By Paul Lorgerie BAMAKO (Reuters) – It was market day in the town of Moura in central Mali when Malian troops backed by white mercenaries descended in helicopters and opened fire on bewildered residents, according to witnesses’ accounts. Stall-owner Amadou saw the soldiers fan out across town on the morning of March 27, and ran …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya plans to deport the CEO of fuel storage and distribution company Rubis Energy Kenya over a fuel crisis, The Daily Nation newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing senior government sources who said the state signed a deportation order. The government has cancelled the work permit of Jean-Christian Bergeron, who has led the …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Unidentified armed men killed seven border police and four National Guard members in separate attacks in different parts of Niger, the government said on Wednesday. Both of the attacks were on Tuesday – one on a police post in Petelkole, on the western border with Burkina Faso, and one on a National …
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By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday to help the victims of devastating east coast floods, as the death toll rose to 306 from heavy rains that washed out roads and disrupted shipping in one of Africa’s busiest ports. Ramaphosa visited families who had lost loved ones in KwaZulu-Natal …
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By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Nigeria said on Wednesday an “unholy handshake” was forming between criminal gangs and Islamist insurgents in its violent north where the death toll from the latest attack soared to 154. The armed gangs, locally known as bandits, have terrorised villagers for years through kidnappings for ransom but they have …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pressed Mali on Wednesday to move towards fair elections and cease working with Russian military contractors if it wants to fully reactivate the European Union’s training of the country’s armed forces. The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said on Monday the bloc will halt part of its …
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Ivory Coast Prime Minister Patrick Achi tabled his resignation and that of his government on Wednesday as President Alassane Ouattara plans to slim down the size of the cabinet, Ouattara said on Wednesday. Ouattara said he would reduce the government to around 30 ministers from the current 41, with new appointments to be …
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By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Western powers seeking to isolate Russia over Ukraine are disappointed at what they see as lukewarm support from African nations at the U.N. general assembly – where their 54 votes form a bloc large enough to swing resolutions. The Ukraine war comes at a time of heightened rivalry between …
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan film producer Raymond Malinga, whose work will feature in an upcoming Disney anthology of animated films from across Africa, hopes the project will bring African animation to the world. “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire”, is a ten-part collection of short animations by producers from six African countries that is …
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(Reuters) – Arcelormittal South Africa is conducting feasibility studies on two potential renewable energy projects, it said on Wednesday, seeking to reduce its dependence on electricity supply from the stretched national grid. The two 100 megawatt (MW) renewable energy plants are planned for Gauteng and the Western Cape provinces and are intended to supply existing …
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