MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had killed 27 fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an air strike in Somalia’s central Hiran region, where the army and allied forces have launched an offensive against the insurgents in the last month. The United States has been carrying out air strikes …
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By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Countries on Wednesday pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in additional aid for the Horn of Africa as they sounded the alarm on a drought in the region and looming famines in Somalia and other countries. The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years …
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By Hamza Ibrahim MAIDUGURI/KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military is urging people in three northwestern states to leave forested areas ahead of a bombing campaign targeting bandits and terrorists, according to local broadcast stations and a military official. An advertisement running on local television and radio stations warned people in Zamfara, Katsina and the Birnin …
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TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian judge on Wednesday put off a terrorism hearing against the main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi until November, and said he would not be held in pre-trial detention, his lawyer said. Police had questioned Ghannouchi for more than 12 hours overnight over accusations that he had helped Tunisians travel to Syria for …
By Cooper Inveen and Karin Strohecker ACCRA (Reuters) -Sovereign debt default is “a real possibility” for Ghana, and any kind of domestic debt restructuring could severely threaten the local banking sector, a senior director from the ratings agency Fitch said on Wednesday. The West African country turned to the International Monetary Fund for help in …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday criticised fellow leaders who extend term limits to cling to power, saying this was having a “corrosive” effect, and promised free and fair elections when the country elects his successor in February. Buhari, 79, who took office after defeating a sitting president in elections in 2015, …
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N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – At least 19 people were killed in a flare-up of fighting between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers in south Chad last week, authorities said. Deadly inter-communal conflicts are relatively frequent in Chad, mainly between herders and local farmers who accuse them of grazing animals on their farmland. Chad, a regional power and …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian court on Wednesday ordered lecturers at public universities to call off a strike over pay that has lasted seven months and disrupted classes. The lecturers are demanding higher pay and several negotiations with the government have broken down, which forced President Buhari’s administration to approach the National Industrial Court. Strikes …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – An influential faction in Nigeria’s main opposition party said on Wednesday it had pulled out of the campaign council for the party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, which could weaken the party’s chances at the February election. Political parties in Nigeria will officially start campaigning next week for the election to pick a …
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – A South African local engineering team, which includes 20- to 70-year old members, for the first time took part in the continent’s biggest solar car race, where drivers travel on public roads from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Before joining the competition, the residents of Mpumalanga province have been building and driving …
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