DAKAR (Reuters) – At least 19 members of Burkina Faso’s army were killed in an attack in the north of the country on Monday, two security sources said, the second major assault on forces fighting jihadist militants in the area in less than a week. The West African nation has become a hotspot for attacks …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – A European-based civil society organisation said on Wednesday that one of its researchers had been charged in Algeria with spreading classified information and taking money to disturb the public peace, accusations it said were baseless. The Geneva-based Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime said senior analyst Raouf Farrah, along with his father …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Sixteen states in Nigeria on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to force the central bank to extend by six months the use of old banknotes, whose withdrawal from circulation has caused cash shortages and angered citizens ahead of weekend elections. In a country where most people rely on cash …
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RABAT (Reuters) – King Mohammed VI of Morocco has caught a cold and has been advised by his doctor to avoid travelling and to take medical rest for several days, the state news agency reported on Wednesday. King Mohammed, 59, who has the last word on all major decisions in the North African kingdom, had …
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By Siyabonga Sishi RICHARDS BAY, South Africa (Reuters) -Russia’s navy will not fire its new generation “Zircon” hypersonic missile during a joint exercise with South Africa and China, a senior Russian naval officer said on Wednesday, contradicting an earlier Russian media report. South Africa’s government has long-standing ties to Moscow dating back to its struggle …
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WINDHOEK (Reuters) – U.S. first lady Jill Biden has arrived in Namibia on the first stop on a five-day Africa tour, part of a push by the United States to strengthen its ties on the continent. Biden landed at the airport in Namibia’s capital Windhoek on Wednesday afternoon before heading to Heroes’ Acre, a war …
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The United Nations will need to mobilise a record $2.25 billion this year to address the mass displacement of people in east Democratic Republic of Congo following a major offensive by M23 rebels last year, the U.N. coordinator for the country, Bruno Lemarquis, said on Wednesday. Decades of militia violence in Congo’s …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Ten people were killed in an attack in Somalia’s capital claimed by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, which said it was targeting military officials and militia fighters involved in an offensive against it. The Tuesday attack began with a car bomb blast followed by a gun fight that went on for …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s President Kais Saied denounced undocumented sub-Saharan African immigration to his country on Tuesday, saying in comments criticised by rights groups that it was aimed at changing Tunisia’s demographic make-up. Speaking in a meeting with the National Security Council in comments the presidency later published online, Saied said the influx of irregular …
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By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar’s government suspended schools and transport in the path of tropical cyclone Freddy, which made landfall in the southeast of the island on Tuesday evening, causing a storm surge, ripping roofs off houses and killing at least one person. Freddy weakened slightly before landing around 30 km (18 miles) north …
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