By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) -Moves to end fighting in eastern Congo that are essential to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for a mining bonanza in the region are meant to get underway by Sunday, but the future of a small rebel group has emerged as one of the major obstacles. A U.S.-brokered peace agreement signed …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil is finalizing its submission to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel’s actions in Gaza at the International Court of Justice, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. South Africa filed a case in 2023 asking the ICJ to declare that Israel was in breach of its …
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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila DAKAR (Reuters) -China’s Zijin Mining is the front-runner to acquire Barrick Mining’s Tongon gold mine in northern Ivory Coast for up to $500 million, two sources close to the matter told Reuters. Barrick, the world’s third largest gold producer, is pivoting toward high-margin, long-life assets, with a growing focus on copper …
MAPUTO (Reuters) -Mozambique is seeking to prosecute the country’s main opposition leader, Venancio Mondlane, over civil unrest that followed a disputed election last year, a document presented to Mondlane by prosecutors showed. Mondlane, who says President Daniel Chapo of the long-ruling Frelimo party won the election through vote-rigging, was summoned by prosecutors on Tuesday. He …
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By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -United States lawmakers have voted to advance a bill that proposes reviewing the U.S. relationship with South Africa due to objections over its foreign policy and potentially imposing sanctions on South African officials. The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 34-16 on Tuesday to send the “U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations …
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By Mark Gleeson RABAT (Reuters) -Morocco and Nigeria will meet on Saturday to decide the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after both came through gritty semi-final encounters on Tuesday. Hosts Morocco edged Ghana on penalties at Rabat’s Stade Olympique while earlier Nigeria ended the reign of defending champions South Africa with a last-gasp 2-1 victory …
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By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal joined other Western countries in expressing a positive view of Morocco’s autonomy proposal for the disputed Western Sahara region, after Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said on Tuesday the plan had a “serious and credible basis”. The dispute, dating back to 1975, pits Morocco – which claims sovereignty over …
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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday lifted an order preventing the Trump administration from stripping temporary protected status (TPS) for thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians in the United States. The Trump administration moved in April to end TPS for Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., saying conditions in Afghanistan and Cameroon …
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi, who has played a prominent role in anti-government protests, was freed on bail on Monday after being charged with possession of teargas canisters and a single rifle round found in his home. Kenyan activists have been on edge over the arrests of government critics since a political …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has removed the higher education minister from her position, his office said on Monday, after his party’s key coalition partner accused her of misconduct. The removal of Nobuhle Nkabane from her post could help defuse tensions between Ramaphosa’s African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA), the …
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