ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will meet U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month, his spokesman said on Saturday. The U.N. general assembly is scheduled for Sept. 18 to 26 in New York. Presidency spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement Tinubu …
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By Nelson Banya and Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) -Partial results from Zimbabwe’s parliamentary election suggested the ruling party’s lead was growing on Friday, but election observers said the vote did not meet international standards and was conducted in a “climate of fear”. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ZANU-PF party was widely expected to maintain its 43-year grip …
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By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -At least 12 people have been kidnapped in two separate incidents in northern Nigeria, officials and witnesses said on Saturday. In the first incident, unidentified assailants kidnapped four people late on Friday. Those taken included the village head of Nasarawa-Burkullu community in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, local official Muhammad …
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By Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) – The junta in Niger has ordered its armed forces to go on highest alert, citing an increased threat of attack, according to an internal document issued by its defence chief on Friday that a security source in the country confirmed was authentic. The document, which was shared widely online …
By Lova Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -A stampede of sports fans trying to enter Madagascar’s national stadium for the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games has killed 12 and injured around 80, the prime minister said on Friday. Videos shared on social media showed Red Cross workers caring for dozens of injured people next …
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By Boureima Balima and Moussa Aksar NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger’s junta, which seized power in a coup on July 26, said on Friday it had ordered French ambassador Sylvain Itte to leave the country within 48 hours, as relations between the West African country and its former colonial ruler deteriorated further. Like recent coups in neighbouring …
DUBAI/GENEVA (Reuters) -Sudan’s military ruler visited army bases near Khartoum on his first trip away from the capital since an internal conflict broke out in April, as the United Nations warned that the war could tip the entire region into a humanitarian catastrophe. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan intends to leave Sudan for talks in neighbouring …
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DUBAI/GENEVA (Reuters) -Sudan’s military ruler visited army bases near Khartoum on his first trip away from the capital since an internal conflict broke out in April, as the United Nations warned that the war could tip the entire region into a humanitarian catastrophe. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan intends to leave Sudan for talks in neighbouring …
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(Reuters) – The United States on Friday condemned pervasive conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan, which the State Department said that credible sources including victims have attributed to Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied militias. “The numerous reports of rape, gang rape and other forms of gender-based violence against women and girls in West …
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(Reuters) – AFP said on Friday it had deleted an earlier post that said Niger’s military rulers had given the German ambassador 48 hours to leave, as the statements it was based on had been declared “unauthentic by authorities”. A similar post relating to the U.S. ambassador was also deleted, it said. The U.S. State …
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