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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied, facing political and economic crisis and accusations he took power in a coup, announced compensation on Sunday for the families of those killed and wounded in the 2011 revolution that brought democracy to the country. Saied last month dissolved parliament, imposing one-man rule after governing by decree since …

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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – At least 12 soldiers and four paramilitary fighters were killed and 21 wounded in an attack on an army base in Burkina Faso’s insurgent-hit centre-north on Friday, the army said in a statement. The attack took place early in the morning at Burkina Faso’s Namissiguima military base in the province of Sanmatenga. …

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CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s former president, Alpha Conde, ousted in a military coup in September, returned to the country on Friday after a trip to the United Arab Emirates for a medical check up, the interim government said. Conde, 84, who is under house arrest in Guinea but is allowed to receive visitors, left the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and South African President Ramaphosa in a phone call on Friday discussed the impact of the Ukraine crisis on commodity prices, supply chains and food security in Africa, the White House said in a statement.   (Reporting by Eric Beech, editing by Dan Whitcomb)

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand on Friday was set to end the week mostly unchanged but a bit firmer than the previous day, as stronger commodity prices cushioned the fall of the local currency against a strengthening dollar. At 1550 GMT, the rand was up 0.66% against the dollar to trade at 14.6439. The …

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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu should stand trial and answer to charges that include terrorism and broadcasting falsehoods, a High Court judge ruled on Friday. Kanu, a British citizen who leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), denies all the charges, which are linked to broadcasts he made …

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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Thursday that all trials of terrorism cases in Nigeria will henceforth be held in camera. In a statement titled “new practice directions on hearing of terrorism cases”, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho also said coverage of any part of such proceedings would be prohibited. He …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – More than two thirds of Africans have been infected by COVID-19 since the pandemic started, 97 times more than reported confirmed cases, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) study published on Thursday. The study found that by September 2021, 800 million Africans had been exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes …

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