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(Corrects with new MONUSCO response in paragraph 10) KINSHASA (Reuters) -Eight people were killed and 28 wounded when protesters in east Congo’s North-Kivu province blocked and then set upon a convoy of United Nations peacekeepers on Tuesday, resulting in clashes, the provincial government said on Wednesday. Anti-U.N. sentiment has risen since a rebel group known …

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MILAN (Reuters) – Milan prosecutors do not plan to pursue a case against the head of Italian energy group Eni over oil permits granted in Congo Republic, they said on Wednesday. The magistrates formally requested the dismissal of a charge against Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi for alleged failure to declare a conflict of interest. They …

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By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon has suspended Russian ride-hailing app Yango over its alleged failure to comply with transport regulations, the African country’s transport ministry said on Wednesday. Yango, which is owned by Russian tech giant Yandex, entered the Cameroonian market in 2021 with operations in the main cities of Yaounde and …

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By Crispin Kyala BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – After Ornella lost several family members within three years, relatives and neighbours in her east Congo village of Kabare began suspecting the 14-year-old girl of witchcraft. The hushed rumours and purifying rituals that ensued prompted one of Ornella’s brothers to take her to the police, …

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By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the government, through the central bank, from ending the legal tender status of old banknotes on Friday following moves to replace them with newly designed notes. The ruling came shortly after the International Monetary Fund said Nigeria should consider extending its deadline to …

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By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) – The housemate of Kenyan model, designer and LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba, whose body was found in a metal box last month, denied the charge of murder on Wednesday. Jacktone Odhiambo, who police believe to have been in a relationship with Chiloba, was accused of murdering him between the …

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TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi on Tuesday, replacing him with the former ambassador to the European Union and Belgium Nabil Ammar. The switch comes as Tunisia navigates the political uncertainty unleashed after Saied’s seizure of broad powers in 2021 and as it seeks foreign aid to ward off a …

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