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Clashes in Sudan’s capital shatter lull brought by ceasefire deal

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir DUBAI (Reuters) -Clashes between rival military factions broke out on Wednesday in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, residents said, threatening to shatter a fragile ceasefire designed to allow for the delivery of aid and create conditions for a more lasting truce. The ceasefire deal, which is being monitored by Saudi Arabia …

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Senegal opposition leader plans march to the capital

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

By Ngouda Dione and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Wednesday called on supporters to join him on a march of defiance to the capital after a prosecutor asked a court to find him guilty and sentence him to 10 years in prison on rape charges. The verdict is expected on …

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Thirsty elephants rampage through north Cameroon city

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Wildlife officials in north Cameroon are struggling against a marauding herd of elephants that wandered into a regional capital this week after trampling through surrounding villages, killing at least two people, they said on Wednesday. An estimated 6,830 elephants live in Cameroon, according to the International Union for Conservation …

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Tunisian court frees prominent media critic of president on bail

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian appeals court on Wednesday released media owner Noureddine Boutar on bail, his Mosaique FM ratio station said, months after his arrest alongside prominent critics of President Kais Saied. Boutar remains banned from travelling with bail set at 1 million dinars ($320,000), Mosaique reported. His detention in February came amid a …

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Indian labs to give ‘top priority’ to tests on cough syrup exports – regulator

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s government laboratories should give “top priority” to testing cough syrup for export, the drug regulator said on Wednesday, after the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan were linked to the medicines. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation’s directive also said laboratories should issue …

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Nigeria GDP growth slows ahead of interest rate announcement

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s annual economic growth rate slowed to 2.3% in the first quarter, data showed on Wednesday, hurt by a government plan to swap old banknotes for newly designed ones that disrupted trade and payments. The gross domestic product (GDP) data came hours before a central bank interest rate announcement …

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Defence says Malian rebel in ICC trial was ‘small fry’

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Malian Islamist rebel accused of war crimes told his trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday that their client was a just a small fish within the rebel group that took over Timbuktu. Defence lawyer Melinda Taylor did not deny that Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz …

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US says Russia’s Wagner Group seeking to transit military equipment through Mali

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Monday said Russia’s Wagner Group is trying to obscure its efforts to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine, adding that Washington has been informed the mercenary force is seeking to move those acquisitions through Mali to aid Russia in its war. Wagner is willing to use …

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UN rights chief asks Sudan’s generals to stop ‘senseless violence’

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday described the situation in Sudan as “heartbreaking” and made a direct call to the two warring generals to stop sexual violence and spare the lives of civilians. Fighting in Sudan that broke out more than a month ago has killed hundreds …

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Ghana plans ‘disciplined approach’ to IMF loan, says president

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) – Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Wednesday his government was planning a “very disciplined approach” in implementing the International Monetary Fund’s loan programme. The IMF’s executive board last week approved a $3 billion loan over three years for the African country, with an immediate disbursement of about $600 million. …

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