By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday rejected a determination by the U.S. State Department that their armies, along with all sides in the recently concluded conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, had committed war crimes. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that members of the Ethiopian National Defense …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World Bank President David Malpass said on Tuesday he remained deeply concerned about the debt restructuring stalemate in Zambia and that the bank is working with India and the International Monetary Fund on the G20 debt restructuring process. Zambia meanwhile has been stuck in default since it became the first COVID-era African …
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By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) -A university student in Kenya was killed and more than 200 people arrested in nationwide protests on Monday against President William Ruto’s government over high living costs, police said. Protesters took to the streets of the capital, Nairobi, and several other cities in response to a call for demonstrations by …
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HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s new 300 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power generating unit started feeding electricity into the national grid late on Monday, the state power utility said, as it moves to ease extended outages that have impacted businesses and households. The southern African country is expanding its 920 MW Hwange thermal power station by adding …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American aid worker Jeff Woodke has been released more than six years after being kidnapped by militants in Niger, U.S. officials said on Monday. Woodke’s release was announced days after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Niger for an official visit, becoming the first top …
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By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s two biggest parties won the majority of states in weekend governorship polls, official figures showed on Monday, maintaining their political dominance following elections in which European Union observers said 21 people died from violence. Barry Andrews, European Union Observer Mission Nigeria chief observer, told a news conference that …
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By Tim Cocks and Anait Miridzhanian JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa’s cities on Monday, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the lack of jobs and electricity, as security forces guarded malls and streets to prevent any violence and looting. As of 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) more than 550 protesters …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights said on Monday “reflections” were ongoing as to its use of urgent interim measures but denied this was related to an injunction it imposed last year which stopped Britain’s proposed scheme to send migrants to Rwanda. The British government is hoping to send …
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By Humphrey Malalo and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police tear gassed the leader of the opposition on Monday and arrested senior lawmakers in his parliamentary faction, as protesters took to the streets to march against President William Ruto and the high cost of living. The convoy of Raila Odinga, who was defeated by Ruto …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has determined that all sides committed war crimes during the conflict in northern Ethiopia that killed tens of thousands of people, left hundreds of thousands facing hunger and displaced millions, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. Blinken said that after a …
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