By Ngouda Dione PODOR, Senegal – In the arid expanse of northern Senegal, women traverse kilometres daily carrying heavy buckets of murky water from distant wells and rivers. Water scarcity is so acute at this time of year that many communities face a dire choice: water your farms or quench you thirst. This dilemma drove …
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ALGIERS (Reuters) -At least 34 people died and 12 were injured when a bus and a car collided in Algeria early on Wednesday, Algeria’s fire service said. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. (0300 GMT) in the city of Tamanrasset, about 1,500 km (930 miles) south of the capital Algiers, according to a statement from …
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HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Aug. 23, with the southern African country’s extended economic crisis and accusations of a government crackdown against its opponents expected to once again take centre stage. WHO IS RUNNING? There are 11 candidates vying for the presidency. However, the key contest is between incumbent …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday turned back a bid by hardline conservatives to end five presidential emergency declarations that allow for sanctions against America’s enemies in the Middle East and Africa. Four Republican Representatives – Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar and Eli Crane – used …
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By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) -An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced Patrick Zaki, a rights researcher who had been studying in Italy, to a three-year jail sentence for spreading false news, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and a judicial source said. Zaki was arrested during a visit to Egypt in February 2020, while …
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By Camillus Eboh and Elisha Bala-Gbogbo ABUJA (Reuters) – Petrol prices in Nigeria reached 617 naira ($0.7802) per litre on Tuesday, the highest ever, as fuel prices rose in the second month after President Tinubu scrapped a popular but costly fuel subsidy in May. Prices were updated nationwide from 557 naira per litre across fuel …
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By Carien du Plessis (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked permission from the International Criminal Court not to arrest Russia’s Vladimir Putin, because to do so would amount to a declaration of war, a local court submission published on Tuesday showed. South Africa is due to host a summit of the BRICS …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Longtime trading partners China and Algeria agreed on Tuesday to strengthen cooperation in other areas including security and national defence, boosting Beijing’s already robust ties with a major nation on the African side of the Mediterranean. Following Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, the two countries …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s former president Joseph Kabila has rejected accusations from neighbouring Uganda that he gave sanctuary to an Islamist rebel group and allowed it to expand and exploit mineral resources. Kabila led Congo from 2001 to 2019 when he was succeeded by current president Felix Tshisekedi. Last week, Ugandan leader …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian defense ministry said on Tuesday it had received four T-6C training aircraft from the United States, as part of cooperation to renew its fleet of training aircraft for the air force. Last month, four Tunisian soldiers died after a military aircraft crashed into the sea, an accident that President Kais …
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