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Five Senegalese commandos missing after suspected drug-smuggling boat sinks

DAKAR (Reuters) – Five Senegalese marine commandos have been missing since Friday when a suspected drug-trafficking boat was scuppered off the coast of the capital Dakar while it was being searched by the navy, the armed forces said on Saturday. A Senegalese patrol boat intercepted the vessel, suspected of involvement in the trade in which …

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Congo’s election commission cancels 82 candidates in disputed December polling

By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) -Congo’s election commission said it has cancelled votes cast for 82 of the 101,000 legislative candidates in the disputed December general election over alleged fraud and other issues, amid fresh opposition calls for a re-run of the vote. Those disqualified include contenders for national, provincial and municipal assemblies, the results …

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War, weather put ocean shippers on notice for rough seas in 2024

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Recent hostilities in the Red Sea have thrown global shippers of vital goods for a loop – but it is hardly the only issue that big carriers are facing as 2024 kicks off. Giants like Maersk say the industry, which handles 90% of global trade, faces the possibility …

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New aircraft glitch for Canada’s Trudeau before return from Jamaica

(Reuters) – Canada said on Friday an aircraft was sent this week to Jamaica to address a maintenance issue with the plane that took Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a visit to the Caribbean, enabling him to fly back home. It is the second recent instance of such an aircraft glitch; Trudeau’s departure from India …

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US expresses concern after Burundi president says gay people should be stoned

(Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it was troubled by comments from Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who last week called on citizens of the small African country to stone gay people. The comments escalated a crackdown on sexual minorities in a nation where LGBT people already face social ostracism and jail terms of …

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Oil prices settle higher on Middle East tensions

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices settled higher on Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a week-long sweep through the Middle East in an attempt to contain regional tensions stoked by the Israel-Hamas conflict. Brent crude futures settled up $1.17, or 1.51%, at $78.76 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude …

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Stocks edge up, bond yields dip as investors mull ‘soft landing’

By Herbert Lash and Naomi Rovnick NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Bond prices slid and a gauge of global equity performance closed a tad higher in choppy trading on Friday after a surprisingly strong U.S. labor report increased the odds that the Federal Reserve can engineer a “soft landing” for the economy. U.S. employers hired more workers …

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India Navy rescues bulk carrier crew after Arabian Sea hijack attempt

By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Indian Navy on Friday rescued the crew of a merchant vessel after its attempted hijack in the Arabian Sea and said it had not found any pirates on board. An Indian Navy warship intercepted the Liberian-flagged MV Lila Norfolk bulk carrier less than a day after it had …

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Senegal’s top judicial body rejects opposition leader’s candidacy for presidential election

DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Friday rejected opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s application to run for president in elections next month due to missing documents, one of his lawyers, Cire Cledor Ly, said. The ruling deals a hard blow to Sonko’s presidential aspirations, already hampered by a flurry of court cases that have piled up …

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Sudan’s Burhan says ‘no reconciliation’ with paramilitary RSF

CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Friday vowed to continue a nine-month war between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), rejecting the latest peace efforts. RSF head Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo agreed earlier this week to a ceasefire proposed by civilian groups, contingent on the military agreeing also. But observers …

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