PARIS/DAKAR (Reuters) – France has suspended counterterrorism cooperation with Mali and ordered two staff members of the Malian embassy and consulate to leave, the French foreign ministry said on Friday, while a source with knowledge of the matter said the move came after Bamako’s arrest of a French intelligence agent in August. A spokesperson for Mali’s …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) – Sudan has seen a significant rise in civilian killings during the first half of this year due to growing ethnic violence, largely in the western region of Darfur, the U.N. human rights office said on Friday. The conflict that erupted in Sudan in April 2023 between the Sudanese …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The International Court of Justice said on Friday that Mali’s application for a case against neighbouring Algeria over the shooting down of a Malian military drone could only proceed if Algeria accepts the court’s jurisdiction. Mali’s accusation that Algeria deliberately shot down the drone along their shared desert border during the …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – A lawyer for 11 West Africans deported from the United States to Ghana has filed a lawsuit asking a court in Accra to block any move to send them on to their home countries, arguing they are at risk of torture and persecution. Ghana President John Dramani Mahama told reporters this month …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – A cholera outbreak has killed 58 people and infected more than 250 across Bauchi State in northeast Nigeria, authorities said on Friday, prompting the launch of new committees to bolster emergency response and prevention efforts. The disease, which spreads through contaminated food and water, is not uncommon in Nigeria …
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Thursday said 48 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 31 people have died. “It has been two weeks since the government of the DRC declared an Ebola outbreak …So far, 48 confirmed and probable cases have …
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By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa will face disciplinary proceedings for fielding a suspended player in a World Cup qualifier in March, which will likely see them docked points and put their hopes of advancing to next year’s finals in jeopardy. World football’s governing body FIFA this week informed the South African Football …
CAIRO (Reuters) -A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that disappeared from an Egyptian museum earlier this month was stolen and melted down, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The Antiquities and Tourism Ministry had earlier reported the loss of the bracelet, which belonged to King Amenemope of the Third Intermediate Period, who ruled Egypt around 1,000 …
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By Sonia Rolley, Jessica Donati and Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) -Congo’s army and Rwandan-backed rebels are reinforcing military positions and blaming each other for flouting peace accords in an escalation that experts say risks reigniting the simmering conflict, which U.S. President Donald Trump claims to have ended. The M23 rebels seized two major cities in …
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By Isaac Anyaogu LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday lifted a six-month emergency rule in Rivers State, reinstating Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other officials, after saying that a constitutional crisis that had paralysed governance had been resolved. The emergency rule, imposed on March 18, followed a standoff between Fubara and the state legislature …
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