people, with many still missing. Tens of thousands have been displaced. Here is some of the aid that countries have sent or are preparing to send. QATAR At least two planes carrying humanitarian aid from Qatar landed in Benghazi’s Benina …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – The junta in Niger on Tuesday said it would end a military pact with neighbouring Benin, accusing it of authorising the deployment of troops on its territory for a possible military intervention against Niger by the West African regional bloc. The ECOWAS bloc is trying to negotiate with the leaders of the …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union must engage more with African countries, the bloc’s chief executive said on Wednesday, accusing Russia of stirring chaos in the Sahel and saying military coups destabilise the region making it prone to risk of terrorism. “This is of direct concern for Europe – for our security and prosperity,” European …
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations special envoy to Sudan is stepping down, more than three months after Sudan declared him unwelcome after disagreements between rival factions erupted into war. “I am grateful to the Secretary-General for that opportunity and for his confidence in me, but I have asked him to …
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi KETTOU, Morocco (Reuters) – A wedding celebration saved all the people of a Moroccan village during Friday’s deadly earthquake, which destroyed their stone and mud-brick houses while they were enjoying traditional music in an outdoor courtyard. The marriage of Habiba Ajdir, 22, and apple farmer Mohammed Boudad, 30, was due to take …
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