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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said a military offensive against al Shabaab aims to eliminate the al Qaeda-linked group in the next five months, but security experts question the timeline amid persistent militant attacks. Mohamud plans to officially launch the second phase of the campaign in coming days from the central town …

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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has approved a total of 180 billion naira ($235 mln) for its 36 states to procure rice and maize to cushion the effects of food shortages across the country and hardship caused by reforms, Borno state governor Babagana Zulum said on Thursday. President Bola Tinubu has embarked on …

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DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s hunger striking opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was admitted to intensive care at a Dakar hospital after falling ill on Wednesday night, his party said in a statement on Thursday. Reuters could not independently verify the statement. Sonko’s party, Pastef, gave no details about his condition. Sonko has been on a hunger …

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A brand new highway junction in a suburb of Tripoli was meant to showcase how the government was delivering improvements to the lives of ordinary Libyans but this week’s deadly clashes left it ringed by burnt-out cars and littered with spent bullet cases. The violence that killed 55 people around the intersection …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has held talks with African Union Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other stakeholders about the coup in Niger, and Germany is now backing EU sanctions against the military junta, her ministry said on Thursday. In comments posted to X, the social …

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By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – BRICS leaders meet in South Africa next week to discuss how to turn a loose club of nations accounting for a quarter of the global economy into a geopolitical force that can challenge the West’s dominance in world affairs. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who faces an international arrest warrant …

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