GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission started registering voters this week in North Kivu province, where a rebel insurgency has raised concerns about the state’s ability to hold elections there in December. Parts of North Kivu province are occupied by the M23 rebel group, a Tutsi-led militia that …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Fighters from Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped scores of women and girls in the east in November, Amnesty International said in a report on Friday. The militia, which stepped up its offensive in regions near the borders of Rwanda and Uganda last year, …
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By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of supporters of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Thursday after he left court in the capital Dakar where hearings are underway in a libel case against him. The demonstrations are the latest sign of unrest in the West African country where …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – The United Nations on Thursday appealed for $1.3 billion to provide assistance to six million Nigerians who are suffering the impact of a long-running Islamist insurgency in the northeast of the country. The militant Boko Haram group and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, have been fighting Nigerian security forces in …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Thursday rejected “foreign interference and harm to the country’s sovereignty” after the United States raised concerns over a recent wave of arrests of his critics. “We are able to diagnose our problems,” President Kais Saied said, adding whoever wants to help Tunisians should “return our looted …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will repatriate to Nigeria nearly $1 million, which were embezzled by the former governor of an oil-producing state, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. The step was in accordance with an agreement between the two governments to repatriate assets the United States forfeited that were …
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By Samb Saliou CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least two people were shot dead and scores wounded or detained at an anti-government protest in Guinea’s capital Conakry that started late on Wednesday and continued into Thursday, an opposition coalition said. It is the latest deadly protest to rock the capital since the government was overthrown in …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – Voters in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous nation, head to the polls on Feb. 25 to elect a new president and lawmakers amid growing frustration over unprecedented insecurity, industrial-scale oil theft and surging inflation. President Muhammadu Buhari, who will complete his constitutionally allowed two terms in May, is not on …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday defended his decision to appoint a minister to try to end crippling power cuts, rejecting criticism the role would cause confusion in government. State utility Eskom is implementing the worst power outages on record, constraining the country’s economic growth prospects. That prompted Ramaphosa to declare a …
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By Jeff Kahinju and Monicah Mwangi UMOJA, Kenya (Reuters) – The thorny trees and dung-caked homes of Umoja village make it resemble any other in Kenya’s northeastern Samburu region, except in one key detail – the absence of men. Since it was established over 30 years ago, Umoja has provided a refuge for women from …
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