ROME (Reuters) – A Nigerian woman who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome where she has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including running a prostitution ring, Italian police said on Wednesday. Joy Jeff, who is 48, was one of the few women …
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ROME (Reuters) – A Nigerian woman who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome where she has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including running a prostitution ring, Italian police said on Wednesday. Joy Jeff, who is 48, was one of the few women …
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By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerians will return to the polls on Saturday to elect state governors across the country, two weeks after a disputed presidential election, with the main focus on the race to lead Lagos, the country’s economic heartbeat and wealthiest state. The election is for 28 of the country’s 36 governors, …
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By Crispin Kyala NYANGEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – A group of Congolese Tutsis were guarded by armed police as they registered to vote in the eastern town of Nyangezi in February, with one of the group describing a campaign of threats and violence aimed at excluding them from the upcoming election. One newly …
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GIZA, Egypt (Reuters) – Eman Al-Adawi traverses Giza speed bumps and puddles on her scooter, one of the few women on two wheels on Egyptian streets and highways. “I learned how to drive the scooter easily because I used to ride a bike so I get how to balance,” she said. In conservative Egypt, few …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Fighters from Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group on Tuesday overran a military base in the southern Jubbaland region that they had lost to the army in January, a Somali officer and a local resident said. Al Shabaab, an affiliate of al Qaeda, has come under intense pressure from the military and allied clan-based …
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(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Rwandan President Paul Kagame discussed the UK-Rwanda migration partnership and the need to disrupt the activities of smugglers while addressing humanitarian concerns, the British government said on Monday. In a telephone conversation on Monday evening “the leaders committed to continue working together to ensure this important partnership …
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By Bhargav Acharya and Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday appointed a new electricity minister in an effort to try to solve the worst power cuts on record in the country, and he added several other allies to his cabinet ahead of a general election next year. Cabinet changes …
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By Andrea Shalal and Angus McDowall WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank is pausing future work with Tunisia after statements by the country’s president on migrants from African countries triggered racist harassment and violence, World Bank President David Malpass told staff in a note seen by Reuters. In the note, sent late Sunday, Malpass said …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar on Monday led hundreds of supporters in a peaceful protest over the electoral commission’s handling of last month’s disputed vote which the commission says was won by ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu. Atiku and senior members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led …
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