THE HAGUE (Reuters) – International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals judges on Monday rejected a decision to award a record $30 million in compensation for child soldiers and other victims of convicted Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda, sending the case back to a lower court for a new ruling on the reparations amount. The appeals judges …
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By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen in Nigeria killed five aides including security personnel during an attack on the convoy of a Nigerian senator in southeastern Anambra state on Sunday evening, the senator’s spokesman said on Monday. Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy was attacked in Enugwu-Ukwu, a community in the Njikoka local government area …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda has paid $65 million in the first instalment of a total $325 million it was ordered to pay neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo as compensation for losses caused by wars in the 1990s when Ugandan troops occupied Congolese territory. In a case first brought against Uganda in 1999, Congo asked the …
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By Mahamat Ramadane TOUKRA, Chad (Reuters) – In a makeshift open-air classroom, dozens of children sat squeezed together on a mat and watched as their teacher chalked simple sums on a blackboard – a rare chance of education for their nomadic community in Chad. Around 7% of the central African nation’s population of about 16 …
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(Corrects second paragraph to make clear date of Mandela’s first visit to Buckingham Palace was 1996, not 1995) By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth enjoyed a “warm friendship” with South Africa’s President Nelson Mandela, who once joked about her weight on a visit to Buckingham Palace – an unheard of liberty attesting …
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(Corrects second paragraph to make clear date of Mandela’s first visit to Buckingham Palace was 1996, not 1995) By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Queen Elizabeth enjoyed a “warm friendship” with South Africa’s President Nelson Mandela, who once joked about her weight on a visit to Buckingham Palace – an unheard of liberty attesting to …
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By Rachel Savage LONDON (Reuters) – China’s waiver of 23 interest-free loans to African countries last month amounted to only 1.1% or less of Chinese lending to the continent, a study showed on Monday. China’s foreign ministry said in August it had cancelled 23 loans to 17 African countries that matured in 2021, but did …
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Forces in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region that have been fighting the central government for nearly two years said on Sunday they are ready for a ceasefire and would accept an African Union-led peace process. “We are ready to abide by an immediate and mutually agreed cessation of hostilities,” the Tigrayan forces said …
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By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Flooding caused by the collapse of a mine dam wall in South Africa’s Free State province swept away houses and cars on Sunday, the provincial government said, killing one person and injuring another 40. The disaster occurred in the diamond mining town of Jagersfontein at around 6:00 a.m. (0400 GMT), …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – The death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia last week has risen to 11, most of them Tunisians, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, TAP state news agency said on Sunday. It added that five more bodies were recovered on Saturday night by Coast Guard and Navy units …
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