NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – Three escaped detainees in Mauritania have been killed and one other detained after a shootout with security forces, the Mauritanian authorities said on Saturday. Earlier this week, the four inmates escaped the central prison in Mauritania’s capital, Nouakchott, during a breakout in which two soldiers were killed by gunfire, according to the …
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By Erikas Mwisi Kambale MUKONDI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Residents of Mukondi village in eastern Congo inspected the burnt-out remains of their homes on Friday and told how they fled for their lives as rebels cut the throats of people around them. Members the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) struck Mukondi and a neighbouring …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – U.N. Libya envoy Abdoulaye Bathily said on Saturday that if a clear road map and electoral laws are in put in place by June, national elections could be held by the end of the year. A political process to resolve more than a decade of conflict in Libya has been stalled since …
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By Erikas Mwisi Kambale MUKONDI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Residents of Mukondi village in eastern Congo inspected the burnt-out remains of their homes on Friday and told how they fled for their lives as rebels cut the throats of people around them. Members the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) struck Mukondi and a neighbouring …
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(Corrects date in headline and first paragraph) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia and Niger from March 14-17 to discuss regional issues and meet with an African Union leader, the State Department said on Friday. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 15, Blinken will discuss implementation of the …
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(Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack that targeted the village of Mukondi, around 30 km (20 miles) south of the city of Beni in North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the group’s Amaq agency reported on Friday. Islamist militants killed at least 35 people in an overnight attack …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Friday he wants to see Tunisia and Syria appoint ambassadors to their countries, the latest sign that full restoration of diplomatic relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government could be imminent. ”A decision must be taken on this issue.”, Saied told foreign minister Nabil Ammar during …
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MAPUTO (Reuters) -Tropical storm Freddy is due to hit the coast of Southern Africa again early on Saturday, after killing at least 27 people in Mozambique and Madagascar since it first made landfall last month. One of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, Freddy may also have broken the record for the …
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – A bright yellow cargo plane carrying tents, medical equipment, and other humanitarian aid landed on Friday in the eastern Congolese city of Goma – the first delivery under an EU scheme to support some of the region’s millions of displaced people. Fighting between the Congolese army and the …
JUBA (Reuters) -South Sudan President Salva Kiir held “frank deliberations” with opposition leader First Vice President Riek Machar on Friday, the minister of presidential affairs said, a week after Kiir breached a peace agreement by sacking two top security ministers. The meeting was held in a collegial spirit, but ended in deadlock, Machar’s office said …
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