BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -At least one person was killed in the eastern Congolese city of Beni on Tuesday when shots were fired during another protest against the United Nations’ MONUSCO peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo, a police spokesperson and the mission said. Protesters on motorbikes had gathered and blocked a …
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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – An improvised bomb exploded in the eastern Congolese city of Butembo on Tuesday, wounding two agents when it detonated outside the office of the national intelligence agency, a military spokesperson said in a statement. An investigation was ongoing to determine who was behind the attack, the statement said. …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African artist Blessing Ngobeni first picked up a paintbrush during a nine-year stint in prison, drawing fellow inmates and birthday cards to “kill time”. This month, the now renown 35-year-old showcased his work at South Africa’s FNB Art Joburg, a leading contemporary art fair featuring artists from across the continent, back …
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By Mahamat Ramadane N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s heaviest seasonal rainfall in over 30 years has left parts of the capital N’Djamena navigable only by boat and forced thousands to flee their flooded homes over the past month, according to aid groups and the state weather agency. In N’Djamena’s eighth district, families have piled into wooden …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African artist Blessing Ngobeni first picked up a paintbrush during a nine-year stint in prison, drawing fellow inmates and birthday cards to “kill time”. This month, the now renown 35-year-old showcased his work at South Africa’s FNB Art Joburg, a leading contemporary art fair featuring artists from across the continent, back …
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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 injured in northern Burkina Faso on Monday when a vehicle in a convoy hit an improvised explosive device, the interim government said in a statement. The escorted supply convoy from the capital Ouagadougou hit the IED between the northern towns of Djibo and Bourzanga, …
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(Reuters) – Angola’s constitutional court rejected on Monday an opposition party claim seeking to annul general election results which handed the victory to the ruling MPLA. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) filed the complaint after the country’s electoral commission last week declared the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola …
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By George Obulutsa and Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld William Ruto’s presidential win in a scathing judgment that blasted opposition leader Raila Odinga’s accusations of cheating. Soon after, Odinga tweeted that he would respect the ruling even though he disagreed with it, easing fears that Kenya would see any …
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By George Obulutsa and Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld William Ruto’s presidential win in a scathing judgment that blasted opposition leader Raila Odinga’s accusations of cheating. Soon after, Odinga tweeted that he would respect the ruling even though he disagreed with it, easing fears that Kenya would see any …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 23 people have been killed and 44 injured in violence that flared in Sudan’s Blue Nile state at the beginning of the month, the Save the Children charity said. Tribal clashes had begun on September 1, according to authorities, in a re-ignition of violence that had claimed the lives of …
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