JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague to contest South Africa’s genocide accusations over the war with Hamas in Gaza, an Israeli government spokesman said on Tuesday. South Africa asked the ICJ on Friday for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations …
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By Michele Kambas NICOSIA (Reuters) – Britain and Cyprus have sent 87 tonnes of aid to Gaza via Egypt, the two countries said on Tuesday, with Cypriot officials saying they had successfully tested a screening mechanism for cargoes offering an alternative route for badly needed supplies. The Jan. 1 delivery to Port Said in Egypt …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian stocks rose 1.68% on Tuesday, its first trading session of 2024, extending last year’s rally, to reach its highest level ever of 76,031 points, LSEG data showed. The share index crossed a psychological threshold of 70,000 points for the first time in November. Domestic equities climbed 45.90% in 2023 as local …
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By Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Peter Magubane, the renowned artist-photographer who shed light on the everyday struggles of Black South Africans for decades under apartheid, died on Monday. He was 91. After joining Drum magazine in 1955, Magubane gained prominence as one of the few Black photographers covering the repressive era. One of his …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Landlocked Ethiopia signed an initial agreement with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland on Monday to use its Red Sea port of Berbera, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office said. The Horn of Africa country currently relies on neighbouring Djibouti for most of its maritime trade. “This has been now agreed with our …
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DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) – The leader of Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo met on Monday with civilian pro-democracy politicians in Addis Ababa, the latest stop in a foreign tour as his troops take the upper-hand in a devastating nine-month war. The meeting comes as General Dagalo, known as Hemedti, has appeared to …
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N’DJAMENA (Reuters) -Chadian opposition leader Succes Masra who recently returned to the central African country following a deal with the ruling junta, was appointed as prime minister of the transitional government, the presidency said on Monday. His appointment could be seen as a move by the junta to appease the opposition after a constitutional referendum …
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TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian judicial authorities on Monday ordered that prominent journalist Zeid El-Heni should be detained and tried on charges of defamation, days after he criticised the trade minister, his lawyer said. El-Heni will have his first court hearing on Jan. 10 on the charge of “defaming others on social media,” his lawyer Ayachi Hammami …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s upstream oil regulator on Monday announced an annual oil and condensates production target of 2.6 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2026, an ambitious jump from 2023 levels of around 1.6 million bpd. Africa’s biggest oil exporter, Nigeria has suffered declining production due to crude theft and vandalism …
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By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) – Six people including a senior local administrator were killed in an ambush by armed men in the Abyei region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, local officials said. The oil-rich region experiences frequent bouts of violence, where rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group – Twic Dinka …
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