PARIS (Reuters) – France will end visa restrictions for Moroccan nationals, the foreign minister said on Friday, in a sign of warmer relations between the two countries after more than a year of tensions between Paris and Rabat. “We’ve taken measures with our Moroccan partners to re-establish a consular relationship,” Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said …
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(Reuters) – The head of a Russian private militia accused France of attempting to assassinate the head of a Russian representative office in the Central African Republic, who was seriously injured on Friday after opening a mail bomb. Dmitry Syty, head of the “Russian House”, was taken to a hospital in the capital Bangui and …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) refused an Egyptian presidency decree unilaterally demarcating Egypt’s western maritime borders, the Libyan foreign ministry said in a statement on its Facebook account on Friday. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential decree on Sunday demarcating the country’s western maritime borders with neighboring Libya. The …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – An unidentified gunman shot and killed two police officers from the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in Mali on Friday while they were on patrol near the city of Timbuktu, mission head El-Ghassim Wane said in a Tweet. “I condemn this heinous act and wish a speedy recovery to the four other injured …
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By Paul Lorgerie KINSHASA (Reuters) – The death toll after heavy flooding in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa this week has risen to 169, the United Nations’ humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Friday, citing authorities. Heavy downpour caused floods and landslides from Monday night through early Tuesday, leveling at least 280 houses in …
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(Reuters) -The head of a Russian private militia accused France of attempting to assassinate the head of a Russian representative office in the Central African Republic, who was seriously injured on Friday after opening a mail bomb. Dmitry Syty, head of the “Russian House”, was taken to a hospital in the capital Bangui and by …
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By Kopano Gumbi JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Protesters disrupted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech at the ruling party’s conference with a barrage of raucous songs and slogans on Friday, calling for him to quit over a scandal about a stash of cash found at his farm. Ramaphosa, who has denied all wrongdoing, had to shout to …
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By Krishna N. Das and Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Friday it will seek to reopen its main factory after India’s main drugs officer said test samples of cough syrups that had been linked to deaths in Gambia showed they had not been contaminated and met government standards. The plant …
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(Corrects Dec. 15 story to remove reference to GMO crops being seedless in paragraph 5, fixes timing of the lifting of the ban in paragraph 2) By Duncan Miriri MWEA, Kenya (Reuters) -Dick Olela has been growing maize on his four-acre piece of land in the Migori county in western Kenya for the last three …
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By Abraham Achirga ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerians lined up to withdraw cash on the first day that new 200, 500 and 1,000 naira notes starting circulating, but they were in short supply as most of the money handed out remained in old bills that are being phased out, customers said. Nigeria’s central bank started circulating …
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