By Djaffar al Katanty and Edward McAllister YALOLIA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – At a village clinic in central Congo, separated from the world by a tangle of waterways and forests, six-year-old Angelika Lifafu grips her dress and screams as nurses in protective suits pick at one of hundreds of boils that trouble her …
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By Abdi Sheikh and Abdiqani Hassani MOGADISHU (Reuters) -The two car bombs that exploded at Somalia’s education ministry next to a busy market intersection killed at least 100 people and wounded 300, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday, warning the death toll could rise. Saturday’s attack was the deadliest since a truck bomb exploded …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) -Eleven people were killed on Saturday, including two police officers, in a crush at an overcrowded stadium concert in Kinshasa headlined by Congolese singer Fally Ipupa, the interior minister said. The capital’s Stadium of Martyrs was packed beyond its capacity of 80,000 and some of the crowd ended up forcing their way into …
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By Charlotte Bruneau BAGHDAD (Reuters) – With a violin on his back and maps in his bag, Dan Hodd left Spain a month ago and was cycling through busy Baghdad as he heads to the COP27 climate talks in Egypt that he firmly intends to reach without flying. “I am trying to illustrate the importance …
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GOMA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has given Rwandan ambassador Vincent Karenga 48 hours to leave the country in retaliation for Rwanda’s alleged support of the M23 rebels in the Congo’s eastern provinces. The rebel group, which Congolese authorities accuse Rwanda of backing but Rwanda denies, seized the town of Kiwanja in eastern Congo …
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N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – A conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship was kidnapped by unknown individuals in Chad’s northeastern Wadi Fira province on Friday, and a search and rescue mission is under way, the Chad government said on Saturday. Chad’s government spokesman, Aziz Mahamat Saleh, said in a statement that the kidnapped man is an …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Two car bomb explosions at the education ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed or wounded scores of people on Saturday, police and the state news agency said. Authorities said the Islamist group al Shabaab carried out the attack, which they said had targeted the education ministry, an intersection and a school. “At 2:00 …
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By Rachel Savage and Catherine Schenck JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Thousands of people took part in Johannesburg’s first LGBT+ Pride march since the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday despite U.S. warnings of a possible terrorist attack in the area. Marchers sang, cheered and waved flags in Pride colours amid a heavy police presence. The event went ahead …
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DURBAN (Reuters) – Misuzulu, who has promised to unite his nation and protect tradition, was officially recognised as the AmaZulu King by the South African government on Saturday in the first Zulu coronation since 1971. The official recognition by President Cyril Ramaphosa puts an end to lengthy legal wrangling that mired his succession to the …
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N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Sobbing relatives on Friday stood around a coffin holding the body of Chadian journalist Oredje Narcisse, 31, one of dozens of people killed in the violence that erupted from pro-democracy protests last week. Narcisse was shot in front of his home in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Oct. 20, when hundreds demonstrated across …
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