BAMAKO (Reuters) -Three peacekeepers from Senegal were killed and five seriously injured after their convoy hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country and Senegal’s army said on Tuesday. Mali is struggling to stem an Islamist insurgency that took root after a 2012 coup and has since spread …
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By Tim Cocks LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian governing party presidential candidate Bola Tinubu promised to renew the hope of those losing faith in the country if elected in Saturday’s poll, as Africa’s biggest democracy faces rampant insecurity and a worsening economic crisis. Tinubu, seen as the favourite to win what could be the closest poll …
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By Carien du Plessis CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Reeling from South Africa’s worst-ever electricity crisis, local authorities across the country are turning to private suppliers to help businesses and households keep the lights on. President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of disaster over the energy crunch, which is seen wiping as much as 2 …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – The head of Tunisia’s press syndicate said on Tuesday he faced a police complaint over a protest last year, calling it an attempt to intimidate his organisation and silence criticism of the president. Mehdi Jlassi said he learned of the accusations after police showed his lawyer the formal complaint while she was …
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HANOI (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for trafficking nearly 10 tonnes of endangered animal parts from Africa, including ivory and rhino horns, police said. The court in the central coastal city of Danang found Nguyen Duc Tai, 33, guilty of transporting elephant tusks, ivory, …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Facebook parent company Meta has filed an appeal in Kenya challenging a ruling that said the company could be sued in the East African country even though it has no official presence there. A Kenyan labour court earlier this month ruled that Meta could be sued in the country after a former …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has inaugurated the first phase of renovations on the venerable Egyptian Museum in central Cairo, giving the collection a facelift after many of its objects were relocated to other museums around the country. The building in Cairo’s Tahrir Square first opened in 1902 and has long ranked as one of the …
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(Reuters) -Mauritian regulators are examining Silver Bank, whose majority owner has links to the alleged perpetrator Prateek Gupta of a $577 million nickel scam revealed this month by commodities giant Trafigura Group, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. A director at Mauritius-based Silver Bank and a director at its sole shareholder have both previously worked …
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ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen have killed seven Nigerian police officers since the weekend in the southeast, a police spokesperson said on Tuesday, in the latest violence to rock the volatile region ahead of elections on Saturday. Widespread insecurity is among the top concerns for Nigerians as they head to the polls to elect new …
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By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -At least 51 soldiers were killed when their unit was ambushed in northern Burkina Faso on Friday, the army said on Monday, one of the highest reported death tolls from a single attack since the area became a hotbed of jihadist activity. The incident occurred two days before France officially …
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