NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan court on Thursday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for aiding a 2019 attack by militant members of the al Shabaab group on a hotel and office complex in Nairobi that killed 21 people. Hussein Mohammed Abdile and Mohamed Abdi Ali were convicted in May on charges of facilitation …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s embassy in Israel will assist Chinese citizens who want to evacuate to leave in batches beginning on Friday, the embassy said in a notice on Thursday. The evacuation operation will bring Chinese nationals to the Taba Border Crossing into Egypt via bus, about 360 km (224 miles) from Tel Aviv. “The Israel-Iran …
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By Daphne Psaledakis, Ange Kasongo and Anait Miridzhanian WASHINGTON/KINSHASA/DAKAR (Reuters) -Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo technical teams initialed a draft peace agreement that is expected to be signed next week, the two countries and the United States said on Wednesday, aiming for an end to fighting in eastern Congo. The provisional agreement, announced in …
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By Ope Adetayo ABUJA (Reuters) -West African nations want to strike deals with the U.S. over energy and rare earth minerals, but the Trump administration’s looming expansion of travel bans risks derailing those efforts, Nigeria’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump this month implemented full or partial travel bans for foreign nationals …
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(Reuters) -Congo will be allowed to continue participating in the World Cup qualifiers despite missing two fixtures in March when they were banned, world football’s governing body FIFA said on Wednesday. Congo were suspended from February to May because of government interference in the running of their football association (FECOFOOT) but the ban was lifted …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -At least 60 people were feared missing at sea after two deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in recent days, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jaidaa Taha and Menna Alaa El Din; Editing by Leslie Adler)
CAIRO (Reuters) -Organisers of a march to the Egyptian border with Gaza said on Tuesday that three participants were abducted by plainclothes officers in Cairo amid a wave of arbitrary detentions, deportations and abuse by security forces. Egypt’s interior and foreign ministries did not immediately respond to the allegations. Reuters could not independently verify the …
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LOME (Reuters) -Togo has suspended broadcasts of French state-funded international news outlets RFI and France 24 for three months, its communications authority said on Monday, accusing them of a lack of impartiality and rigour. The suspension comes as tensions are rising between the West African country’s leader Faure Gnassingbe and the opposition. Gnassingbe received in …
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By Catarina Demony and Marissa Davison OXFORD, England (Reuters) -Tribes from the Indian state of Nagaland have held talks at a museum in Britain to secure the return of ancestral remains taken during the colonial era and put on display for decades. Skulls and other body parts were often brought from Asia, Africa and elsewhere …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) -The death toll has risen to at least 45 after three motorized canoes capsized in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lake Tumba last Wednesday, a local official said, as the search for survivors continued. Lake Commissioner Gabriel Ifulu Bongolomba said some 45 people were killed in the accident, while others were believed missing. The …
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