NAIROBI (Reuters) – The presidents of Somalia and Kenya signed a range of deals on Friday, including one to restart trade of the stimulant khat, the countries’ foreign ministers said, in a sign of improving diplomatic relations. The two neighbours are together battling an al Qaida-linked insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians in the …
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BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Congo Republic’s ruling party emerged dominant in the first round of legislative elections held this month, the government said on Friday. The Congolese Labour Party (PCT) of President Denis Sassou Nguesso won nearly 110 seats out of 151, according to provisional results published by the minister of territorial administration. Parties allied with …
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By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president is using a referendum on a new constitution to move back towards dictatorship, the head of the biggest Tunisian opposition party, the Islamist Ennahda, warned on Friday. Rached Ghannouchi, who was parliament speaker until President Kais Saied shut the chamber and seized most powers …
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By Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Rached Ghannouchi is coming full circle. From political prisoner and exile before the 2011 revolution to kingmaker and parliament speaker after it, the Islamist leader is back under investigation by authorities while an adversary sits in the presidential palace. After President Kais Saied last summer closed the elected …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -Egypt has told the United Nations it will temporarily suspend the activities of its contingent in a Mali peacekeeping mission, citing increased attacks on its peacekeepers who escort convoys supplying U.N. bases, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday. The attacks have caused the death of seven Egyptian soldiers since the beginning of the …
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LOME (Reuters) -Armed men killed at least 12 civilians in overnight raids on villages in northern Togo, where Islamist militants have staged several attacks, two local activists and a medical source said on Friday. Spared until recently by the jihadist violence that has ravaged its northern neighbours for the better part of the past decade, …
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By Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger needs a French military buffer, training and weapons as it continues to strengthen its army to tackle Islamist insurgents, Defence Minister Alkassoum Indatou said on Friday. He was speaking during a joint news conference in Niamey after a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Army Minister …
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MAPUTO (Reuters) – Southern African countries agreed on Thursday to extend their troop deployment in Mozambique for another month to help it fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency. The countries, linked in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), agreed last year to send troops to Mozambique. The mission’s mandate was set to end on Friday but …
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By Mahamat Ramadane N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s government said on Thursday it will hold a national dialogue starting Aug. 20, a precursor to elections promised by interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby when he seized power following his father’s death last year. Deby declared himself head of a Transitional Military Council in April 2021 after his …
DAKAR (Reuters) – A group of civilians, all teenagers, killed on Saturday night in northern Togo were hit by an airstrike after the army mistook them for jihadists, the army said in a statement on Thursday. The army had previously said that seven people were killed and two injured in the village of Margba due …
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