(Reuters) -Sudan’s army confirmed on Monday that the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had taken the main base of a well-equipped police brigade in Khartoum and there were reports of fighting spreading for the first time to Blue Nile state near Ethiopia. The RSF said it had captured dozens of armoured vehicles and pickup trucks …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s RSF paramilitary commander announced on Monday a unilateral truce during Muslims’ Eid al Adha. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti, said in an audio recording aired on Al Arabiya TV the truce will be effective on Tuesday and Wednesday. (Reporting by Omar Abdel-Razek and Hatem Maher; Editing by Chris …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Several billions of dollars left in a scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest could be diverted to prepare for other pandemics or to support vaccine manufacturing in Africa, the scheme’s partners said. The COVAX initiative, run by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO), …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost 169,000 pounds ($215,035) per person, according to the first detailed government assessment of a high-stakes promise to tackle record numbers of people arriving in small boats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government wants to send thousands of migrants more than …
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By Tiemoko Diallo and Judicael Yongo BAMAKO/BANGUI (Reuters) – A revolt by the Wagner militia in Russia poses a diplomatic quandary for Mali and Central African Republic (CAR), where forces from the mercenary group have played an increasingly central role in long-running internal conflicts. As the Wagner fighters barrelled towards Moscow after seizing a southern …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Families of jailed Tunisian opposition politicians on Monday dismissed an aid package offered to Tunis by the European Union as “shortsighted and counterproductive”, warning the money would not help the north African country stop migration. Speaking at a press conference with other children of jailed figures, Yusra Ghannouchi, the daughter of …
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PARIS (Reuters) – South Africa reported two outbreaks of highly pathogenic H7 bird flu in poultry east of Johannesburg, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday. In total 9,500 farm poultry died from the virus in the town of Victor Khanye in Mpumalanga province, with one location having 2,000 poultry and …
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By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – More than 90% of the world’s marine food supplies are at risk from environmental changes such as rising temperatures and pollution, with top producers like China, Norway and the United States facing the biggest threat, new research showed on Monday. “Blue food” includes more than 2,190 species of fish, …
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By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO (Reuters) – A Sudanese-Canadian citizen has been separated from an adopted sister and her children and is trying to help them secure safe passage out of Sudan where they have been stranded for over 10 weeks by the war between rival military factions. Sami Atabani said he hoped the Canadian …
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By Cooper Inveen FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone counted votes in a tense presidential election on Monday following violence and the death of an opposition party volunteer at the weekend, as international observers voiced concern about lack of transparency in the tallying of ballots. Provisional results are expected within 48 hours of Saturday’s vote, in …
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