(Reuters) -Ethiopia launched a bid on Wednesday to host the United Nations climate change summit in 2027 in the capital Addis Ababa, putting it in competition with Nigeria, which wants Lagos to play host. Nearly 200 countries gather each year for the two-week “Conference of Parties” – referred to as COP – which is the …
(Reuters) -An armed group that controls part of western Sudan appealed on Tuesday for foreign help in recovering bodies and rescuing residents from torrential rain, after it said at least 1,000 people were killed when a landslide buried a mountain village. Only one person survived the destruction of the village of Tarseen in the mountainous …
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By Mariam Rizk and Mohamed Ezz CAIRO (Reuters) -The rent on Khaddara Ibrahim Ali’s cramped apartment in downtown Cairo was just about the only expense she could count on staying stable as waves of soaring inflation and subsidy cuts ate away at her modest income. Thanks to a decades-old rent cap, Ali, 84, pays just …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations peacekeeping missions are under severe financial pressure and U.S. cuts could limit their ability to protect civilians in places like South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a U.N. peacekeeping spokesperson said on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump last week unilaterally canceled $4.9 billion in foreign …
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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar ceremonially received three colonial-era skulls from France on Tuesday, 128 years after they were taken from the Indian Ocean nation, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king beheaded by French troops. Public pressure has grown in recent years for former colonial powers such as France and Britain to return …
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(Reuters) -Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament passed legislation outlawing conduct deemed to promote LGBTQ practices, introducing fines, prison sentences and sanctions for persons convicted, its justice minister said. The Persons and Family Code law, making Burkina Faso the latest in a series of African countries to criminalise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activity, also tightens rules …
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By Portia Crowe and Jessica Donati DAKAR (Reuters) -Western Balkans criminal groups, who are among Europe’s top cocaine traffickers, are entrenching themselves in West Africa in a sign of the region’s growing significance on the smuggling route from Latin America to the EU, a report has found. Rising demand for cocaine in Europe, combined with …
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(Reuters) -India and Nigeria submitted formal proposals to host the centenary 2030 Commonwealth Games by the August 31 deadline, Commonwealth Sport announced on Monday. Canada, who hosted the first Commonwealth Games in 1930 in Hamilton, was expected to be in the running but did not bid. “This positive response from two sporting powerhouse nations of …
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(Reuters) -The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of Congolese insurgent groups that includes the M23 rebels, on Monday accused the government of violating agreements aimed at ending conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Fighting in eastern Congo has intensified this year, with the M23 group launching an offensive that allowed it to capture the …
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By Simon Jessop and Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Degraded land, polluted air and water stress pose a direct global economic threat but using natural resources more efficiently could cut pollution by half, one of the World Bank’s senior managing directors told Reuters. The damage is particularly acute for low-income countries most at threat from poverty, …
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