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Ceasefire agreed as air strikes pummel Sudanese capital, killing 17

17 Jun 2023 17 Jun 2023

DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) -Air strikes killed civilians and pummelled multiple parts of the Sudanese capital on Saturday, residents said, as warring military factions agreed to another ceasefire in a series that have failed to stop the violence. Fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is entering its third month with neither side …

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Militants kill 37, abduct six others in attack on Ugandan school

17 Jun 2023 17 Jun 2023

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Militants linked to Islamic State killed 37 people and abducted six others in an attack on a school in western Uganda near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the military said on Saturday. Military personnel found the bodies of the dead when they arrived at the school, …

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Tunisian judge bars broadcast media from opposition conspiracy cases

17 Jun 2023 17 Jun 2023

TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian judge has barred radio and television news programmes from covering the cases of prominent opposition figures accused of conspiring against state security in recent months, official news agency TAP said on Saturday. The order fuels concerns over rights in Tunisia since President Kais Saied seized extra powers in 2021, moving …

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Spanish charity rescues 117 migrants sailing from Libya

17 Jun 2023 17 Jun 2023

ROME (Reuters) – Spanish charity Open Arms said it rescued 117 migrants on Saturday crowded onto a precarious wooden boat from Libya in the latest such perilous crossing over the Mediterranean sea. Last week’s shipwreck off Greece, killing at least 78 among hundreds packed onto a fishing boat, has shone a light once again on …

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Libya’s Haftar backs creation of new government in challenge to Tripoli

17 Jun 2023 17 Jun 2023

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s eastern forces under commander Khalifa Haftar support a proposal to set up a new interim government, they said late on Friday, setting up a challenge to the existing administration in Tripoli. Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) said it supported the recommendations of the 6+6 committee, a group drawn from two …

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Ugandan forces pursuing school attackers to rescue those abducted – defence spokesperson

17 Jun 2023 17 Jun 2023

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ugandan defence forces are pursuing the attackers of a school in the country’s west with the aim of rescuing those they abducted, its spokesperson said on Saturday. Militants linked to Islamic State killed 25 people in the attack late on Friday near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ugandan police …

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Ukraine tells African mission no peace talks with Russia before withdrawal

16 Jun 2023 16 Jun 2023

By Pavel Polityuk and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after meeting African leaders in Kyiv on Friday that peace talks with Russia would be possible only after Moscow withdraws its forces from occupied Ukrainian territory. And Zelenskiy said he failed to understand what could be gained from the leaders meeting Russian …

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Nigerian court orders detained central bank governor to have access to lawyers

16 Jun 2023 16 Jun 2023

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s High Court has ordered the country’s state security service to allow detained central bank governor Godwin Emefiele access to his lawyers, an interim court ruling seen by Reuters showed on Friday. Emefiele was suspended by President Bola Tinubu this month as part of the new president’s drive to reform the central …

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Mali asks United Nations to withdraw peacekeeping force

16 Jun 2023 16 Jun 2023

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) -Mali’s interim military authorities on Friday asked for a United Nations peacekeeping force to leave “without delay”, citing a “crisis of confidence” between Malian authorities and the decade-long U.N. mission known as MINUSMA. It marks a major turning point for the West African country, which has struggled to stem …

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US imposes visa restrictions on Uganda officials after anti-LGBTQ law

16 Jun 2023 16 Jun 2023

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Uganda officials after the African nation passed an anti-LGBTQ law that was condemned by many countries and the United Nations, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. The law, considered one of the harshest in the world, was enacted in May and …

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