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Sudanese general warns Kenya against sending peacekeepers

24 Jul 2023

CAIRO (Reuters) -A Sudanese general rejected in threatening language a Kenyan-led proposal that East African peacekeepers help end a more than 100-day war in Sudan in a video released on Monday, drawing sharp criticism from Kenyan authorities. The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces it is fighting have received multiple international mediation offers, …

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US sanctions Malian officials over alleged ties to Wagner Group

24 Jul 2023

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three Malian officials, including the minister of defense, over accusations they facilitated the deployment and expansion of the Russian Wagner Group’s activities in the West African country. The U.S. Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions on Mali’s Minister of Defense, Sadio Camara, …

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Wildfires kill 34 in Algeria as heatwave sweeps north Africa

24 Jul 2023

ALGIERS (Reuters) -The death toll as wildfires sweep across regions of Algeria has risen to 34 people including 10 soldiers on Monday, the interior ministry said, as a heatwave spreads across north Africa and southern Europe. Some 8,000 firefighters were battling to bring the flames under control, authorities said. The interior ministry said that it …

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At least 125 tombs discovered at Roman-era cemetery in Gaza – officials

24 Jul 2023

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Archaeologists working on a 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery discovered in Gaza last year have found at least 125 tombs, most with skeletons still largely intact, and two rare lead sarcophaguses, the Palestinian Ministry of Antiquities said. The impoverished Palestinian territory was an important trading post for civilisations as far back …

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London court orders Nigerian ex-governor Ibori’s lawyer to pay $36 million

24 Jul 2023

By Sam Tobin and Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) -A London court on Monday ordered an ex-lawyer of former Nigerian oil state governor James Ibori to pay around 28 million pounds (around $36 million) for helping hide funds gained illegally. Bhadresh Gohil was convicted in 2010 of 13 counts of money laundering and other offences linked …

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Cameroon mourns victims of building collapse as death toll jumps to 34

24 Jul 2023

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – The death toll from a weekend building collapse in Cameroon’s commercial hub Douala has risen to 34 from an earlier estimate of 12, the housing and urban development minister said on Monday. The four-storey building collapsed on Sunday, destroying a nearby building and injuring scores of residents. “The building in question unfortunately …

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Suicide bomber kills at least 30 soldiers in Somali capital -military sources

24 Jul 2023

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -A suicide bomber killed at least 30 soldiers and wounded scores more inside a military academy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by the al Shabaab militant group. A military campaign launched by government forces and allied militiamen last year has forced the al Qaeda-linked …

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