Cairo (Reuters) – At least four civilians were killed and four others injured in a drone attack by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that targeted a hospital in the city of Omdurman, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. The attack came amid fighting between the country’s army and the RSF that erupted in …
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Czech Marketa Vondrousova left Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur heart-broken once again as she claimed a surprise 6-4 6-4 victory on Saturday to become the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title. The 24-year-old left-hander, who a year ago needed wrist surgery, proved too steady for the error-strewn Jabeur …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Undocumented sub-Saharan African migrants in Tunisia received three billion dinars (about $1 billion) in remittances from their countries during the first half of 2023, an official from the national security council said in a meeting late on Friday. President Kais Saied, who chaired the meeting, said, “This figure is shocking …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations has not yet resumed using a shuttered border crossing to deliver aid to northwest Syria from Turkey that Syria said it could use for another six months after U.N. Security Council approval of the route expired on Monday The U.N. aid deliveries would have to …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian air force plane crashed on Friday in the central city of Makurdi while on a routine training exercise, the air force said, but there were no fatalities. The two pilots aboard survived after successfully ejecting from the aircraft, and no lives were lost or properties damaged around …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Sudanese human rights organisations had evidence the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had detained more than 5,000 people in the capital and were keeping them in inhumane conditions, the group told Reuters on Friday. The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army for three months, having dominated the Sudanese capital on …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto vowed on Friday that protests planned next week would not be allowed following two rounds of demonstrations that have left at least 15 people dead. Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s party called earlier in the day for three more days of protests from next Wednesday against tax hikes that …
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By Catherine Schenck JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Two South African aspiring designers, Khumo Morojele and Klein Muis, spend hours at a second-hand street market in Johannesburg looking for fashion items. The duo then upcycles what they find into clothing or accessories they say express uniquely African style. Upcycling refers to reusing an object in a new …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan’s warring factions fought heavy clashes in parts of the city of Bahri on Friday, residents said, a day after both sides welcomed a new mediation effort that seeks to end a three-month war. The fighting that broke out on April 15 has driven civilians out of the wider capital region – consisting …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced a former top Venezuelan diplomat to 20 years in jail over the 2012 murder of the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood. Dwight Sagaray, who was the first secretary at the embassy, was convicted, along with three Kenyan nationals, …
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