DUBAI (Reuters) -Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces battled the army outside the central city of Wad Madani on Saturday, pressing an attack that has opened a new front in the eight-month-old war and forced thousands to flee, witnesses said. Crowds of people – many of whom had taken refuge in the city from violence in …
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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Two candidates running for parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Dec. 20 general election were killed in separate incidents on Friday, as a rights group warned in a report on Saturday that electoral violence risks undermining the vote. A candidate for the ruling coalition in the South …
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N’DJAMENA (Reuters) -The Chad government on Sunday said it had declared four Sudanese diplomats persona non grata and ordered them to leave within 72 hours following what it called “grave statements” by Sudanese officials accusing it of interfering in the conflict in Sudan. The diplomats are the first counsellor of the embassy, the defence attache …
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By Felix Njini and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s High Court has ruled that a class action lawsuit against miner Anglo American brought by victims of alleged historic lead poisoning in Zambia should not go ahead, lawyers for the claimants said on Saturday. Victims of the alleged poisoning had accused Anglo’s South African unit …
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By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo recalled its ambassadors from Kenya and Tanzania for consultations on Saturday after a new Congolese military alliance that includes rebels was launched in the Kenyan capital. Alain Tshibanda, spokesperson for Congo’s foreign ministry, made the announcement on the X platform. The envoy to Tanzania was …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former South African president Jacob Zuma said he will not campaign for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party in the 2024 general election and will vote for a new party, a sign of growing divisions within the ANC ahead of the vote. Zuma, who said he remained an ANC member, has …
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By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina was sworn in on Saturday for a third term after being declared winner of last month’s presidential election, and vowed to pursue industrialisation and unity in the Indian Ocean island country. Rajoelina, 49, first came to power in a 2009 coup. He stepped down in …
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – A court in Ivory Coast has suspended an elective congress of the country’s main opposition party in which the former chief executive of Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, is among the contenders for the presidency. The court of first instance in the capital Abidjan on Friday ordered the suspension of the congress, which …
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(Reuters) – The parties to a ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed to a two-week extension, White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said on Friday. The ceasefire extension began on Thursday and will continue through Dec. 28, she said. “The United States … will continue to use U.S. …
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By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – Brent and U.S. crude futures finished at a small loss following a see-saw session, in which prices fell more than $1 a barrel at one point on Friday, as traders tried to reconcile mixed signals for oil demand in the coming year. Brent futures settled down 6 cents, or …
