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UK police charge former Nigerian oil minister Alison-Madueke with bribery

22 Aug 2023

By Michael Holden and Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) -British police said on Tuesday they had charged former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke with bribery offences, saying they suspected she had accepted bribes in return for awarding multi-million pound oil and gas contracts. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and top oil producer, has one of the …

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Ethiopia aims to end ‘illegal administration’ in disputed territory

22 Aug 2023

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia plans to organise a referendum to determine the status of territory disputed by the country’s Tigray and Amhara regions, the defence minister said on Tuesday. The government also vowed to dissolve what it called an “illegal administration” in the area run by the Amharas, potentially risking a further backlash from …

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ECOWAS envoy to Niger says meeting with junta was ‘fruitful’

22 Aug 2023

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s former military president, Abdulsalami Abubakar, who led a mission from West African regional bloc ECOWAS to Niger to negotiate with its coup leaders over the weekend, said on Tuesday that the visit was “very fruitful” and that he had hope the crisis could be solved through diplomacy. (Reporting by Felix Onuah; …

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Somalia bans TikTok, Telegram and 1XBet over ‘horrific’ content, misinformation

22 Aug 2023

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia has banned TikTok, messaging app Telegram and online betting website 1XBet to limit the spread of indecent content and propaganda, its communications minister said. “The minister of communications orders internet companies to stop the aforementioned applications, which terrorists and immoral groups use to spread constant horrific images and misinformation to the …

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West Africa’s ECOWAS rejects Niger junta’s proposed three-year delay for elections

22 Aug 2023

(This Aug. 21 story has been corrected to say that Guinea changed its transition timeline last year, not last week, in paragraph 12) ABUJA (Reuters) – West Africa’s main regional bloc, ECOWAS, has rejected a proposal by Niger’s military junta to hold elections within three years, extending a political impasse that could trigger a military …

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Russia’s Prigozhin posts first video since mutiny, hints he’s in Africa

22 Aug 2023

(Reuters) – Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin posted his first video address since leading a short-lived mutiny in late June, appearing in a clip – possibly shot in Africa – on Telegram channels affiliated with the Wagner group on Monday. Prigozhin is seen standing in a desert area in camouflage and with a rifle in …

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