By Idrees Ali and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States ordered the evacuation of some staff and families from its embassy in Niger after military officers seized power there, the State Department said on Wednesday, even as the mission will remain open and senior leadership will continue working from there. Niger is a key …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday said it had agreed deals with Zambia on clean energy and critical minerals as foreign minister James Cleverly ends a four-day visit to Africa to deepen ties. Cleverly has used the trip, which fell shortly after a coup in Niger, to seek to enhance Britain’s sway in Africa, welcoming …
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By Camillus Eboh NIAMEY/ABUJA (Reuters) -The self-declared new leader of Niger on Wednesday said the junta would not bow to pressure to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, intensifying a standoff with the West African bloc which has threatened to intervene after last week’s coup. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed sanctions …
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By Kanishka Singh and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank on Wednesday said it was “alarmed” by efforts to overthrow the democratically elected government in Niger, and had suspended disbursements in the African country until further notice, except for private-sector partnerships. Niger has one of the largest World Bank portfolios in Africa, amounting to …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has sent 19 additional names to the Senate to be approved for cabinet positions, a week after submitting 28 names for confirmation, according to a letter read out by the Senate President. Tinubu is under pressure to quickly revive Africa’s largest economy, which is facing a …
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By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s military has clashed with fighters from a militia in the Amhara region, residents said on Wednesday, in an escalation of a simmering feud between the two former allies that a doctor said had caused more than a dozen injuries. Fano, a part-time militia with no formal command structure, …
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By Bhargav Acharya and Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s interior ministry said on Wednesday that it had suspended the local activities of cryptocurrency project Worldcoin while government agencies assess potential risks to public safety. The project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman launched last week. It requires users to give their iris scans in exchange …
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By Manuel Ausloos and Antonio Denti PARIS/ROME (Reuters) – Military planes carrying hundreds of European nationals evacuated from Niger landed in Paris and Rome on Wednesday as France and Italy fly their citizens out of the West African country after a coup last week. Those arriving in Rome included 21 U.S. citizens, a number of …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied appointed Ahmed Hachani as new prime minister, replacing Najla Bouden, who ended her duties, the Tunisian presidency said early on Wednesday. The appointment of Hachani, who served as human resources director at Tunisia’s central bank, comes amid a deepening economic and social crisis in the country. In recent …
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By Crispin Kyala and Sonia Rolley KAHUZI-BIEGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – In the forested borderlands of eastern Congo, some members of an exiled hunter-gatherer community plan to move back into their ancestral land in a national park in protest over broken promises from the authorities they say put rare gorillas over …
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