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DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal President Macky Sall, who chairs the Africa Union organisation, on Sunday called for dialogue between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda as tensions escalate between the two countries over a resurgence of the M23 rebel group. Congo on Saturday summoned Rwanda’s ambassador and suspended RwandAir flights to Congo in response …

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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – The dead bodies of two more missing miners have been found at a zinc mine owned by Trevali Mining Corp in Burkina Faso that flooded last month, the government said on Saturday. The bodies of four of the eight missing miners were found earlier this week. Hopes of finding survivors vanished last …

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By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Abraham Achirga ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s former vice president, veteran politician Atiku Abubakar, will run for president again next year after the main opposition party picked him as its candidate to stand in elections to succeed incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. Abubakar, 75, lost to Buhari during the last election in 2019, which …

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KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo has summoned Rwanda’s ambassador and suspended RwandAir flights to Congo in response to what it says is Kigali’s support for M23 rebels carrying out a military offensive in its eastern borderlands. Rwanda denies supporting the rebels, who advanced as close as 20 km (12 miles) this week to eastern …

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By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan can run in next year’s presidential election, a court ruled on Friday, clearing doubts over his eligibility and paving the way for him to return to national politics. Jonathan, who was president from 2010 to 2015, has not yet said if he intends …

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TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian judge has issued a travel ban on Friday against several people including Islamist Ennahda party Leader Rached Ghannouchi, a judicial official told Reuters. Contacted by Reuters, Ghannouchi denied any knowledge of the travel ban. (Reporting by Tarek Amara; Writing by Lilian Wagdy; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights body called on Friday for the release of 16 journalists and media personnel after new arrests in recent days in the capital Addis Ababa and the restive region of Amhara. Press watchdogs and rights groups say Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government is increasingly intimidating the media and …

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