ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Former Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bedie has died aged 89, a close relative told Reuters on Tuesday. (Reporting by Ange Aboa; Writing by Edward McAllister; Editing by Leslie Adler)
DAKAR (Reuters) – Two people burned to death and five were seriously injured in Dakar on Tuesday when attackers hurled molotov cocktails into a passenger bus during rush hour in Senegal’s capital, the interior ministry said. The incident, described by the interior ministry as a “terrorist” act, came just one day after the government dissolved …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Defence chiefs from West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS will meet in Nigeria’s capital Abuja for two days starting Wednesday to discuss last week’s coup in Niger, the bloc said in a statement on Tuesday. (Reporting by Edward McAllister)
By Angela Ukomadu and Felix Onuah LAGOS (Reuters) – A light aircraft crashed and burst into flames while on a test flight in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, on Tuesday, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau said. The bureau said it had commenced investigating the accident involving a Jabiru J430 light airplane with registration number 5N-CCQ, which …
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By Layli Foroudi and Zhifan Liu PARIS (Reuters) – France began the evacuation of hundreds of French and European citizens from Niger on Tuesday, a day after neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso said any outside intervention to restore the ousted government would be seen as a declaration of war. A military junta overthrew Niger’s democratically …
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(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the Ethiopia region on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Jose Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Mark Porter)
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s foreign minister on Tuesday said the government would arrange a special flight to repatriate nationals from Niamey, the capital of Niger, after a military takeover took place in the African state. “The Italian government has decided to offer our fellow citizens in Niamey the chance to leave the city on a …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The German foreign ministry urged its citizens in Niger to take up an offer from the French authorities to join their evacuation flights on Tuesday, days after a junta seized power in the west African country. “We can confirm that our French colleagues have offered, within the limits of available capacity, to …
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By Steven Grattan SAO PAULO (Reuters) – On their tenth day at sea, the four Nigerian stowaways crossing the Atlantic in a tiny space above the rudder of a cargo ship ran out of food and drink. They survived another four days, according to their account, by drinking the sea water crashing just meters below …
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By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Tuesday that other countries’ interest in joining the BRICS group of nations was proof of the bloc’s growing authority on the world stage, but hinted at disagreements over its possible expansion ahead of a summit. BRICS’ current five members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South …
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