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DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Police and soldiers deployed in force in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, on Tuesday to prevent protests that activists had called for to denounce the violent suppression of demonstrations around elections in October. The streets of Dar es Salaam were largely deserted, a Reuters witness said, following warnings …

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JOHANNESBURG, Dec 10 (Reuters) – The South African rand edged up on Wednesday, following the release of domestic retail sales data as investors awaited a U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting later in the day. At 1329 GMT the rand traded at 17.03 against the dollar, up roughly 0.2% on Tuesday’s close. Statistics South Africa published …

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Dec 10 (Reuters) – Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered the eastern Congo town of Uvira, an important base for the Congolese army near the border with Burundi, four sources including two residents told Reuters on Wednesday. Uvira, situated on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, has served as the headquarters of the Kinshasa-appointed government in South …

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By Ahmed Fahmy and Mohamed Ezz CAIRO, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Koshary – a spicy dish of lentils, rice and pasta available at countless Egyptian food stalls – won recognition as a cultural treasure from the U.N.’s cultural agency on Wednesday, as Cairo makes a broad push to promote its cultural and historical identity abroad.  …

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Dec 9 (Reuters) – About 200,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Congo in recent days, the United Nations said, as Rwanda-backed rebels march on a strategic town just days after Donald Trump hosted the Rwandan and Congolese leaders to proclaim peace. In a statement released late on Monday, the U.N. said at least …

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PARIS, Dec 9 (Reuters) – France provided intelligence and logistical support to Benin to help thwart Sunday’s coup attempt in the former French colony, officials from the French presidency said on Tuesday. Benin President Patrice Talon said on Sunday that the West African nation’s government and armed forces had thwarted a group of mutinying soldiers …

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By Emma Farge GENEVA, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Advances by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan could trigger another exodus across the country’s borders, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, told Reuters. The RSF took over Darfur’s city of al-Fashir in late October in one of its biggest gains of the 2-1/2-year war with …

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