By Tim Cocks and Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s main coalition partners are embroiled in a spat over how to respond to looming tariffs from a hostile Trump administration, after the smaller party said the president’s aide was denied a U.S. visa to negotiate with Washington. The Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday that the …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -A blast has killed three Kenyan soldiers patrolling a road in the east of the country near the Somali border, the military said. The al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab said on its website at least two Kenyan soldiers were killed and others wounded in a blast that targeted a convoy in a …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia has arrested dozens of suspected Islamic State militants, who it claimed have been trained and deployed to carry out operations across the country, the state-affiliated Fana broadcaster reported. The 82 suspects were part of Islamic State’s Somalia affiliate, which operates in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, according to a statement by the …
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By Leonardo Benassatto and David Latona TORRE PACHECO, Spain (Reuters) -Moroccan community leaders in the Spanish town of Torre Pacheco called for calm following four nights of clashes between North African migrants and the far-right, in some of the worst such unrest in the country in recent times. Police have detained at least 14 people …
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By Ben Ezeamalu KATSINA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Nigeria’s former President Muhammad Buhari was buried on Tuesday in the backyard of his home in northern Katsina state, as residents climbed trees to bid farewell to the 82-year-old. Buhari ruled Africa’s most populous nation between 2015 and 2023 and died in a London hospital on Sunday after an …
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By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -A meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 in Durban, South Africa, will seek to deepen global relationships in “turbulent times”, German finance ministry sources said on Tuesday. The Durban gathering of finance chiefs on Thursday and Friday will be the third meeting under …
By Marc Jones and Anait Miridzhanian LONDON/DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal’s sovereign credit rating was cut by S&P Global to B- late on Monday and immediately put on a negative outlook – effectively another downgrade warning – due to growing concerns about the country’s soaring debt levels. Senegal recently increased its debt figures following an audit and …
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By Colleen Goko and Kopano Gumbi JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Another no-show by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Donald Trump’s tariff threats and rising tensions between Washington and BRICS countries all look set to overshadow this week’s meeting of G20 finance chiefs in Durban, South Africa. Several key officials including Bessent skipped February’s Cape Town gathering of …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Sudanese activists said on Monday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed almost 300 people in attacks in North Kordofan state that began on Saturday. The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army in that area, one of the key frontlines of a civil war that has raged since April 2023. The …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Al Shabaab insurgents have seized the town of Tardo in Somalia’s central Hiiran region and are pressing on with an advance that has already displaced thousands, a military official said. Tardo, a key crossroads linking larger urban centres, fell on Sunday after the al Qaeda-allied fighters of al Shabaab drove out government-allied clan …
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