(Reuters) – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has briefed Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the upcoming visit by African leaders to Russia and Ukraine in a bid to end hostilities, the South African presidency said on Saturday. Chinese state broadcaster reported that the two leaders had a phone call on Friday. In a statement, South …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -The Sudanese capital Khartoum was relatively calm on Saturday morning as a U.S. and Saudi-brokered 24-hour ceasefire took effect, providing a window for humanitarian assistance and giving the public a break from the intense fighting. The short ceasefire follows a string of violated truces between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States urged Nigerian authorities on Friday to investigate an air strike that Reuters reported killed dozens of cattle herders earlier this year and highlighted a pattern of deadly aerial assaults. Dozens of ethnic Fulani herders died in a Jan. 24 aerial bombing in the …
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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has suspended central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele with immediate effect, following ongoing investigation of his office and planned reforms in the financial sector, the head of the government said on Friday. Tinubu criticised Emefiele’s handling of the currency and monetary policy at his inauguration last week …
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(Reuters) – A mortar shell explosion near Qoryoley town in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region killed about 27 individuals, mainly children, and injured 53 on Friday, according to the state news agency. Earlier, officials and residents confirmed to Reuters that the death toll stood at 20. “This disaster happened today near Qoryoley town. They were playing …
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By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) – A student who died in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Friday during clashes between security forces and protesters was killed by a live round in his back, an autopsy report seen by Reuters showed. Elhaji Cisse, 26, was shot yards from his home in a suburb of Dakar on Friday …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish security forces seized $1 billion of counterfeit money in Istanbul and arrested six people involved in the operation, including one Ghanian and three Swedish nationals, the governor’s office said on Friday. Gendarmerie forces tracked the suspects to a storage space in Istanbul’s Kagithane district, where they seized the fake $100 bills …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Friday that U.N. personnel cannot be made persona non grata after Sudan declared U.N. special envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes unwelcome in the country. Sudan’s army – led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan – and the country’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began fighting eight weeks ago, …
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By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) -At least 20 people have died in fighting in a camp for displaced people in South Sudan, a medical aid group said on Friday. Tensions started rising last week when women from different groups tussled at a water point in the camp in Upper Nile State’s capital Malakal, according …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Sudan’s warring sides have agreed a nationwide, 24-hour ceasefire from Saturday morning, U.S. and Saudi Arabian mediators said, following a week of intensified fighting after a previous truce deal lapsed. The mediators said the ceasefire was “an effort to break the cycle of violence” between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces …
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