MOGADISHU (Reuters) -At least one soldier was killed and six others injured in Somalia on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military base in the west of the capital Mogadishu, a soldier and a hospital worker told Reuters. Somalia’s al Qaeda-allied group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bombing. The suicide …
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(Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund confirmed on Sunday that a staff team will visit Ghana this week to continue discussions with the authorities on policies and reforms that could be supported by an IMF lending arrangement. Ghana turned to the IMF for help in July as its balance-of-payments deteriorated and hundreds took to the …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland will postpone its scheduled presidential election to next year, rather than holding it in November when the incumbent president’s term ends, the region’s electoral body said on Saturday. In August deadly protests broke out in the region with demonstrators demanding elections be held in November amid suspicions …
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By Cooper Inveen ACCRA (Reuters) – Through a sweltering afternoon into a clear-sky night, some 20,000 people descended on Ghana’s historic Black Star Square in Accra on Saturday to dance, cheer and sing along to songs performed by some of their favourite stars including Usher, SZA, and Stormzy. The Accra leg of Global Citizen’s annual …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A gang of armed men killed at least 15 people at a mosque in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. The attack in the Bukkuyum local government area took place during Friday prayers at the Jumu’at central mosque in Ruwan Jema town, three residents told Reuters. “The armed bandits …
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LUANDA (Reuters) – Thousands of Angolans protested on Saturday against what they said was a flawed election last month that returned the ruling MPLA to power after nearly five decades of uninterrupted rule Angola’s Constitutional Court threw out a complaint filed by the runner-up, opposition party UNITA, in the Aug. 24 election. UNITA, a former …
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By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) -A 48-hour strike by air traffic controllers in West and Central Africa has been suspended, their union said on Saturday. The strike, which started on Friday, has disrupted flights across the region and left hundreds of passengers stranded at airports on Saturday. The Union of Air Traffic Controllers’ Unions (USYCAA), …
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s central bank will reduce liquidity in the economy in September and October to slow rising inflation in the east African country, a statement from the bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) published on Saturday said. “In the context of … high inflation and commodity prices, which has contributed to rising …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian judge has jailed eight members of a police union for harming public security and disobedience after clashes with police forces who tried break up their sit-in protest, a union official said on Friday. Tension has been growing between police unions and the Interior Ministry. The unions accused the authorities of …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Lecturers from Nigerian public universities who have been striking since February appealed a court ruling ordering them to suspend their action, which has kept students away from class for the past seven months. ASUU lawyer Femi Falana filed papers at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday seeking to set aside …
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