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Tunisian police keep ageing opposition leader hours for questioning

20 Sep 2022

TUNIS (Reuters) -The ageing leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party was still waiting to be questioned by police more than 10 hours after arriving to answer a summons, his lawyer said on Monday, accusing the authorities of abuse. Rached Ghannouchi, 81, head of the Islamist Ennahda party and speaker of the dissolved parliament, faces investigation …

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Chad foreign minister resigns as government engages rebels in talks

19 Sep 2022

N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s interim Foreign Affairs Minister Cherif Mahamat Zene said on Monday he was stepping down because of disagreements with senior politicians, as the government attempts to open dialogue with rebels and end military rule. Zene resigned as talks are taking place in Qatar’s capital Doha with various rebel and opposition groups aimed …

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Portugal says could face shortage if Nigeria does not deliver all LNG due

19 Sep 2022

By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal could face supply problems this winter if Nigeria does not deliver all the liquefied natural gas (LNG) it is due to, the European Union country’s environment and energy minister said on Monday. Asked whether with many countries now looking for alternatives to Russian gas there was a chance …

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Nigerian students protest lecturers strike, block Lagos traffic

19 Sep 2022

LAGOS (Reuters) – Hundreds of students blocked the main airport road in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Monday to protest against the disruption to classes caused by a lecturers’ strike that has been going on for more than seven months. Strikes over pay by public university lecturers are common in Nigeria and often go on …

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Tunisia’s Ennahda party leaders to face questioning by police

18 Sep 2022

TUNIS (Reuters) – Leaders of Tunisia’s Islamist opposition party Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi and Ali Larayedh, have been called for questioning by police on Monday for “sending jihadists to Syria,” party officials told Reuters on Saturday. Ghannouchi told Reuters by telephone that he will appear before police on Monday, adding that he is unaware of the …

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Senegal’s president appoints former economy minister as PM

18 Sep 2022

By Ngouda Dione and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegalese President Macky Sall reinstated the post of prime minister on Saturday, appointing a former economy minister to the job two months after a tense legislative election in which Sall’s ruling coalition lost its comfortable majority. Amadou Ba, a 61-year-old taxation specialist who has also served as …

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Eritrea issues army mobilisation call as Ethiopia fighting resumes – Canadian government

17 Sep 2022

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Eritrea is mobilising armed forces due to the re-eruption of the conflict in northern Ethiopia, the Canadian government said on Saturday, raising fears that the fighting may intensify in a war that has already displaced millions and triggered a humanitarian disaster across northern Ethiopia. “Local authorities have issued a general call for …

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