By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – In his living room in Norway, while the TV broadcasts pictures of the violence back home in Khartoum, Khalid Albaih does what he has become known for in the Middle East and beyond: draw cartoons. His latest, entitled The Dog Fight, depicts the two main Sudanese foes, army chief …
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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyans are celebrating Islam’s Eid al-Fitr holiday – and ending their month-long Ramadan fast – on different days this year because of bitter political splits that persist despite years of peace efforts. Religious authorities in east Libya, aligned with the parliament which is based there, said they had sighted the crescent …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen killed five Nigerian police officers and two civilians during an attack in southeastern Imo state on Friday, a police spokesperson said, the latest incident in a state riven by gang and separatist violence. Armed groups have attacked police stations and government and electoral offices in states in the southeast, which …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke with Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh on Friday, and both urged an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, Sunak’s office said. “They agreed that the United Kingdom and Djibouti would continue to coordinate efforts to de-escalate the violence and protect civilians, including our citizens,” a spokesperson for Sunak …
By Anait Miridzhanian and Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ukrainian activist Oleksandra Romantsova this week suggested to South African officials that it would be better for Russian President Vladimir Putin to dial in to this year’s BRICS summit in South Africa rather than attend in person. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest …
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By Rogan Ward PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (Reuters) -Gunmen stormed a homestead in a township outside the South African city of Pietermaritzburg and ambushed a family, killing 10 people, police said on Friday. Police did not give a motive for the shooting, but said in a statement that they had arrested two suspects believed to have …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – No decision yet has been made to evacuate American diplomatic personnel from Sudan but the United States is preparing for such an eventuality if it becomes necessary, the White House said on Friday. John Kirby, the White House national security spokesperson, said that for all American citizens in Sudan, they must “make …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said he would sign some of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation once provisions are added to “rehabilitate” gay people, vowing not to cede to international pressure. Museveni told lawmakers at a meeting on Thursday that he supports the bill they passed last month but would send it back …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is sending a military aircraft to stand by at a U.S. military base in Djibouti in east Africa, ready to fly in to neighbouring Sudan and evacuate its nationals there when that is possible, the South Korean military said on Friday. Twenty-six South Koreans live in Sudan, which has been …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – African countries are lining up to approve a new vaccine for malaria, with 20 million doses available for them to buy this year, the shot’s manufacturer told Reuters. This week, Nigeria’s medicines regulator followed Ghana’s, with the two nations becoming the first countries in the world to back the …
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