By Frank Phiri and Manuel Mucari BLANTYRE, Malawi/MAPUTO (Reuters) -Mozambique and Malawi on Monday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 100 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend. Freddy is one …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s new parliament on Monday elected its speaker in its first session, but the main opposition coalition said it would not recognise its legitimacy after an election with a turnout of just 11%. President Kais Saied shut down the previous elected parliament in July 2021, ruling by decree in a …
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabonese authorities were searching on Monday for 31 people still missing after a ferry sank last week just off the coast of the central African country, killing six people. The Esther Miracle ferry was carrying 161 passengers from Libreville to Port-Gentil when it sank on March 9 close to the coastal village …
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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people and burned a medical facility in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Sunday morning, two regional officials and a resident said. The attack, which occurred around 1 a.m. (2300 GMT) in the village of …
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BLANTYRE, Malawi (Reuters) – At least 40 people have been confirmed dead from tropical storm Freddy in Malawi, where numbers are still coming in from areas affected by flooding, Chipiliro Khamula, spokesperson for the country’s department of disaster management, told Reuters. (Reporting by Frank Phiri; Writing by Nellie Peyton; Editing by Alexander Winning)
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s royal palace on Monday asked the largest Islamist party, the PJD, to stop taking aim at the country’s ties with Israel after the party rebuked the foreign minister for defending Israel at the expense of Palestinians. Renewed violence between Israelis and Palestinians poses a challenge to Arab countries that have normalised …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday said there were discussions about “resolving” the fate of Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda” and is serving a 25-year sentence in Rwanda on terrorism charges. Rusesabagina was sentenced in September 2021 over his ties to an organization …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities have been systematically refusing to provide or renew identity documents to dissidents, journalists and activists abroad in a crackdown on opposition that extends beyond Egypt’s borders, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. The U.S.-based group said it had interviewed 26 Egyptians living in countries including Turkey, Germany, Malaysia and Qatar …
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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Twenty two people died when a boat carrying them off Madagascar capsized while they attempted to sail to the French island of Mayotte, Madagascar’s port authority said on Sunday. The boat, which was carrying 47 people, capsized on Saturday in the seas off Ankazomborona in the north of Madagascar, the Maritime and …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Cyclone Freddy displaced hundreds of people as it battered central Mozambique on Sunday after making landfall for a second time in a month, breaking records for the duration and strength of tropical storms in the southern hemisphere. Communications and electricity supply in the storm area have been cut so the extent of the …
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