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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia will start electing its president and other officials by direct vote next year, the government announced on Sunday, ending a system of indirect voting in the Horn of Africa country that has endured three decades of conflict and clan battles. Amid widespread insecurity caused by an Islamist insurgency and weak state …

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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said late on Saturday there had been casualties during an attack by Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab on a military base manned by Ugandan peacekeepers in the Horn of African country on Friday. Museveni did not say how many soldiers were killed or wounded but it was the …

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DAKAR (Reuters) -A group of hackers called Mysterious Team made multiple Senegalese government websites go offline overnight on Friday by hitting them with denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, a government spokesperson said. The group claimed responsibility for the cyber attacks in a series of Twitter posts using the hashtag #FreeSenegal used by campaigners alleging political repression in …

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By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) -Khartoum was calmer on Saturday as a seven-day ceasefire appeared to reduce fighting between two rival military factions although it has not yet provided the promised humanitarian relief to millions trapped in the Sudanese capital. A truce signed on Monday by the two fighting parties – Sudan’s …

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By Hatem Maher SAQQARA, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt unearthed human and animal mummification workshops as well as two tombs in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara, officials said on Saturday, marking the latest in a string of discoveries that the country hopes can help revive its vital tourism industry. Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt’s …

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(Reuters) – Brazil will play friendlies against two African nations as part of an anti-racism campaign in support of their Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr, who has been racially abused in Spanish League games this season, the Brazilian FA (CBF) said on Friday. The five-time world champions will face Guinea in Barcelona on June 17 …

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