THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Malian Islamist rebel accused of being central to the persecution of residents in Timbuktu and the destruction of the city’s holy sites told judges at his war crimes trial he was wrongly targeted. “He should not be convicted because he happened to be in the wrong place at …
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(Fixes typo in para 6) By Camillus Eboh and MacDonald Dzirutwe ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian airlines have suspended plans to ground all local flights due to the soaring cost of jet fuel just hours before the move was due to take effect, the airline operators association said on Sunday. The Airline Operators of Nigeria has …
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By Helen Reid and Clara Denina JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The need to secure new sources of metals for the energy transition amid sanctions on top producer Russia has increased the Africa risk appetite for major miners, who have few alternatives to the resource-rich continent. Companies and investors are considering projects they may have previously overlooked, …
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By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Militants freed around 60 prisoners during an attack on a jail in northwest Burkina Faso overnight, ransacking offices and setting vehicles ablaze before making their escape, two security sources and a judicial source said. Armed men entered the town of Nouna around midnight aboard 4x4s and motorbikes, brandishing Kalashnikovs …
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(Reuters) – One officer and ten Egyptian soldiers were killed after “foiling a terrorist attack” on a water-lifting station east of the Suez Canal, an army spokesman said on Saturday. The security personnel were killed after clashing with a group of militants who attacked the station, which also resulted in five others being injured. “The …
CAIRO (Reuters) – One officer and 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed on Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula when militants attacked a checkpoint at a water pumping station, an army spokesman and security sources said. It was one of the deadliest attacks in recent years in northern Sinai, where Egypt’s security forces have been battling Islamist …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian central bank governor Godwin Emefiele has not decided to run for president next February or for another elected office and will remain in his current post, he said on Saturday after critics called on him to resign following reports of his political ambitions. After a spokesperson for the …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian airlines will stop operations from Monday until further notice due to the high cost of jet fuel, the Airline Operators of Nigeria association said on Friday. Domestic flights have been disrupted since March as some started to cancel internal schedules while others delayed operations, citing scarcity of jet …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian telecoms regulator said on Friday it had received a letter from the association of mobile phone operators demanding for a certain percentage hike in tariff for services due to the high cost of operations. Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said there could be justifiable reasons for the demand but …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somalia’s government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to extend its financial support by three months to Aug. 17, the head of the IMF’s country mission told Reuters. The Washington-based fund warned in February that Somalia’s delayed legislative and presidential elections put the renewal of the three-year budget support programme, worth …
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