BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malians approved changes in the constitution in Sunday’s referendum with 97% of the vote, the West African country’s electoral authority said on Friday. Regional powers and Mali’s ruling military junta — which mostly organized and backed the referendum — said it will pave the way to elections in February 2024 and a …
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FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s main opposition candidate said on Friday the lack of election campaign access to some strongholds of the ruling party and unsupervised distribution of ballots could open the door to rigging. Some 3.4 million Sierra Leoneans are expected in the polls on Saturday for a general election in which Samura Kamara …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s two-month long war is extending across the country with the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) clashing in several areas on Friday. Air strikes and anti-aircraft missile fire hit overnight in the Omdurman and Khartoum, two of the three cities that make up Sudan’s wider capital. But the war has in …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s government is not on track with preparations for elections, the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) said on Friday ahead of presidential and parliamentary polls later this year. The country’s Catholic church has a long history of promoting democracy in the vast African country where organising elections has …
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TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s public prosecutor on Friday appealed against a judge’s decision to free Chaima Issa, a prominent opponent of President Kais Saied, following her arrest in February, her lawyer said. Issa will now not leave prison on Friday, lawyer Dalila Mbarek told Reuters. A decision will be taken to release her or keep her …
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By Elena Rodriguez and Joan Faus MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Protesters wearing white masks and carrying signs reading “massacre” and “Europe responsible” marked the anniversary on Friday of a mass attempt to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla in which at least 23 migrants and refugees died. Speakers from the Spanish umbrella rights …
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By Carien du Plessis and Felix Njini JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A methane gas explosion in a disused South African mine killed at least 31 people last month believed to be from neighbouring Lesotho, South Africa’s energy department said on Friday. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) had said late on Thursday that South Africa …
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By Sachin Ravikumar GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) – Glastonbury Festival’s main Pyramid Stage opened on Friday to the sounds of The Master Musicians of Joujouka, a trance music collective from Morocco, as tens of thousands of fans kicked off three days of music and merrymaking under a blazing English sun. The sprawling, eclectic and world-famous festival …
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By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) – Eleven candidates will run for the Zimbabwean presidency in an August election, the electoral commission has said, after several hopefuls were disqualified for failing to raise the $20,000 needed to appear on the ballot. The election is expected to pit Incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa, of the ZANU-PF party, against pastor …
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By Swati Bhat and Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) – A narrower interest rate differential with the U.S. is unlikely to prompt India’s monetary policy committee (MPC) to raise rates, but a rebound in inflation certainly could, three external members of the MPC said in separate interviews. While internal members of the Reserve Bank of India’s …
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