By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on actors it accused of fueling the war in Sudan, taking aim at what it said was a transnational network that recruits former Colombian military personnel and trains soldiers, including children, to fight for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The U.S. …
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By Abraham Achirga and Ahmed Kingimi MINNA, Nigeria, Dec 9 – A group of 100 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued from kidnappers were set to be reunited with their families on Tuesday after undergoing medical checks in central Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said. The students are among more than 300 pupils …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Dec 9 (Reuters) – States in Africa’s Sahel region accused Nigeria of violating their airspace, saying one of its military transport planes landed in Burkina Faso on Monday without clearance. Nigeria said its C-130 transport plane made a “precautionary landing” in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, when the crew detected a technical …
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By Abraham Achirga and Ahmed Kingimi MINNA/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s government on Monday rescued 100 schoolchildren abducted last month from a Catholic school in Niger state, in one of the country’s biggest mass kidnappings in recent years. The students arrived at the government house in Niger’s capital Minna and were handed over …
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KINSHASA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday accused Rwanda of violating its commitments to a U.S.-brokered peace deal aimed at ending years of conflict in the country’s mineral-rich east, just days after attending a signing ceremony in Washington. Tshisekedi made the accusations in a speech to lawmakers. There was no immediate response …
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By Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland PORT-AU-PRINCE, Dec 8 (Reuters) – A new contingent of 230 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti on Monday, Haiti’s national police said, marking the first foreign deployment since the U.N. Security Council approved expanding an existing gang-fighting force in the Caribbean island. This marks the first deployment since the last …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – A U.N. committee on Monday urged Britain and Mauritius not to ratify a deal seeking to settle the future of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, saying it risks perpetuating long-standing violations of Chagossians’ rights. The deal, struck in May after years of talks, passes sovereignty …
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By MacDonald Dzirutwe, Robbie Corey-Boulet and Pulcherie Adjoha COTONOU, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize President Patrice Talon, according to an account provided by Benin’s government on Monday. The soldiers got close enough for Talon to witness …
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Dec 8 (Reuters) – Mozambique have included 42-year-old winger Dominguez in their squad for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations finals as they named a 25-man squad on Monday for the tournament in Morocco. Dominguez turned 42 last month and if he features will be the second-oldest player to compete at the finals after Egyptian …
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NAIROBI, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Tanzania’s government warned on Monday that protests planned for Tuesday would be unlawful and amounted to an attempted coup, as security forces deployed heavily in major cities. Activists and the opposition have called for anti-government protests on Tuesday, the anniversary of mainland Tanzania’s independence from Britain, following the violent suppression …
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