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East Congo militants kill at least 22 in string of attacks – officials

19 Mar 2023

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected militants killed at least 22 people in a string of attacks across the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri and North Kivu provinces overnight Saturday, officials and activists said on Sunday. The incidents were the latest in a stream of continuous violence that has plagued eastern Congo …

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Lagos governor re-elected in victory for Nigeria ruling party

19 Mar 2023

By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – The governor of Lagos easily won re-election in low turn-out local voting, figures showed on Sunday, a victory for Nigeria’s ruling party just weeks after the commercial capital backed the opposition in a disputed presidential election. With votes tallied in districts representing 95% of voters, incumbent Babajide Sanwo-Olu of …

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South Africa aware of legal obligations regarding Putin visit

19 Mar 2023

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa is aware of its legal obligation, a spokesperson for President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday, referring to a proposed visit by Vladimir Putin after an international court issued an arrest warrant against the Russian leader. Russian President Putin was expected to visit South Africa in August to attend a BRICS …

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Analysis-Sudan paramilitary leader jostles for role ahead of civilian handover

19 Mar 2023

By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The leader of a powerful paramilitary force in Sudan has put himself at the forefront of a planned transition toward democracy, unsettling fellow military rulers and triggering a mobilisation of troops in the capital Khartoum last week. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo commands tens of thousands of fighters in the …

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UK interior minister visits Rwanda to expand deportation plan

19 Mar 2023

By Philbert Girinema KIGALI (Reuters) -British interior minister Suella Braverman visited Rwanda on Saturday to expand a deal under which the east African country will accept migrants who arrive in Britain without permission, if British courts confirm that the proposals are legal. Britain’s government wants to send thousands of migrants more than 4,000 miles away …

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Nigeria counts votes in elections to choose new state governors

18 Mar 2023

By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria’s election officials counted ballots after polls closed on Saturday in a delayed vote to pick new state governors, amid reports of scattered violence and voter intimidation, including in Lagos, where a tight race was expected. Polls began closing from 1330 GMT and counting immediately followed, but time was extended …

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Malawians search for relatives buried under the mud as death toll jumps

18 Mar 2023

BLANTYRE (Reuters) -In Malawi, where floods swept away entire villages this month after a storm tore through its southern districts, police officers and soldiers on Friday dug for victims buried under the mud and rocks as the death toll rose sharply. The storm has pounded the southern African country as tropical Cyclone Freddy swept through …

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Turkey’s foreign minister in Cairo for first time since ties cut a decade ago

18 Mar 2023

By Hatem Maher and Huseyin Hayatsever CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt and Turkey took another step towards mending relations on Saturday when Ankara’s top diplomat visited Cairo for the first time since ties were ruptured a decade ago and held talks with his Egyptian counterpart. Relations were severely strained in 2013 after Egypt’s then-army chief Abdel Fattah …

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Ethiopia’s Tigray region appoints new interim leader – Tigrai TV

18 Mar 2023

By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The dominant party in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has nominated its spokesman Getachew Reda to be president of a regional interim administration called for in a peace deal that ended a two-year war in the region, party-run media reported on Saturday. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fought …

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Tunisian president names one of his staunchest supporters as interior minister

18 Mar 2023

TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian President Kais Saied named Kamal Feki, the former governor of Tunis, as his new interior minister on Friday, just hours after Taoufik Charfeddine resigned from the post, amid a crackdown of prominent opposition figures that has prompted international ire. Feki, one of Saied’s staunchest supporters, refused to grant a protest permit to …

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