BENGHAZI (Reuters) -The Libyan National Army of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar on Saturday announced “a final opportunity” to draw up a road map for elections, Libyan al-Hadath TV reported, a year to the day after rival factions agreed to hold the polls. Many Libyans believe their political leaders are unwilling to find a way out …
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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – The United Nations on Saturday said Burkina Faso had no grounds for ordering senior U.N. official Barbara Manzi to leave the country and that the doctrine of “persona non grata” could not be applied to her. Burkina Faso’s military government on Friday put out a statement instructing Manzi, appointed U.N. resident coordinator …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A gas tanker apparently stuck under a bridge exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday, killing eight people, injuring scores more and damaging nearby buildings, emergency services said. The blast broke the roof of the emergency department at the Tambo Memorial hospital, destroyed two houses and several cars, and injured bystanders. The vehicle caught …
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebels on Friday began withdrawing from some territories they had seized in recent offensives as part of what one of the group’s leaders termed a goodwill gesture in a ceasefire brokered by East African regional leaders. The rebels handed over positions they had …
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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s military government in a statement on Friday ordered senior United Nations official Barbara Manzi to leave the country immediately, without giving a reason. When contacted, a government spokesperson did not immediately say why it had labeled Manzi, the U.N.’s resident coordinator in Burkina Faso, as “persona non grata” and demanded …
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LOME (Reuters) – Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé will oversee the armed forces as part of a reshuffle amid growing security concerns in the northern regions, according to a decree announced on Friday. Until this year, Togo had been spared the frequent Islamist violence that has spread across most of West Africa over the past decade, …
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N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – A 37 year-old Central African Republic refugee, Henriette Batnan, could not afford buying a Christmas present for her son Edouard, who fled home with her in 2017. Instead, she dressed him in ceremonial robes so he could meet Santa Claus, who visited the Dembo Refugee Camp in southern Chad on Wednesday, bringing …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -BioNTech on Friday initiated an early-stage study to evaluate its experimental malaria vaccine in humans, the German drugmaker said. The Phase 1 trial is expected to enrol 60 volunteers in the United States with no history of malaria to assess the vaccine candidate at three-dose levels. Known as BNT165b1, it is the first …
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ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria is offering to Europe its spare electricity capacity, and it is planning a 270 km undersea pipe towards Italy, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune told reporters in an interview on Thursday. Algeria is also pushing to double its gas exports to reach 100 billion cubic metres per year versus 56 billion cubic …
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(Removes extraneous letter from abbreviation ‘NEC’, paragraph 2) By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -President Cyril Ramaphosa’s re-election as leader of South Africa’s ruling party has strengthened his hold on power, but a core of vocal opponents in its new executive suggests the country’s path to much-needed reforms will remain a rocky one. Ramaphosa secured re-election, …
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