By Pulcherie Adjoha COTONOU (Reuters) -Voters in Benin went to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary election seen as a test of democracy as opposition parties are back on the ballot after boycotting or being excluded from the most recent presidential and legislative votes. Benin’s image as a bastion of democracy and stability in …
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By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) – Thirty eight people died and about 80 were wounded in central Senegal after two buses collided in the early hours of Sunday, local officials and President Macky Sall said in statements. The crash, one of the deadliest in the West African country’s recent memory, was on one of the …
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By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Forty-six Ivorian soldiers recently pardoned by Mali’s junta flew home to Ivory Coast’s Abidjan airport on Saturday after around six months in captivity, state television showed. Their return signals the apparent resolution of a diplomatic standoff between the West African neighbours that also worsened Mali’s already tense relations with …
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DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday appointed Emmanuel Tutuba, previously a permanent secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, to the position of central bank governor. Tutuba replaces Florens Luoga, who reached the end of his five-year tenure, and inherits an economy facing inflationary pressure – inflation stood at …
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NAIROBI – Six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage showing President Salva Kiir appearing to wet himself at an official event, the national journalists union said on Saturday.   The footage from December showed a dark stain spread down the 71-year-old president’s grey trousers as he stood for the national …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – A 5.3 magnitude quake hit the provincial northern Moroccan town of Al Hoceima early on Saturday, the state news agency reported. (Reporting by Enas Alashray and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Mark Potter)
TUNIS (Reuters) – At least five African migrants died and another 10 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said‮ ‬on Saturday. The coastguard rescued 20 migrants who had been on the overcrowded boat, which sank off Louata in Sfax region on …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian officials will be barred from withdrawing cash from government accounts from March 1, the head of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) said in a statement. The new rules, which will apply to federal, local and state officials, are aimed at combating money laundering and corruption and are in line with …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian officials will be barred from withdrawing cash from government accounts from March 1, the head of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) said in a statement. The new rules, which will apply to federal, local and state officials, are aimed at combating money laundering and corruption and are in line with …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian president dismissed on Friday the Trade Minister Fadhila Rabhi, the presidency said amid an economic crisis and record inflation in the North Africa country. The annual inflation rate in December reached 10.1%, while the financial crisis caused loss of many food stuffs from stores. (Reporting by Tarek Amara and Moaz …
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