By Ange Adihe Kasongo and Benoit Nyemba KINSHASA (Reuters) – A small recording booth on the outskirts of the Congolese capital Kinshasa has become a safe space for homeless teenagers to rap and sing about their life on the streets and dreams of a brighter future. Lyrics about sexual abuse, theft, and run-ins with the …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – The mandate of an East African force set up to curb militia violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been extended to December, the regional bloc that formed it said. The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC) set up the force in April 2022 to stop bloodshed linked to …
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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -The world is losing the race to meet its climate change goals, the president of the upcoming COP28 summit said on Tuesday, as African leaders called for changes to what they say is an unfair international climate finance system. The grim assessment by Sultan Al Jaber, who will preside over …
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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – An initiative to boost Africa’s carbon credit production 19-fold by 2030 drew hundreds of millions of dollars in pledges on Monday, as Kenyan President William Ruto opened the continent’s first climate summit. In one of the most anticipated deals, investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) committed to buying …
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By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The former CEO and the former chairman of a Swedish oil firm went on trial in Sweden on Tuesday, accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan between 1999 and 2003 – charges that they both flatly deny. Prosecutors say that the former Lundin Oil – which has changed its …
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TAIPEI/MBABANE (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrived on Tuesday in Eswatini, Taipei’s last African ally, saying the island will continue to confidently engage with the world and show it is a force for good. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory with no right to state-to-state relations, now has formal ties with only …
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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Seventeen soldiers and 36 volunteer fighters have been killed in heavy clashes with militants in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Tuesday, the worst attack in months in the West African country that for years has been overrun by hardline militants. Burkina Faso has been battling armed groups, some with links …
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By Arlette Bashizi GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Six soldiers were charged on Tuesday for their involvement in the killing of 56 people during an army crackdown on anti-U.N. demonstrations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week. The group, which includes a colonel and a lieutenant-colonel from the republican guard, are being prosecuted …
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By Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Central African Republic President Faustin Touadera held closed-door talks with Gabon’s junta-appointed leader in Libreville on Tuesday in the wake of the main regional bloc’s condemnation of the Aug. 30 coup. Central African bloc ECCAS has suspended Gabon’s membership, but has so far stopped short of imposing sanctions in …
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CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least two people were killed in Guinea’s capital Conakry when armed security forces attacked the neighbourhoods of political activists on the eve of planned demonstrations against the junta that seized power in 2021, protest organisers said on Tuesday. A committee of opposition groups, civil society organizations and activists known as the …
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