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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s transitional government ordered the immediate closure of the nation’s borders with Libya and Central African Republic on Thursday, citing unspecified security and economic “dangers”. A statement by the Sovereign Transitional Council said vehicles had been illegally crossing the borders with the two nations, which have both been mired in violence. The council did not give further… Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – A UK judge on Thursday gave Nigeria permission to seek to overturn a ruling that would have allowed a private firm to try to seize more than $9 billion in assets from the West African country. The judge also granted Nigeria’s request for a stay on any asset seizures while its legal challenge is pending, but ordered… Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – A UK judge on Thursday gave Nigeria permission to seek to overturn a ruling that would have allowed a private firm to try to seize more than $9 billion in assets from the West African country. The judge also granted Nigeria’s request for a stay on any asset seizures while its legal challenge is pending, but ordered… Read More

N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – A landslide at a gold mine in northwestern Chad has killed about 30 people, the defence minister said on Thursday. Defence Minister Mahamat Sala told Reuters that the mine, which is located near the Libyan border, collapsed early on Tuesday and that more victims might still be buried in the rubble. Reporting by Madjiasra Nako; Writing by… Read More

ABUJA (Reuters) – Islamic State said via its Amaq news agency that it killed 14 Nigerian soldiers in the northeast state of Borno in attacks on Wednesday. There were clashes in the state after the insurgents ambushed soldiers, a military source told Reuters. A Nigerian army spokesman did not immediately respond to phone calls requesting comment. Reporting by Maiduguri newsroom… Read More

LAGOS (Reuters) – International aid agency Mercy Corps on Wednesday suspended its operations in two of the northeastern Nigerian states worst hit by Islamist insurgents after the army closed four of its offices in the region, the organisation said. In a separate development in the northeast, another international aid agency – Action Against Hunger – said a hostage had been… Read More

MONROVIA (Reuters) – A medical workers’ strike in Liberia has paralysed the country’s already faltering health care system, leaving its biggest hospitals in disarray and thousands of patients without care. Government doctors, nurses and other staff are protesting against low wages, delayed payments and poor working conditions that include shortages of crucial equipment and regular electricity blackouts. Liberia, one of… Read More

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Tuesday handed a life sentence to an Egyptian man who hijacked an airliner to Cyprus in 2016 using a fake explosive belt. The charges included using intimidation and threats to seize a plane and abduct its passengers for a terrorist purpose, according to a judicial source. Seif Eldin Mustafa has the right to… Read More

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania has summoned the local World Health Organization representative over the agency’s statement on the weekend that the government had refused to share information on suspected Ebola cases, the government said on Tuesday. “The government has summoned the representative of the World Health Organization in the country to seek in-depth details from the agency on… Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Nigeria’s government will do “whatever it takes” to protect its economy from a more than $9 billion arbitration claim over a failed gas project, policy makers said, but the government will not rule out a settlement with a firm registered in the British Virgin Islands. In August, a judge in London granted Process and Industrial Developments Ltd… Read More