By Michelle Nichols ADRE, Chad (Reuters) -The U.S. envoy to the United Nations met Sudanese refugees fleeing ethnic and sexual violence on Wednesday and said the United States would “do everything in our power to prevent and respond to mass atrocities” in Sudan’s war. On a visit to the town of Adre in Chad on …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Gabon’s military junta has named a former prime minister, Raymond Ndong Sima, as the country’s new interim prime minister, it said in a statement broadcast on national television on Thursday. (Reporting by Joel Honore Kouam; Writing by Sofia Christensen; Editing by Alex Richardson)
(Reuters) -The G20 grouping of nations has agreed to grant permanent membership to the African Union, Bloomberg News said on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The move would give the African Union, a continental body of 55 member states, the same status as the EU, from its current designation of “invited international organization,” …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Al Qaeda affiliate Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack that targeted forces in Yatenga, Burkina Faso, killing over 50 personnel, the Site Intelligence Group said. Seventeen soldiers and 36 volunteer fighters have been killed in heavy clashes with militants in northern Burkina Faso, the …
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s presidential election tribunal on Wednesday rejected challenges by opposition rivals to Bola Tinubu’s win in February’s disputed vote, following a pattern seen in previous election years in Africa’s most populous country. No legal challenge to the outcome of a presidential election has succeeded in Nigeria, which returned to democracy …
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(Reuters) -At least 32 civilians were killed and dozens injured in artillery strikes by the Sudanese army on Tuesday, one of the highest tolls from a single day of fighting since war broke out in April, the activist group Emergency Lawyers said. Rights activists and residents say the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) …
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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -African leaders on Wednesday proposed new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action in a declaration that will form the basis of their negotiating position at November’s COP28 summit. The Nairobi Declaration capped the three-day Africa Climate Summit in Kenya, which was dominated …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s presidential election tribunal on Wednesday rejected an opposition challenge to Bola Tinubu’s win in February’s disputed vote, following a pattern seen in previous election years in Africa’s most populous country. No legal challenge to the outcome of a presidential election has succeeded in Nigeria, which returned to democracy in …
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(Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday that Turkey had agreed in principle to handle 1 million metric tons of grain that Russia plans to send to Africa at a discounted price with financial support from Qatar. Moscow proposed the arrangement after quitting a year-old deal in July that had permitted Ukraine to ship grain safely …
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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said on Wednesday he will seek re-election in November, speaking in front of thousands of supporters, despite opposition claims that he should be barred from running on constitutional grounds. Madagascar is hoping for its third peaceful election since the upheaval of 2009, when Rajoelina ousted President Marc Ravalomanana …
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