By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – An expansion of the BRICS bloc under consideration at a summit this week has attracted a motley crew of potential candidates – from Iran to Argentina – with one thing in common: a desire to level a global playing field many consider rigged against them. The list of grievances …
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By Nyasha Chingono and Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabweans vote next week in an election many hope could end the country’s lengthy economic crisis, but those expectations are tempered by concerns that the contest is skewed in favour of a party that has been in power for more than four decades. Mineral-rich Zimbabwe was …
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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in 45 ministers to a new cabinet that must get to grips with tackling the problems of sluggish growth, a weak currency and high inflation in Africa’s largest economy. The country also faces widespread insecurity, including the theft of crude oil by …
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By Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou NIAMEY (Reuters) – Supporters of Niger’s junta were forced on Saturday to halt a census of people willing to volunteer for non-military roles in defence against a possible intervention by West African powers, saying they had been overwhelmed by the numbers who turned up. Thousands of mostly young men …
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By Felix Onuah and Boureima Balima ABUJA/NIAMEY (Reuters) -A delegation from West Africa’s main regional bloc ECOWAS on Saturday met Niger’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and held talks with junta leader General Abdourahmane Tiani in the capital Niamey, a Nigerian presidential spokesperson said. The West African group is pursuing diplomatic ways to reverse the July …
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BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – At least seven children were killed in eastern Congo on Saturday after a fire broke out at camp for people displaced by flooding, local official Thomas Bakenga said. Hundreds of families had been living in makeshift huts at the refuge in the town of Kalehe since May, when …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Gunmen killed at least 21 civilians in an attack on a village in central Mali’s insurgency-hit Mopti region on Friday, two local sources said on Saturday. The unidentified assailants struck in the afternoon, targeting the village of Yarou near the town of Bandiagara, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “It …
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(Reuters) – A delegation from West Africa’s main regional bloc met Niger’s ousted president Mohamed Bazoum and junta leader General Abdourahmane Tiani during a visit to the capital Niamey on Saturday, a Nigerian presidential spokesperson said in an online post. (Reporting by Felix Onuah; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Alison Williams)
By Mahamat Ramadane N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chadian rebel group the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) has announced an end to a ceasefire it declared in 2021, accusing the interim authorities of bombing one of its bases in what it called an act of war. Friday’s move suggests a possible return to all-out …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned prominent activist Ahmed Douma, along with a number of prisoners, state TV said on Saturday. Douma, a leading figure in the pro-democracy revolt that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak, was detained a decade ago and sentenced in 2019 to 15 years in prison for rioting and attacking security …
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