KINSHASA (Reuters) – A ministerial commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recommended terminating 30 forest concessions due to alleged irregularities, it said in a preliminary report published on Tuesday. Congo is home to 60% of the world’s second-largest rainforest, making it a key player in the fight against climate change. It has been …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ruling party has asked the Appeals Court to dismiss a petition by third-placed candidate Peter Obi who is challenging the victory of president-elect Bola Tinubu following a disputed election in February, court documents showed on Tuesday. Labour Party’s Peter Obi, who came third in the election, and second-placed opposition People’s Democratic …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin has ordered Chad’s ambassador to Germany to leave the country within 48 hours in response to a similar move by the Central African country last week, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. “In response to the unfounded expulsion of our Ambassador to Chad, we today summoned the Chadian Ambassador in Berlin, …
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By Carien du Plessis and Siyabonga Sishi JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – More than 800 couples walked down the aisle on Easter Sunday in one of the biggest mass wedding ceremonies in South Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Pentecost Holiness Church blesses polygamous unions, which are common in some African communities, and the church says …
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By Justin Dralaze BIDI BIDI, Uganda (Reuters) -Watering the neat lines of green salad leaves outside her thatched home, Susan Konga, a South Sudanese woman living in a refugee camp in northern Uganda, is preparing her kitchen garden for the next harvest. This year the success of her tireless cultivation will be put to the …
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -A Ugandan court charged a minister on Thursday with several corruption offences connected to accusations of diverting metal roofing sheets meant to help residents in the restive northeastern Karamoja region, court documents showed. Prosecution of ministers for corruption is rare in Uganda, where stealing and the misuse of public funds …
By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) -The head of Sudan’s army said on Thursday he remained committed to a plan for a new transition towards elections, despite disputes over the integration of a paramilitary force that have twice delayed the signing of a final deal. The agreement, which provides for the formation of a civilian government …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Two Catholic Relief Services (CRS) workers were shot and killed on Sunday in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the charity said, amid violent anti-government protests triggered by a federal government decision to disband regional special forces units. CRS director of communications Kim Pozniak said on Monday that the incident occurred in the town of …
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MILAN (Reuters) -A merchant ship has supplied fuel and water to a boat with around 400 migrants on board which is in distress between Greece and Malta but Maltese authorities have ordered it not to conduct a rescue, German NGO Sea-Watch International said on Monday. The vessel, which departed from Tobruk in Libya amid a …
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By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Gunfire was heard in at least two towns in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Sunday as thousands protested against a federal government order to integrate regional special forces into the police or national army, residents said. Members of Amhara’s special forces and allied militias vowed to oppose Thursday’s order, …
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