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German aid worker freed after kidnapping four years ago in Niger, says employer

11 Dec 2022 11 Dec 2022

DAKAR (Reuters) – A 63-year-old German aid worker, Joerg Lange, has been freed more than four years after he was kidnapped in western Niger near the Malian border, his employer, humanitarian organisation Help, said in a statement on Saturday. Armed men on motorcycles kidnapped Lange in April 2018 near the Nigerien town of Inates in …

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Tunisians protest against president a week before parliamentary elections

10 Dec 2022 10 Dec 2022

TUNIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Saturday against President Kais Saied a week before elections to a new parliament created by his constitutional changes, accusing him of an undemocratic coup. Saied shut down the previous parliament last year and ruled by decree before rewriting the constitution this year to give the presidency more …

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UN secretary-general calls on Nigeria to investigate report of forced abortions

10 Dec 2022 10 Dec 2022

(Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Nigerian authorities to investigate allegations of systemic and coerced abortions reportedly perpetrated by the Nigerian army, U.N spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Friday. Reuters reported on Wednesday that the Nigerian Army has run a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast since at least …

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Pakistani journalist’s killing in Kenya a pre-meditated murder -report

9 Dec 2022 9 Dec 2022

(Fixes dropped letter in paragraph 8) By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A team set up by the Pakistani government to probe the killing of a well-known Pakistani journalist in Nairobi said it found several contradictions in the version given by Kenyan authorities, and believes it was a case of pre-meditated murder. TV journalist Arshad Sharif, …

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Protests continue in Sudan’s capital days after political deal

9 Dec 2022 9 Dec 2022

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese security forces used tear gas and blocked roads and bridges on Thursday as they sought to contain scattered protests in the capital, a Reuters reporter said, three days after an initial deal was signed to launch a new political transition. Thousands of protesters gathered in the afternoon in several areas of …

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Spread of cholera threatens eastern Congo camps of displaced persons

9 Dec 2022 9 Dec 2022

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – In a cholera treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, doctor Bishikwabo Irenge tries to coax a crying and struggling six-year-old boy to drink. The child’s mother, Christine Nyiramahigwe, told Reuters she was forced to flee home during recent fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 …

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Nigeria to receive new attack aircraft and helicopters, drones

9 Dec 2022 9 Dec 2022

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria is expecting to take delivery of 54 new air assets, including attack aircraft and helicopters as well as aerial drones, to boost its capabilities to fight insecurity in the country, Chief of Air Staff Marshal Amao said on Thursday. A 13-year-old Islamist insurgency in the northeast and kidnappings for ransom by …

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EU adds eight people to Congolese sanctions list

9 Dec 2022 9 Dec 2022

KINSHASA (Reuters) – The European Union has added eight individuals to its sanctions list relating to the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo, including rebel leaders and a Belgian businessman, it said on Thursday. It extended existing sanctions against ten people until December 2023. The restrictions include an asset freeze and a ban on entering …

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Nigerian military rejects Reuters report of secret mass abortion programme

8 Dec 2022 8 Dec 2022

ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s Defence Chief, General Lucky Irabor, said on Thursday that the military will not investigate a Reuters report that it ran a secret mass abortion programme because the report was not true. Reuters reported on Wednesday that the Nigerian Army has run a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast …

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Nigeria’s Atiku will probe forced abortions report if he wins – spokesman

8 Dec 2022 8 Dec 2022

(Reuters) – Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s administration will investigate a Reuters report of forced abortions “with a view to stopping it” if he wins next year’s election, his spokesman Charles Aniegwu said on Thursday. Reuters reported on Wednesday that the Nigerian Army has run a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the …

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