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German troops spot Russian forces in Mali as French pull out – document

16 Aug 2022

BERLIN (Reuters) – German troops spotted several dozen presumably Russian security forces at Gao airport in northern Mali on Monday, the day the last French soldiers wrapped up their operations and left the town, according to a German military document dated Tuesday. Berlin’s participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali has been controversial for …

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Explainer-The legal procedure for contesting Kenyan election results

16 Aug 2022

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – The chairman of Kenya’s election commission declared Deputy President William Ruto president-elect on Monday after a closely fought contest against opposition leader Raila Odinga. Odinga has said he would mount a legal challenge to the outcome, calling the results “null and void.” He has been down this road before, …

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Liberia suspends three officials accused by U.S. of corruption

16 Aug 2022

MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberia President George Weah on Tuesday suspended three government officials who were sanctioned by the United States for what it said was their ongoing involvement in public corruption. The sanctions target Weah’s Chief of Staff Nathaniel McGill, Liberia’s Chief Prosecutor Sayma Syrenius Cephus and Bill Twehway, the managing director of the National …

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After 10 years, widows of victims of ‘Marikana massacre’ left with no answers

16 Aug 2022

MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – Nosihle Ngweyi and Zameka Nongu complete a laborious climb up a small hill in South Africa’s Marikana town and look forlornly at the site where their husbands were killed on Aug. 16, 2012. Ten painstaking years have passed and they still seek answers. Their husbands were among the 34 striking …

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Amid energy crisis, EU plans to help gas-rich Mozambique boost security

16 Aug 2022

By Francesco Guarascio JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The European Union is planning a five-fold increase in financial support to an African military mission in Mozambique, an internal EU document shows, as Islamist attacks threaten gas projects meant to reduce the EU’s reliance on Russian energy. The energy squeeze due to the Ukraine war has added impetus …

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Al Qaeda affiliate claims it killed four Russian mercenaries in Mali

16 Aug 2022

(Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Mali claimed on Monday it had killed four mercenaries from Russia’s private military firm Wagner Group in an ambush around Bandiagara in central Mali. The media unit for Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), said in a statement its fighters clashed with the mercenaries on Saturday in Mopti region, …

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Kenya’s Ruto declared president-elect in chaotic scenes

15 Aug 2022

By Duncan Miriri and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI/KISUMU (Reuters) -Kenya’s elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of widespread violence like that seen after previous disputed polls. Hailing the electoral commission as “heroes” after he was declared …

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