N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chadian security forces have foiled an attempt by a group of army officers to destabilize the country and undermine constitutional order, the government said in a statement on Thursday. “This plan was devised by a restricted group of conspirators composed of 11 army officers,” the statement said. At their head was Baradine …
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By Sonia Rolley KINSHASA (Reuters) – United Nations intelligence analysts have spotted suspected movements by M23 rebels in parts of eastern Congo from which they were meant to have withdrawn and signs the armed group has seized ground in other areas, internal U.N. documents showed on Thursday. The findings show there is continued uncertainty about …
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(Reuters) -Africa’s top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was coming under control, as it had been 39 days since the last confirmed case of the virus had been reported in the country. Officials first confirmed the outbreak in September and said it was the Sudan strain of the …
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By Crispin Kyala BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Near the banks of Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, artist Patrick Cikuru Cirimwami wades knee-deep through a mountain of plastic bottles, scooping as many as he can carry into a large sack. There is no public waste collection in the area, and …
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By John Irish and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) – France continues to back its envoy in Burkina Faso despite a request by the Burkinabe government to replace him amid growing anti-French sentiment likely fuelled by Russian mercenaries, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Thursday. In December, the Ouagadougou government sent a letter requesting the departure …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya will not default on its debt and plans to ramp up tax collection in the next two years, President William Ruto said on Wednesday. Ruto’s government, which took over in September, has pledged to curb expensive commercial borrowing in favour of cheaper sources like the World Bank to reduce debt servicing …
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By Tommy Wilkes NAIROBI (Reuters) – A year that began with no end in sight for one of the world’s deadliest conflicts finished on a note of cautious optimism in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray after a November ceasefire agreement. The two-year-long war has caused a dire humanitarian crisis, killing tens of thousands, leaving millions …
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By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Two car bombs detonated by al Shabaab militants in central Somalia on Wednesday killed at least 35 people, including eight members of a single family, and wounded 40 more, a senior police officer said. The attack in the town of Mahas was the latest in a series by al Qaeda …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The French foreign ministry on Tuesday said it had received a letter from the Burkinabe authorities in December requesting the departure of Frances’s ambassador from Burkina Faso – a move the ministry called “not standard practice.” The Burkinabe government has declined to comment officially on reports it sent this request to Paris …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Unidentified assailants killed five people in an attack on a civil defence post near the Malian capital Bamako late on Monday, a security ministry statement said on Tuesday. It did not say who was responsible for the attack, which occurred around 80 km (50 miles) from Bamako in an area in southwestern …
