KINSHASA (Reuters) -Twenty-six people died on Wednesday after lightning struck a high-tension power cable on the outskirts of the Congolese capital Kinshasa, causing it to snap and fall on houses and a market, the authorities said. The victims included 24 women and two men, and another two people were seriously injured, Democratic Republic of Congo’s …
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By Alberto Dabo BISSAU (Reuters) -At least six people were killed in a failed attempt to overthrow Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, state radio said on Wednesday, as residents of the capital cautiously returned to daily life. The dead in Tuesday’s assault included four assailants and two members of the presidential guard, it said. Embalo …
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(Corrects to mother not sister in advisory and seventh paragraph) RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian police have made three arrests after the deadly beating of a Congolese refugee, captured on security camera images at a beachside kiosk in Rio de Janeiro, set off outraged calls for justice and planned protests in major cities. Moise …
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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – At least 60 people were killed in a militia attack on Wednesday morning at the Savo displaced persons’ in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, the head of a local humanitarian group and a witness told Reuters. (Reporting by Erikas Mwisi Kambale; Writing by Nellie Peyton; Editing …
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By Francis Mukasa KAMPALA (Reuters) – Throngs of revellers filled The Levels bar in Uganda’s capital Kampala, dancing to live music and ordering bottle service to their tables, on Monday night. Nearly two years after the government shut down bars and nightclubs and banned outdoor musical performances and other entertainment activities to combat COVID-19, the …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France is discussing with its European and African partners whether it should stay in Mali after the junta in power said it was expelling the French ambassador, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday, adding that leaving the country would take time. “We’ll take a decision in the coming days. …
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By Alberto Dabo BISSAU (Reuters) -Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may have been linked to drug trafficking. Earlier, heavy gunfire rang out near a government compound where Embalo had been chairing a …
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By Alberto Dabo BISSAU (Reuters) -Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may have been linked to drug trafficking. Earlier, heavy gunfire rang out near a government compound where Embalo had been chairing a …
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By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopian Airlines flew passengers on a Boeing 737 MAX plane on Tuesday, but opinions are divided on its first flight using the model since a crash nearly three years ago forced regulators to ground the fleet globally. In March 2019 a flight to Nairobi crashed in a field six …
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By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African corruption inquiry has recommended that police further investigate former Transnet executives Brian Molefe, Siyabonga Gama and Anoj Singh with a view to prosecuting them for offences that include graft and fraud. The inquiry chaired by senior judge Raymond Zondo was established in 2018 to examine allegations …
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