KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The yellow taxis of Khartoum were once an enduring part of its colonial legacy. Now the vehicles, introduced in Sudan’s capital under British rule in 1937 and last renewed as a fleet in 1978, bear the signs of numerous repairs, their paintwork chipped – and their often elderly drivers wait in vain …
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UMHLANGA, South Africa (Reuters) – Nearly 50 vehicles lay strewn across a motorway near the South African town of Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal province on Monday, after a truck caused a massive pile-up during morning traffic. There were no immediate reports of deaths from the scene of the accident, but pictures and video of trashed cars …
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NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – Four detainees escaped from the central prison in Mauritania’s capital, Nouakchott, during a breakout in which two soldiers were killed in gunfire, the interior ministry said on Monday, describing the four as “terrorists”. The ministry did not identify the escapees or say why they were in prison but it said an exchange …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president denounced racism on Sunday and pointed to possible legal consequences for perpetrators 10 days after announcing a crackdown on illegal migration using language the African Union condemned as “racialised hate speech”. During a statement on Feb. 21 telling security forces to expel all illegal immigrants, President Kais Saied called migration …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce changes to the national executive at 7:00 p.m. (1700 GMT) on Monday, presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said on Sunday. A cabinet reshuffle has been widely expected since Ramaphosa was re-elected leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) at a party leadership contest in December, …
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TUNIS (Reuters) -Hundreds of opposition supporters in Tunisia defied an official ban on their protest against the president on Sunday after some of their leaders were arrested, breaking through a police barrier in central Tunis to rally in the city’s main street. Before the protesters broke through the barrier, police warned them by loudspeaker that …
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TUNIS (Reuters) -Hundreds of opposition supporters in Tunisia defied an official ban on their protest against the president on Sunday after some of their leaders were arrested, breaking through a police barrier in central Tunis to rally in the city’s main street. Before the protesters broke through the barrier, police warned them by loudspeaker that …
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(This March 2 story has been corrected to delete height comparison in paragraph 4) By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) – A hidden corridor nine metres (30 feet) long has been discovered close to the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, and this could lead to further findings, Egyptian antiquities officials said on …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A new law to crack down on migrants arriving in Britain in small boats from Europe across the English Channel will be unveiled on Tuesday, with a senior minister saying “enough is enough”, the Sun on Sunday newspaper reported. The British government has been promising to step up action to tackle the …
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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong KUMBA, Cameroon (Reuters) – A Cameroonian businessman has been charged with complicity in torture, a spokesperson for his business group said on Saturday, after he was arrested last month in connection with the murder of a prominent journalist, Martinez Zogo. Businessman Jean Pierre Amougou Belinga was transferred from a detention centre …
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