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S.African court dismisses appeal against 2,000MW emergency power tender

31 Jan 2022

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -A South African court has dismissed an application against a state emergency power tender that aims to end years of debilitating electricity shortages, the government said on Monday. Alleging interference by senior energy officials that tainted the process to procure 2,000 megawatts (MW), South African firm DNG Energy sought to overturn a …

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Taiwan tries hand at COVID diplomacy again with Somaliland vaccine gift

31 Jan 2022

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s gift of 150,000 doses of its domestically developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region, the Taiwanese foreign ministry said on Monday, part of the island’s renewed pandemic diplomacy push. Taiwan has donated millions of face masks and other goods around the world in what the government has …

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One protester dies as security forces confront crowds in Khartoum – medics

30 Jan 2022

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -One protester was killed as security forces confronted thousands of people protesting against military rule in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Sunday, medics linked to the demonstrations said. The 27-year-old, Mohamed Yousef Ismail, was hit in the chest, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said. There was no immediate statement from the military …

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Algeria reports first case of covid’s BA.2 Omicron sub variant – TV

30 Jan 2022

CAIRO (Reuters) – Algeria reported its first case of COVID-19’s fast spreading BA.2 Omicron sub variant, Ennahar TV cited the general Director of Pasteur institute as saying on Sunday. The North African country registered 1,742 new cases and 10 deaths, bringing the total number to 249,310 cases and 6,555 deaths, according to official figures. (Reporting …

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Sudan army-led Council signals tougher line on U.N. mediation

30 Jan 2022

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The deputy head of Sudan’s military-led Sovereign Council said on Saturday a U.N. envoy should be working as a “facilitator and not a mediator”, signalling an apparent tougher line towards international efforts to resolve a political crisis. A United Nations mission led by special envoy Volker Perthes began talks this month to …

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France won’t stay in Mali if price is too high -defence minister

29 Jan 2022

PARIS (Reuters) – European states combating Islamist militants in Mali will try to find a way to keep their mission going, but there are limits to the price that France is prepared to pay to remain there, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Saturday. Relations between Mali’s military junta and its international partners are …

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Biden administration set to deny $130 million in military aid to Egypt, U.S. officials say

29 Jan 2022

By Humeyra Pamuk, Simon Lewis and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is set to deny $130 million of military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, U.S. State Department officials said on Friday, in a rare punishment of a key ally, even though it fell short of expectations of rights groups. Secretary …

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Tunisia thwarts alleged terrorist attack targeting tourist areas

29 Jan 2022

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police thwarted an attack planned by a woman coming from Syria, where she received training “with terrorist groups,” targeting tourist areas in the country, the interior ministry said on Friday. It added that the woman, who was planning attacks with an explosive belt, was imprisoned. The ministry said the woman returned …

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Killings by Islamist militia in Congo rise almost 50% in 2021, U.N. says

29 Jan 2022

By Hereward Holland KINSHASA (Reuters) – An Islamist militia in eastern Congo killed more than 1,200 people in 2021, up almost 50% on the previous year, the United Nations said on Friday, even as the government imposed martial law and conducted joint operations with Uganda to root it out. The surge in killings occurred as …

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