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By Alexander Dziadosz CAIRO, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Quadcopters, electromagnetic rifles and an AI-powered navigation system were among the wares displayed at one of Africa and the Middle East’s biggest arms expos, as defence companies jostle to break into regional markets increasingly defined by drone warfare.  Cheap, deadly “unmanned aerial vehicles,” or UAVs, have been …

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By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Ideas of white racial superiority are a threat to South Africa’s post-apartheid unity, its sovereignty and its diplomatic relations, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday, calling for global efforts to debunk false stories about white persecution. Ramaphosa was speaking at a conference of the co-ruling African National …

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Dec 8 (Reuters) – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday it had taken control of the strategic Heglig oilfield in the South Kordofan province. Heglig, which lies along Sudan’s southern border, houses the main processing facility for South Sudanese oil, which makes up much of the revenue for South Sudan’s government. Government …

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By Pulcherie Adjoha COTONOU, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Benin President Patrice Talon said on Sunday that the West African nation’s government and armed forces had thwarted a coup attempt by a group of soldiers and vowed to punish them. Talon’s announcement on Sunday evening came about 12 hours after gunfire first rang out in several …

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PARIS, Dec 7 (Reuters) – A water leak last month damaged hundreds of books in the Egyptian antiquities department at the Louvre, underscoring the deteriorating state of the world’s most visited museum just weeks after a daring jewel heist exposed security flaws. Specialist website La Tribune de l’Art reported that around 400 rare books were …

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