By Ngouda Dione and Joel Kouam FASS BOYE, Senegal (Reuters) – The brightly painted boats in the Senegalese fishing village of Fass Boye lay idle on Friday. The sound of wailing drifted from households out to the empty streets. Residents walked from home to home offering condolences to mourning families. More than 100 people boarded …
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RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco has not made a formal request to join the BRICS grouping and will not attend its summit in South Africa, state news agency MAP said on Saturday. Citing an unnamed diplomatic source, MAP denied a statement by South Africa’s foreign minister Anil Sooklal who said earlier this month Morocco was among …
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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) – West Africa’s main regional bloc on Friday said it had agreed an undisclosed “D-Day” for a possible military intervention to restore democracy in Niger if diplomatic efforts fail, stressing that it would not hold endless dialogue with the defiant junta. The comments came at the end of a …
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Major opposition parties in Gabon on Friday backed a single candidate for the Aug. 26 presidential election, joining forces in the hope of beating President Ali Bongo and ending his family’s 56-year grip on power. Of the 19 candidates on the ballot, five have agreed to support the candidacy of former minister …
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By Thando Hlophe JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s surprise success in reaching the knockouts at the Women’s World Cup has highlighted their inferior pay and resources when compared with the historically less successful men’s team. South Africa’s women’s team, known as “Banyana Banyana”, reached the last 16 at the World Cup in Australia and New …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Paintings of Niger’s coup leader, national flags and symbols of unity have appeared in the capital since a military takeover last month that has seen some artists join a movement supporting the new junta. Niger military officers who deposed President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 have defied calls from the United Nations, …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The BRICS group of major emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – will hold its 15th heads of state and government summit in Johannesburg this month. Here are some key facts about the summit. WHERE AND WHEN IS THE SUMMIT? South Africa will host the summit from Aug. 22-24 …
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The BRICS group of major emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – will hold its 15th heads of state and government summit in Johannesburg from Aug. 22-24. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
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By Carien du Plessis and Rachel Savage PRETORIA (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet African heads of state on the sidelines of the BRICS summit next week “to advance China-Africa cooperation in the new era”, China’s ambassador to South Africa said on Friday. The meeting will take place late on Thursday, the last …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief on Friday said there was no legal basis for Niger’s military junta to prosecute deposed president Mohamed Bazoum for high treason, saying the “very notion of freedoms” in the country was at stake. The military junta, which seized power in a coup last month, said it …
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