KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo has increased its budget by 46% to $16 billion for 2023, boosted by an expected rise in tax and mining revenues, the president of the senate said. In September, the government proposed a budget of $14.6 billion, which was later revised upwards. The final budget was adopted late …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will play a substantial role in a planned EU mission in Niger, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said during a visit to the capital Niamey on Friday. “We are not leaving the Sahel on its own,” she told reporters, without putting a figure on the number of troops Berlin would contribute …
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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso summoned the Ghanaian ambassador on Friday morning for “explanations” after Ghana’s president alleged that Burkina Faso had hired the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Burkina Faso’s foreign ministry said. Speaking to reporters alongside U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo alleged that Burkina Faso had hired the …
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(Reuters) – The founder of the Russian private military company Wagner accused France on Friday of being behind an assassination attempt on a Russian official who was wounded by a parcel bomb in the Central African Republic. “Before losing consciousness, Dmitry Syty managed to say: ‘I saw a note: This is for you from all …
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BOBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso (Reuters) – Film producer Drissa Toure peered through the locked glass doors of what was once the lively cinema in Burkina Faso’s southwestern city of Bobo-Dioulasso and remembered a time when locals could enjoy films from Africa and beyond on its screen. Today the 70-year-old struggles with respiratory illness and ekes out …
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By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia holds a parliamentary election on Saturday that will tighten President Kais Saied’s grip on power, capping what his opponents denounce as a march to one-man rule over a country that shook off dictatorship in 2011. Taking place 12 years to the day after Tunisian vegetable …
By Jeff Mason, Daphne Psaledakis and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he would support the African Union joining the G20 group of large economies as a permanent member, part of Washington’s efforts to reinvigorate ties with a region that has taken a back seat to other priorities in …
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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign ministry said on Thursday the Burkina Faso government was fully aware of the risks of working with mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group after Ghana alleged on Wednesday that Ouagadougou had hired the group. Paris and its European allies pulled thousands of troops countering Islamist militants in neighbouring …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal authorities on Thursday detained two opposition members of parliament for physically assaulting a pregnant colleague during a budget debate earlier this month, their lawyer said. A violent brawl broke out in the National Assembly on Dec. 1 when Massata Samb slapped Amy Ndiaye Gniby of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition …
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By Jeff Mason and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced billions of dollars in additional humanitarian assistance to address acute food insecurity in Africa, which is facing a bigger and more complex food crisis than ever before. The United States pledged an additional $2.5 billion in emergency assistance and …
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