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CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of Sudanese protesters marched towards the defence ministry in Khartoum on Sunday, demandig that the ruling military hand over power to civilians, as security forces fired shots in the air, a Reuters witness said. The protest was the largest since a deadly security service raid on a protest camp in front of the defence ministry three… Read More

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has released a recording of the state militia commander it says led a failed coup attempt last week in which dozens of people, including five top officials, were killed. A state militia commanded by Brigadier General Asamnew Tsige attacked government buildings in Bahir Dar, the state capital of Ethiopia’s Amhara region on June 22. Asamnew,… Read More

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Eastern Libyan forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar will ban any commercial flights from Libya to Turkey and Turkish ships from docking in the country, its spokesman Ahmed Mismari said on Friday. Turkey supports Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tripoli which on Wednesday dealt a blow to eastern forces trying to seize the capital in a… Read More

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Authorities in Ethiopia arrested on Friday the spokesman of a political party which promotes the interests of the Amhara ethnic group, the party president said. His detention comes a day after state media announced the detentions of around 250 people in the wake of a failed regional coup attempt in Amhara. Christian Tadele was arrested in… Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – A decades-old U.S. government policy reinstated by President Donald Trump in 2017 that restricts international aid to NGOs that support abortion is linked to a 40% rise in abortions in some parts of sub-Saharan African, a study showed on Thursday. The “Mexico City Policy”, also known as the “global gag rule”, also led to more pregnancies and… Read More

KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 36 artisanal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Glencore collapsed in southeast Congo, the provincial governor said. The accident occurred in the KOV open-pit mine at the Kamoto Copper Company concession, in which Glencore owns a 75% stake, said Richard Muyej, the governor of Democratic Republic… Read More

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian police have arrested 56 members of an Amhara political party following a failed attempt to seize power in the province, the party’s spokesman said on Thursday. The arrests took place in the national capital Addis Ababa, said Christian Tadele, spokesman for the National Movement of Amhara, which has become increasingly popular among the ethnic group… Read More

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed and 75 wounded in a stampede at a stadium after a military parade in Madagascar’s capital on Wednesday to mark the country’s independence day, authorities said. Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Hospital confirmed the casualties, said General Richard Ravalomanana, Secretary of State for the Gendarmerie. Defence Minister General Richard Rakotonirina said it was… Read More

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Islamist insurgents killed at least 20 civilians in a northeast Nigerian village, a government-allied vigilante who helped evacuate corpses and a security source said on Wednesday. The militants struck the village of Ngamngam in Borno state, near the border with Niger, on Tuesday, said Bakura Kachallah, a member of the pro-government vigilante group Civilian Joint Task… Read More

CAIRO (Reuters) – Seven Egyptian police officers and four militants were killed in a clash in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The clash took place late on Tuesday when militants attacked forces stationed southwest of the city of Arish, the ministry said in a statement. Islamic State claimed the attack, saying it had… Read More