MADRID (Reuters) – The deaths of at least 18 migrants on Friday during a mass attempt to cross from Morocco into a Spanish enclave took place at a pivotal time for often rocky relations between the neighbouring countries. Moroccan authorities said the disaster occurred after migrants attempted to breach a fence into the Melilla enclave, …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian judges decided to extend their national strike for a fourth week in protest against a decision by President Kais Saied to sack dozens of them, a joint statement by the judges unions in the country said on Saturday. It said the fourth week of the strike will start on June 27. …
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi and Graham Keeley RABAT/MADRID (Reuters) -Dozens of migrants were pictured lying by a Moroccan border fence, some bleeding and many apparently lifeless, in video showing the aftermath of an attempted mass crossing into a Spanish enclave on Friday in which at least 23 died. Moroccan authorities said the disaster occurred after migrants …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday blamed “mafia” people traffickers for a violent and fatal border incursion on the Moroccan border with the Spanish north African enclave of Melilla on Friday, which left at least 18 migrants dead and scores of Spanish and Moroccan officers injured. “It was an attack on …
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean healthcare workers halted a five-day-old pay strike and returned to work on Saturday, but union leaders warned they would resume the walkout if the government failed to make an improved wage offer within two weeks. Thousands of nurses and doctors at state-run hospitals in the southern African country are demanding a …
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BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Oil sector workers in Congo Republic will go on a hunger strike starting on Monday over low pay and other demands that have been unmet by the government, the workers’ union said. A second phase of the strike starting June 29 will involve stopping work at all offices and industrial bases in …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Qatar’s Emir arrived in Cairo on Friday on an official visit to meet Egypt’s President, Egyptian state TV reported, in the first trip to the country since Cairo and Doha agreed last year to end a long-running regional feud. (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Lilian Wagdy)
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s army has given civilians two weeks to evacuate vast areas in its northern and southeastern regions ahead of military operations against Islamist insurgents, it said on Friday. The West African country’s army this week ordered civilians to leave two large “military interest zones” to protect them, but did not specify …
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By Gloria Dickie and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – With only two days left to hash out a U.N. draft agreement to protect global biodiversity, organizers on Friday urged delegates in Nairobi to “pick up the pace”. “We cannot afford to spend hours discussing one line of text,” Basile van Havre, one of the two …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s military government on Friday passed a new electoral law, marking a step towards a return to constitutional rule amid regional pressure to hold elections since the junta first seized power in an August 2020 coup, a copy of the decree showed. The West African country has been under harsh economic sanctions …
