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Five military police killed in western Cameroon, says regional governor

8 Jun 2022 8 Jun 2022

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Five Cameroon military police were killed in an attack on Tuesday night in the western region of Cameroon, bordering a province where separatists are fighting for a breakaway state, the regional governor said on Wednesday. The attack took place in Njitapon in the district of Kouoptamo, in the West French-speaking region bordering …

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Sudanese farmers warn of failing harvests as hunger rises

8 Jun 2022 8 Jun 2022

By Nafisa Eltahir GEZIRA SCHEME, Sudan (Reuters) – On the fertile clay plains of Sudan’s Gezira Scheme, farmers would have normally started tilling the soil weeks ago before planting out rows of sorghum, or peanuts, sesame and other cash crops. Instead, in a country stalked by sharply rising hunger, swathes of the 8,800 square km …

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Five-year-old run over by security forces in Sudan -medics

8 Jun 2022 8 Jun 2022

(Reuters) – A 5-year-old girl was killed after being run over by security forces in the Kalakla neighbourhood south of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, medics said on Tuesday. The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said the child was the 101st person, and the 16th minor, to be killed by security forces since a military coup …

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Mali misses $4.4 million treasury bond interest payment – debt agency

8 Jun 2022 8 Jun 2022

DAKAR (Reuters) – Mali has failed to pay 2.71 billion CFA francs ($4.44 million) in interest on a treasury bond that was due on June 3, the West African debt agency Umoa-Titres said on Tuesday. ($1 = 610.0000 CFA francs) (Reporting by Bate Felix; Writing by Sofia Christensen)

West African bloc says it regrets Mali’s 24-month transition decision

8 Jun 2022 8 Jun 2022

BAMAKO (Reuters) – The West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Tuesday that it regretted a decision by Mali’s interim government to extend the transition back to civilian rule by 24 months while negotiations between the two sides were ongoing. Mali’s ruling junta, which first came to power in an August 2020 coup, issued a …

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In Nigeria’s disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees

8 Jun 2022 8 Jun 2022

By Nyancho Nwa Nri and Fikayo Owoeye ONDO STATE, Nigeria (Reuters) – Deep in a forest in Nigeria’s Ebute Ipare village, Egbontoluwa Marigi sized up a tall mahogany tree, methodically cut it down with his axe and machete, and as it fell with a crackling sound, he surveyed the forest for the next tree. Around …

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Cameroon says soldiers killed nine villagers in “disproportionate” use of force

7 Jun 2022 7 Jun 2022

DAKAR (Reuters) – Cameroon’s government said on Tuesday that a group of soldiers killed nine villagers, including an 18-month-old girl, in a “manifestly disproportionate” and “hasty” response to a confrontation in the Northwest region last week. The four soldiers were searching for a missing comrade in the village of Missong when they came across a …

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Bereaved families face grief, trauma after Nigeria church attack

7 Jun 2022 7 Jun 2022

By Seun Sanni and Temilade Adelaja OWO, Nigeria (Reuters) -Theresa Ogbu took two of her five children to mass on Sunday to celebrate Pentecost, a joyful occasion for a devout Catholic, but the boys came home without a mother. Ogbu, 51, was shot in the head as she tried to escape from St Francis Catholic …

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South Africa’s ANC calls for swift extradition of arrested Guptas

7 Jun 2022 7 Jun 2022

By Bhargav Acharya (Reuters) -South Africa’s governing party on Tuesday called for the swift extradition of Rajesh and Atul Gupta to face the allegations against them in South Africa after they were arrested in the United Arab Emirates. The Gupta brothers are accused of using their connections to former South African president Jacob Zuma, in …

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IMF worried how South Africa’s growth outlook will affect poverty

7 Jun 2022 7 Jun 2022

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday at the end of a visit to South Africa that its staff were increasingly concerned about the country’s economic growth outlook and the implications for employment, poverty and inequality. South Africa’s National Treasury responded by saying the IMF’s concerns were broadly aligned with government plans to …

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