(Corrects to “Guinea” from “Burkina Faso” in paragraph 6) By Thiam Ndiaga and Christian Akorlie OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -West Africa’s main regional bloc on Friday suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies over this week’s military coup but stopped short of imposing any sanctions, its member states said in a statement. Burkina Faso’s army overthrew President …
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By John Irish and Stine Jacobsen PARIS/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -European allies agreed on Friday to draw up plans within two weeks for how to continue their fight against Islamist militants in Mali, Denmark’s defence minister said, after France said the situation with the Malian junta had become untenable. Tensions have escalated between Mali and its international …
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By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) -Fifteen months of war have left nearly 40% of the people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region without enough food as aid groups struggle to reach cut-off areas, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. Although the ability of aid workers to enter Tigray improved during the summer months and “kept …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The European military mission fighting Islamist militants in Mali will forge a new plan of action within two weeks after the country’s ruling military junta demanded the withdrawal of Danish special forces, Denmark’s defence minister said on Friday. Denmark said on Thursday it was pulling its troops out after the junta insisted …
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(Fixes typo in word ‘furry’, paragraph 8) CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Five stars is usually the most a luxury hotel can get, but one in Cape Town gives its canine guests such a pampering its owners say it deserves six. The city’s Superwoof Dog Hotel provides the pooches of well-to-do South Africans with the kind of …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Ana has killed at least 88 people across southern and eastern Africa, with recovery operations still ongoing as another storm threatened more severe weather. Storm Ana passed over Madagascar on Jan. 22, adding to days of already intense rainfall. The country declared a state of disaster on Thursday night, reporting a …
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By Abraham Archiga ABUJA, January 28 (Reuters) – Abubakar Yusuf, an informal Nigerian trader, said he was scared to get a COVID-19 shot after hearing the country had stocks of expired vaccines. That changed, however, when health authorities destroyed more than a million expired doses last month. Nigeria’s vaccine rollout has slowly gained pace since …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday said it welcomed the decision by Ethiopia’s Cabinet to approve the lifting of a six-month state of emergency and called on the government to release all those detained under the state of emergency. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters that Washington hopes the House of Peoples’ …
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By Edward McAllister and Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s new military leader Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba said on Thursday that the West African country return to constitutional order when conditions are right. Damiba spoke for the first time on national television since leading a mutiny that ousted President Roch Marc Kabore on Monday. …
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda will re-open on Monday a border crossing with Uganda that was shuttered nearly three years ago, even as tensions rise between the central African neighbours, fuelled by accusations of espionage and support for each other’s dissidents. Rwanda had repeatedly accused Uganda of supporting rebel groups planning to topple …
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