UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday made his “strongest possible appeal for all parties in Ethiopia for an immediate cessation of hostilities.” “This can allow for effective humanitarian access and relief to all affected populations throughout Ethiopia,” he told reporters. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is engaging in robust talks with Kenya as part of its drive to expand equitable and inclusive U.S. trade investment on the African continent, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi said on Tuesday. Bianchi told a trade conference that USTR would have more to say on Kenya in coming …
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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has made clear to Sudan’s military leaders that Washington is prepared to impose additional costs if violence against protesters continues and is looking at options to increase pressure, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee said on Tuesday. Phee told the Senate Foreign Relations …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” by reports of heavy fighting https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/heavy-gunfire-heard-near-guinea-bissau-presidential-palace-2022-02-01 in Guinea-Biassau and asks for an immediate end to the violence and for full respect of country’s democratic institutions, a U.N. spokesman said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols)
DAKAR (Reuters) – The West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday condemned what it described as an attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau, which has a history of political instability. “ECOWAS is following with great concern the evolution of the situation in Guinea-Bissau…where military gunfire is taking place around the government palace,” the organisation said. “ECOWAS condemns …
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PARIS (Reuters) -France will not be cowed by the junta in Mali to stop its counter-terrorism operations in the Sahel region and will also focus on supporting Gulf of Guinea nations to prevent militants crossing into their territories, its foreign minister said. Mali on Monday said it was expelling France’s envoy after “hostile and outrageous” …
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria on Tuesday launched a 62 billion naira ($149 million) fund to help fight HIV/AIDS, especially targeting the prevention of mother-to-child transmissions as foreign funding for such programmes was under strain due to focus on COVID-19. Some two million Nigerians live with HIV/AIDS, while more than 22,000 mother-to-child transmission cases are reported …
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By Sarah El Safty CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt is considering replacing a popular bread subsidy with cash payments for the poor to protect the budget from soaring global wheat prices, but domestic inflation and a history of protests could make the government opt for a less ambitious reform. Under the existing program, more than 60 …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Leading South African scientists are set to investigate COVID-19 and HIV in tandem, amid mounting evidence that the collision of the two pandemics could be generating new coronavirus variants. The team at the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA), which first alerted the world to the COVID …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen in Nigeria have killed 11 security agents and several villagers after attacking remote villages in the north-central state of Niger, its governor Alhaji Bello said on Monday. Gangs have been terrorising areas of northern Nigeria in recent years, forcing thousands to flee and perpetrating mass kidnappings for ransom. Bello said …
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