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Nigeria’s Sokoto state declares curfew over student killing protests

14 May 2022 14 May 2022

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Sokoto state has declared an immediate 24-hour curfew to quell protests demanding the release of suspects in the killing of Deborah Samuel last week, a statement from the governor’s office said. Samuel was beaten and burned by fellow students for alleged blasphemous statements about the Prophet Mohammad in a Whatsapp …

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Islamic state claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian soldiers in Sinai

14 May 2022 14 May 2022

CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic state on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that killed five Egyptian soldiers and injured four others in the country’s Sinai peninsula on Wednesday, the group said on its Telegram channel. Egypt has expanded security control over populated coastal areas of northern Sinai since a major counter-insurgency operation was launched …

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Somali police announce curfew in capital during Sunday’s presidential vote

14 May 2022 14 May 2022

By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Police in Somalia have announced a 33-hour curfew on the capital Mogadishu that will keep almost all residents at home during a presidential election by lawmakers on Sunday, in which incumbent leader Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is seeking a second term. Police spokesperson Abdifatah Aden announced at a press conference …

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Ten Nigerian cabinet ministers resign to run in next year’s election

13 May 2022 13 May 2022

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Ten Nigerian cabinet ministers, including the junior petroleum minister, have resigned to run in next year’s election, the information minister said on Friday, with the president pledging to replace them to keep government running. On Thursday, the government asked all ministers, ambassadors, agency heads and other political appointees including the …

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Global warming made S.Africa’s recent floods twice as likely -study

13 May 2022 13 May 2022

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Global warming made the heavy rains behind South Africa’s devastating floods last month twice as likely as they would have been if greenhouse gas emissions had never heated the planet, scientists said on Friday. Flash floods around the east coast city of Durban killed 435 people, left tens of …

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Former Portuguese bank chief found dead in South African jail

13 May 2022 13 May 2022

LISBON/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A former Portuguese bank chief who was arrested in South Africa in December last year after fleeing to the country to avoid a jail sentence for tax fraud and other crimes was found dead in his prison cell in Durban, authorities said on Friday. Joao Rendeiro, the ex-president of the small private …

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Behind blast walls, Somali parliament to choose new president

13 May 2022 13 May 2022

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Two former presidents will face off against the incumbent in Somalia’s long-delayed presidential vote on Sunday behind blast walls to protect lawmakers from Islamist attacks or meddling by factions within the security services. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is among 39 candidates seeking the top post, to be chosen by parliamentarians …

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All Nigeria’s political appointees must resign to join 2023 election

13 May 2022 13 May 2022

LONDON (Reuters) – All Nigerian ministers, ambassadors, agency heads and other political appointees should resign on or by May 16 if they decide to join the country’s 2023 election race, the secretary to the government of the federation said in a statement on Thursday. The statement follows one from President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday and …

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Sudanese protests resume as moves for political deal falter

13 May 2022 13 May 2022

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters who rallied against Sudan’s military rulers on Thursday, as diplomatic moves to broker a political solution to a post-coup crisis showed little sign of progress. Thousands marched towards the presidential palace in Khartoum amid high temperatures and a heavy security presence, in …

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Alleged senior leader of 1994 Rwandan genocide confirmed dead

13 May 2022 13 May 2022

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Protais Mpiranya, one of the last remaining fugitives sought over the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been confirmed dead and the case against him has been closed, the prosecutor of the successor court to the UN Rwanda tribunal said on Thursday. An international investigation concluded that Mpiranya died on October 5th in 2006 …

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