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South Africa police arrest Israeli gang leader wanted for attempted murder

17 Nov 2022

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African police said on Thursday that they had arrested an Israeli gang leader wanted for conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder in an early morning raid in an affluent Johannesburg suburb. The 46-year-old gang leader is attached to a criminal group called the Abergil Organisation and has been on Interpol’s …

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EU and four member countries to provide over 1 billion euros for climate adaptation in Africa -official

17 Nov 2022

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans told the COP27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh on Wednesday the bloc and four member countries will provide over 1 billion euros for climate adaptation in Africa. He added the four members are France, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark and other countries can join. The …

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At least 12 killed in Nigeria after gunmen attack villagers

17 Nov 2022

ABUJA (Reuters) – Gunmen have killed at least 12 people in an attack on a village in the northern Nigerian state of Plateau, residents and the state governor said on Wednesday, the latest deadly incident fuelled by growing pressure on land resources in the country. Violence between farmers and pastoralists has become increasingly common in …

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Equatorial Guinea president Obiang seeks to extend 43-year rule

17 Nov 2022

DAKAR (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea holds elections on Sunday in which the world’s longest-standing leader President Teodoro Obiang Nguema will seek to extend his 43-year authoritarian rule, marked by alleged rights abuses and corruption. The West African oil-producing nation of around 1.5 million has had only two presidents since independence from Spain in 1968. Obiang …

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Former Kenya president calls for urgent intervention in Congo fighting

16 Nov 2022

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Kenya’s former President Uhuru Kenyatta called on Wednesday for urgent intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between the army and M23 rebels has flared again in the last week causing hundreds to flee their homes. During a visit to the city of Goma, in eastern …

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First U.N. aid convoy since ceasefire enters Ethiopia’s Tigray

16 Nov 2022

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Fifteen trucks carrying food aid entered Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Wednesday, the United Nations’s food agency said, as humanitarian groups gain access for the first time since a ceasefire agreement was signed two weeks ago. The convoy entered Tigray through the neighbouring region of Amhara using a route that had not been …

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