By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it had resumed distributing food aid in parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region after a three-month pause. WFP paused food aid to the northern region in May following reports of widespread theft of donations. It then suspended aid to all …
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PARIS (Reuters) – A cross-border investigation into West African criminal groups scamming internet users has resulted in more than 100 arrests and the seizure of over 2 million euros, Interpol said on Tuesday. The investigation, dubbed “Operation Jackal”, was led by law enforcement agencies in May across 21 countries in six continents and targeted cybercrime …
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By Abdel-Kader Mazou and Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) -West African leaders scheduled a summit for Thursday to discuss the Niger junta’s rejection of an ultimatum to reinstate the ousted president, as the United States sent a top official to Niamey to push for a return to democracy. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir (Reuters) -Sudan’s army on Tuesday intensified efforts to gain ground in the capital Khartoum in some of the heaviest fighting since the start of a conflict with a rival military faction that has caused a growing humanitarian crisis. The army has launched air strikes and used heavy artillery since …
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By Aaron Ross NAIROBI (Reuters) – When Ethiopia’s government and rebellious forces from the Tigray region agreed in November to end their conflict, diplomats hailed the peace deal as a new dawn for Africa’s second most populous nation. For many in the Amhara region, which neighbours Tigray and fought in support of federal forces during …
Ethiopia just ended one war. Is another one beginning? Read More »
By Alessandra Prentice DAKAR (Reuters) – Niger’s military coup is hampering United Nations’ humanitarian efforts in one of the world’s poorest countries as border and airspace closures have cut off supplies of medicine and food, a U.N. official said on Tuesday. U.N. aid agencies are scrambling to eke out depleting stocks just as regional sanctions …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Mali’s troops and its foreign security partners, believed to be Russia’s Wagner mercenaries, are using violence against women and other “grave human rights abuses” to spread terror, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report seen by Reuters on Monday. The monitors also warned in their report to the …
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By Abdel-Kader Mazou and Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) -West African leaders scheduled a summit for Thursday to discuss the Niger junta’s rejection of an ultimatum to reinstate the ousted president, as the United States sent a top official to Niamey to push for a return to democracy. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) …
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By Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. State Department’s acting No. 2 traveled to Niger and held talks on Monday with senior officials from the country’s junta which seized power last month, but made no progress in meetings she described as “difficult”. U.S. Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Senate on Monday approved 45 of President Bola Tinubu’s nominees to Cabinet positions after individually vetting them in the past week, paving the way for their swearing-in as government ministers. Among those approved is Olawale Edun, a longtime Tinubu adviser who has long been tipped to become the next finance minister …
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