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By Stephanie van den Berg and Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – UN appeals judges on Monday ordered the war crimes trial for elderly Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga indefinitely suspended because he has dementia, rejecting plans for an alternative slimmed-down procedure. The judges, who are part of the court that succeeded the Rwanda war …

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DAKAR (Reuters) – Juan Branco, a French lawyer for Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, has been released on bail by a judge, Senegal’s justice minister said on Monday. Branco faces terrorism, conspiracy and public order charges, similar to charges against his client Sonko, who is in custody accused of plotting an insurrection – part of …

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By Joanna Plucinska and Paolo Laudani LONDON/GDANSK (Reuters) -European carriers on Monday reported disruptions and suspended flights across the African continent after Niger’s junta closed its airspace on Sunday. The junta on Monday braced for a response from the West African regional bloc after ignoring its deadline to reinstate the country’s ousted president or face …

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By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A senior Ethiopian official accused militiamen in the Amhara region of seeking to overthrow the regional and federal governments following days of fighting that led the authorities to declare a state of emergency. Clashes between Fano militiamen and the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) continued over the weekend. …

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ROME (Reuters) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should prolong their deadline for the reinstatement of Niger’s ousted president, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in an interview published on Monday. “The only way is the diplomatic one. I hope that the ultimatum of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), …

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