(Corrects lead to Wednesday, not Tuesday) BANJUL (Reuters) -Gambia’s Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said on Wednesday. Joof, 65, was appointed vice president of the West African country in 2022. He had previously served as education minister. Barrow said on Twitter that Joof had died “after a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The head of Nigeria’s electoral commission said it will not postpone next month’s presidential vote despite worries over widespread insecurity including attacks on election officials. Mahmood Yakubu, speaking at London’s Chatham House think tank, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was well prepared to facilitate voting in Africa’s most populous nation …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday said the M23 rebel group had not fully withdrawn from areas it seized in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing the militia of faking an agreed pullback of its forces. Regional leaders brokered an agreement in November under which the Tutsi-led group was meant to withdraw …
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By Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa is developing new legislation to speed up energy projects to add generating capacity and help end power cuts, a presentation by the country’s energy crisis committee showed. Ageing coal-fire power stations, underinvestment in new capacity and foot-dragging on policies to encourage private providers has left South …
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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -The atmosphere at the Pentecostal church in the city of Kasindi in eastern Congo was upbeat on Sunday as hundreds gathered for a series of baptisms. The congregation swelled beyond capacity, forcing organisers to move the service outside. Then, about 10 minutes in, a blast rocked the courtyard where …
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By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist fighters from al Shabaab on Tuesday stormed a military base in a part of central Somalia they were forced from last year, killing at least seven soldiers, including the base commander, an officer said. Assailants from the al Qaeda affiliate rammed the base in the village of Hawadley …
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LONDON (Reuters) – London’s High Court on Monday granted permission to a group of asylum seekers to appeal against a ruling that Britain’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda is lawful. Britain’s interior ministry said it would defend its policy, which is a central part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to tackle the record …
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By Kathryn Lurie DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Actor Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba called on Monday for business and political leaders to provide more support to the world’s poorest countries in the form of investment rather than aid. At the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in the …
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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The atmosphere at the Pentecostal church in the city of Kasindi in eastern Congo was upbeat on Sunday as hundreds gathered for a series of baptisms. The congregation swelled beyond capacity, forcing organisers to move the service outside. Then, about 10 minutes in, a blast rocked the courtyard …
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By Abdiqani Hassan GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) -Somalia’s government-led forces have captured an al Shabaab stronghold on the Indian Ocean coast, the defence minister said on Monday, in one of their most significant victories since launching an offensive against the Islamist group last year. The forces took the port town of Harardhere as well as the …
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