By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has been re-elected for a second term after getting more than 73% of the vote in a Dec. 20 poll, the country’s election commission CENI said on Sunday. The declaration of the result follows days of opposition complaints about the way the election …
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By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) – When Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner of another disputed election on Sunday, he pledged be a leader for all its 100 million people. However, accusations by opposition leaders of electoral fraud and political repression will likely cloud his second term as it did …
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(Reuters) – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, is poised to complete its withdrawal from the country on Sunday, the United Nations said in a statement. Security experts warn the area could now become the focus of a struggle in the north as rebel groups and the army seek to take areas that the …
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By Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou NIAMEY (Reuters) – The prime ministers of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Saturday affirmed their commitment to a shared future under an alliance that has seen the three junta-led countries distance themselves from the larger West African political bloc since their coups. The three neighbouring states are all …
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(Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo is gradually releasing preliminary results from the Dec. 20 presidential election following a chaotic vote and an unscheduled ballot extension that have led the opposition to demand a re-run. Below are the latest figures from the election commission, known as the CENI, along with details about how the commission is …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian lawmakers approved a 28.77 trillion naira ($34 billion) budget for 2024 on Saturday, accepting a funding increase which the government had sought due to higher revenue forecasts and a weaker currency. President Bola Tinubu had initially presented a 27.5 trillion naira budget to lawmakers, projecting a deficit of …
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By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) – Over 1,000 Burundian troops have been covertly deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since October, wearing the uniform of Congolese troops and working alongside them in the fight against M23 rebels, an unpublished U.N. report seen by Reuters showed. Citing security and intelligence sources and sources close to Congolese …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Tunisia extended a longrunning state of emergency by one month until Jan. 30, 2024, the state news agency reported on Saturday citing the official gazette. The North African nation has been under a state of emergency since 2015 after an attack in which several presidential guards were killed. (Reporting by Enas Alashray; …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – Two South Koreans kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria earlier this month have been released safely, Seoul’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. The two men were taken after gunmen ambushed their convoy in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta on Dec. 12, killing four soldiers guarding the group and two civilian drivers. “On Friday, we …
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By Ange Kasongo and Benoit Nyemba KINSHASA (Reuters) – The head of Democratic Republic of Congo’s election commission on Friday said it would meet a Dec. 31 deadline for the release of full provisional presidential results, dismissing opposition calls for a re-run of the disputed vote as the response of “bad losers.” The CENI commission …
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