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Ethiopian military pushes back militiamen in two Amhara towns

9 Aug 2023

By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s military has pushed local militiamen out of two towns in the Amhara region, residents said on Wednesday, in its first big battlefield breakthroughs since fighting erupted last week. The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) gained control on Tuesday of the centre of Gondar, Amhara’s second-biggest city, and entered …

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Romanian hostage seized from Burkina Faso mine released after eight years

9 Aug 2023

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A Romanian security officer who was kidnapped from a manganese mining project in Burkina Faso in 2015 has been freed and safely returned to Romania, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Iulian Ghergut was 39 when he was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from the Tambao manganese mining project in northern Burkina Faso …

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Five killed in South Africa’s Cape Town amid taxi strike

9 Aug 2023

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Five people have been killed in the South African city of Cape Town as a strike by mini-bus taxi drivers that began last week turned violent, authorities said on Tuesday. The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) announced a one-week provincial shutdown last Thursday after failing to resolve various issues with …

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At least six killed, 12 hurt in Somalia bus explosion – state news agency

9 Aug 2023

NAIROBI (Reuters) -At least six people were killed in an explosion targeting a passenger bus travelling in a region outside Somalia’s capital on Wednesday, the state news agency said. Somali News Agency, citing Mohamed Ibrahim, governor of Lower Shabelle region, said the attack happened on a road between Qoryoley and Marka districts and that another …

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Former Niger rebel creates movement to reinstate ousted president Bazoum

9 Aug 2023

(Reuters) – A former rebel leader and politician in Niger, Rhissa Ag Boula, has created a political movement called the Council of Resistance for the Republic (CRR) to restore ousted President Mohamed Bazoum to power, he said in a statement seen on Wednesday. The movement will support international efforts to restore constitutional order in Niger, …

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World Bank halts new lending to Uganda over anti-LGBTQ law

9 Aug 2023

By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank said on Tuesday it would halt new lending to the Ugandan government after concluding that its anti-LGBTQ law, which has been condemned by many countries and the United Nations, contradicts the bank’s values. In response, the East African country dismissed the move as unjust …

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Sudanese woman tells of ‘horrible’ desert journey after expulsion from Tunisia

9 Aug 2023

By Ahmed Elumami ALASAA, Libya (Reuters) – Exhausted, pregnant and weeping, Sudanese nurse Tafaul Omar sat under the scorching desert sun along with 14 other migrants who said they had been arrested by Tunisian authorities and dumped in the border area with Libya – a practice Tunisia denies. The group of men and women from …

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Niger hit with more sanctions as junta rebuffs latest diplomatic mission

9 Aug 2023

By Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger was slapped with more sanctions on Tuesday, hours after its new military leaders rejected the latest diplomatic mission aimed at restoring constitutional order following a July 26 coup. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the new sanctions through Nigeria’s central bank, aimed at squeezing those involved in …

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Operation to recover sunken tugboat in Suez Canal succeeds -head of Suez Canal Authority

8 Aug 2023

(Reuters) – The Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Osama Rabie announced on Tuesday the success of an operation to recover a sunken tugboat, according to a statement. A Suez Canal tugboat sank on Saturday and one of its crew was missing after it collided with a Hong Kong-flagged LPG tanker though shipping traffic in …

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