ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said on Monday he was dissolving the government following youth-led protests over water and power cuts in which the United Nations says at least 22 people have been killed and more than 100 injured. Inspired by the so-called “Gen Z” protests in Kenya and Nepal, the three days of …
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By Simon Lewis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Monday put Brazil and South Africa on a human trafficking watch list, citing what it said were failures of both countries to demonstrate progress on the issue, amid heightened tensions between their governments and the Trump administration. The annual Trafficking in Persons …
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By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) -The winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 10. Here is a look at how the award works: WHO DECIDES? The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which consists of five individuals appointed by the Norwegian parliament. Members are often retired politicians, but not always. The current committee …
VICTORIA (Reuters) -The Seychelles presidential election will go to a runoff between opposition leader Patrick Herminie and incumbent President Wavel Ramkalawan after no clear winner emerged in the first round of voting, the electoral commission said on Sunday. Ramkalawan had been looking to block a comeback by the party that previously dominated politics for four …
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CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea will on December 28 hold its first presidential election since a coup in 2021, according to a decree read on state television. The announcement was made on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court validated the results of a referendum approving a new constitution that could allow coup leader Mamady Doumbouya to …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -At least 12 members of a local forest guard unit were killed when armed men attacked the town of Oke-Ode in Kwara state, north-central Nigeria, police said on Monday. The attack underscores worsening insecurity in northwest and central Nigeria, where armed gangs known locally as bandits have carried out mass …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -A Nigerian court on Friday rejected a bid by separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to be freed, ruling that prosecutors had presented enough evidence for him to answer terrorism and treason charges. Kanu, a British citizen and leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was first arrested in Nigeria …
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(Reuters) -At least 30 people were killed in an airstrike in western Niger, two sources told Reuters, the latest casualties in a part of the country hit hard by Islamist militant attacks and counterinsurgency operations. The strike took place on Monday near a weekly market in the town of Injar in the Tillabery region that …
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ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (Reuters) -Authorities in Madagascar on Thursday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital, after protests over frequent power outages and water shortages turned violent, according to a top security official. Police fired teargas to disperse the thousands of mostly youth protesters who were marching and carrying placards, in Antananarivo, the capital, according to …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted lawyers representing Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy, permission to file an appeal outside the legally prescribed timeframe. The case has drawn national and international attention, highlighting tensions between religious law and constitutional rights in Nigeria. Sharif-Aminu was convicted in …
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