BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s high court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 12 years in prison for leading a foiled coup last year against President Adama Barrow’s administration. Eight soldiers were charged with treason and conspiracy in January for their role in a Dec. 21, 2022 coup attempt in the West African nation of 2.5 …
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By Caroline Valetkevitch and Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – The yen slid across the board and hit a 15-year low against the euro on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan’s move to loosen monetary policy was seen as inadequate, while global stock indexes rose a day before the Federal Reserve meets to decide on …
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N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s transitional government has agreed to allow an opposition leader who fled the central African country to return after a deadly crackdown on protesters demanding a quicker transition to democratic rule, the Central African regional bloc said in a statement on Tuesday. Succes Masra fled Chad after dozens were killed and hundreds …
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By Miguel Gomes LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola should let its currency float, International Monetary Fund officials said on Tuesday during a visit to the southern African country, where authorities have kept the kwanza in a tight range for months. The government let the kwanza drop by more than one-third over May and June, with analysts …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Lagos state has secured a partnership with African Export-Import Bank and Access Bank for an investment of $1.35 billion for infrastructure projects, its governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Tuesday. Sanwo-Olu said the investment will be used to develop a bridge project, a creek project, and expand its light rail project in …
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(Reuters) – The General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza said Egyptian authorities told it that 81 Gazans who were severely wounded will be allowed to enter Egypt on Wednesday to complete treatment. (Reporting By Nidal al Mughrabi; Writing by Moaz Abd-Alaziz; Editing by Chris Reese)
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Five Islamist prisoners convicted of killing two secular politicians and policemen escaped from a Tunisian jail on Tuesday, in a rare security breach for the North African country, prompting the government to dismiss top intelligence officials. Security sources said the men were “very dangerous terrorists”. The interior ministry published …
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s interior minister dismissed on Tuesday the two heads of intelligence services after Islamist prisoners escaped from a prison near the capital, the ministry said in statement. Five Islamist prisoners convicted of killing two secular politicians and policemen escaped from a Tunisian jail on Tuesday, in a rare such security breach for …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Fighting in a Libyan hill town has killed eight people since Sunday, a member of the municipal council and another resident said, adding that forces aligned with the Tripoli government had re-established control there on Tuesday. Clashes began in Gharyan, 90km (56 miles) south of Tripoli, during the weekend between a local …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s annual inflation rate rose slightly in October, with price rises for fuel, transport and food important contributors, data from the statistics agency showed on Tuesday. Inflation reached 6.9% year-on-year in October, up from 6.8% a month earlier. On a month-on-month basis inflation was 1.0%, the same as in September, the Kenya …
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