HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s prolonged power shortage is set to worsen after the entity that manages southern Africa’s biggest dam ordered suspension of electricity generation at its main hydro plant because of a water shortage. In a letter dated Nov. 25 and seen by Reuters, the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) told the Zimbabwe Power Company …
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Charles Ble Goude, a former militia leader who was acquitted of crimes against humanity related to his role in Ivory Coast’s civil war, returned from exile on Saturday as politicians sought to reconcile after years of instability and conflict. Hundreds of supporters wearing clothes printed with Ble Goude’s image sang and danced …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicentre of the country’s Ebola outbreak by 21 days, adding that his government’s response to the disease was succeeding. Movement into and out of Mubende and Kassanda districts in central Uganda will be restricted up to Dec. …
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By Paul Lorgerie KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo said it will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Dec. 20, 2023, kicking off a year of complex preparations in the vast Central African country, large parts of which are overrun by militia violence. Announcing the date at a ceremony in Kinshasa on Saturday, the …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel group on Friday said it wants to talk directly with the government after Congo’s president and other African leaders signed a ceasefire deal aimed at stopping attacks by the militia. Leaders of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Angola met this week in Luanda to find a solution …
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By Frank Phiri BLANTYRE (Reuters) -Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested and charged the country’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima over graft allegations, it said on Friday, following months of investigation over his conduct. In a national address in June, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera stripped Chilima of his powers when the watchdog first accused him of …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s transitional Prime Minister Choguel Maiga met interim President Assimi Goita on Friday after more than three months of forced medical leave, the presidency said. Maiga was ordered by his doctor to rest in August after months of intense exertion. Paris-based Jeune Afrique magazine reported at the time that Maiga had suffered …
SAO TOME (Reuters) – Authorities in the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe thwarted a coup attempt overnight, the prime minister and West Africa’s regional bloc said on Friday. The Gulf of Guinea nation’s military barracks came under attack shortly after midnight, Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada told a press briefing aired on private broadcaster …
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By Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Militants from Somalia’s al Shabaab attacked a military base in the central Galgaduud region on Friday, the group and a local government minister said, prompting violent clashes as the army and allied clans sought to repel them. The early morning attack in the village of Qayib, …
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By Tommy Wilkes NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s government is urging World Athletics not to ban the country from the sport, promising to step up its fight against the use of banned substances after a series of its athletes were suspended for doping. The East African country is world renowned for its middle and long-distance runners, who …
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