(Reuters) -The paramilitary force battling the army in Sudan has taken control of a town in South Darfur, triggering clashes, looting and a new wave of displacement, conflict monitors and a witness said on Monday. Clashes between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army around the town of Kas had caused up to 5,000 …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -At least 13 people were killed on Monday when a five-storey building in the Egyptian capital Cairo collapsed, state newspaper Al-Ahram said. The building in the Hadayek el Kobba neighbourhood north of central Cairo was in a densely built area of informal housing, where rescue workers searched through the rubble for survivors. Building …
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) -Israel has recognised Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara and is mulling opening a consulate there, a statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office said on Monday. The announcement confirmed a statement earlier from Morocco’s royal palace, which said Israel’s position had been expressed in a letter …
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By Judicael Yongo BANGUI (Reuters) – Dozens of troops from Russia’s Wagner private military company have arrived in Central African Republic to help secure a constitutional referendum on July 30 that could see the president extend his term, the presidency said on Monday. Hundreds of Wagner troops departed CAR days after a short-lived mutiny in …
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By Sarah El Safty, Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) – A war between military factions in Sudan is putting at risk the production of staple crops this year, farmers in several states say, threatening to drive the African nation deeper into hunger and poverty. Reuters spoke to more than a dozen people including …
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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Gunmen killed 10 people and injured another two at a busy junction in the city of Bamenda in Cameroon’s troubled northwest, the regional governor said on Monday. A witness said the attackers arrived in vehicles late on Sunday, ordered people onto the floor with accusations of failing to …
By Nyasha Chingono GWERU, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa promised economic prosperity and an end to corruption as he launched his party’s campaign on Sunday for national elections set for Aug. 23. Chamisa, who leads the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is running against 80-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia and the European Union signed on Sunday a “strategic partnership” deal that includes combatting human traffickers and tightening borders during a sharp increase in boats leaving the North African nation for Europe. The deal follow weeks of talks and Europe’s pledge of major aid to Tunisia amounting to 1 …
(Reuters) -Sudanese representatives have arrived in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah to resume talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudanese government sources told Reuters on Saturday, after three months of fighting between the army and RSF. Previous talks in Jeddah facilitated by Saudi Arabia and the United States were suspended by both countries in early …
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By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in which they discussed the Black Sea grain deal, due to expire on Monday, and a summit in South Africa next month, the Kremlin said on Saturday. Ramaphosa finds himself in an awkward position as host …
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