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Nigeria’s Tinubu appoints banker Olawale Edun as finance minister -presidency

16 Aug 2023

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu appointed banker Olawale Edun as minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy as he seeks to recalibrate Africa’s biggest economy, the president’s spokesman said on Wednesday. Edun, 62, is one of Tinubu’s closest advisers and a member of his economic team that helped prepare …

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New US ambassador to Niger will arrive in country later this week

16 Aug 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The new U.S. ambassador to Niger, Kathleen FitzGibbon, will arrive in Niamey following a coup last month, the State Department said on Wednesday, in a signal of Washington’s continued engagement with the situation. A U.S. official said she is expected to arrive in Niger later this week. The Senate confirmed FitzGibbon, a …

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Niger says 17 of its soldiers killed in ambush near Burkina Faso border

16 Aug 2023

By Moussa Aksar NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger’s junta on Wednesday said 17 of its soldiers were killed in an ambush by insurgents, the deadliest attack since a July 26 coup whose leaders have cited persistent insecurity as a justification for deposing the civilian government. The ambush took place on Tuesday about 60 km (40 miles) from …

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Interpreters for German troops in Mali seek Berlin protection as pull-out looms

16 Aug 2023

BERLIN (Reuters) – Interpreters for German forces in Mali have asked Berlin for protection for themselves and their families as the troops prepare to pull out by the end of the year, the defence ministry in Berlin said on Wednesday. The Bundeswehr has deployed some 1,000 troops in Mali where their main task has been …

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US bars entry of three Congo public officials for ‘significant corruption’

16 Aug 2023

(Reuters) – The United States has barred three Democratic Republic of the Congo public officials from entering the country, alleging the individuals were involved in significant corruption, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday. The individuals targeted include Cosma Wilungula Balongelwa, the former Director General of the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature …

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Egypt blackouts become symbol of malaise a decade after Sisi’s rise

16 Aug 2023

By Aidan Lewis and Hatem Maher CAIRO (Reuters) – For Egyptians grown used to a decade of reliable power supplies and boasts of vast investments in generation, a wave of rolling blackouts came as a shock – shaking faith in President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s record months before an election. Along with record inflation and a …

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S. African mother found guilty of murdering three daughters in New Zealand

16 Aug 2023

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A jury in New Zealand found a South African woman guilty on Wednesday of murdering her three young daughters, with media saying she faced a life sentence for each killing. Lauren Anne Dickason killed her two-year-old twins and their six-year-old sister in September 2021 at their home in Timaru, a city of …

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Niger junta says open to talks as Putin, US stress peace

16 Aug 2023

By Felix Onuah (Reuters) -Niger’s junta on Tuesday said that it was open to talks to resolve a regional crisis caused by last month’s military coup, while Russia and the United States called for a peaceful resolution. Western powers and democratic African governments have called for the coup leaders to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, …

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