Tag Archives: Reuters
Leadership (Abuja) This man was photographed brandishing a knife and speaking to a woman at the scene Michael ‘Mujaheed’ Adebolaja, a 20-year old British Nigerian is identified as one of the two men who hacked to death a serving British … read more »
Ethiopian police have arrested a minister and 11 other people on corruption charges, an official and state media said on Saturday, in the country’s most high-profile swoop against graft for more than a decade. Businesses in the region regularly complain … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Global Financial Integrity, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Reuters, Rwanda, Siye Abraha
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(Reuters) – A Sudanese court sentenced nine army officers to prison terms of up to five years on Sunday for their role in an alleged coup attempt against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, a lawyer said. In November, Sudan arrested its … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Libya, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, Reuters, Salah Gosh, Sudan
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(Reuters) – One person was killed and more than 80 were wounded in clashes at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in central Cairo on Sunday after a funeral service for four Egyptian Christians killed in sectarian violence with Muslims, state media … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged Cairo, Christian, Copt, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Muslim, Reuters
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Islamist militants have launched an attack on Timbuktu in northern Mali, penetrating the city center. French forces have deployed to help the Malian military repel the Islamist fighters. Malian troops evacuated the regional governor and two foreign journalists from Hotel … read more »
Posted in Mali, News, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Ban Ki-moon, French Armed Forces, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Military of Mali, Reuters, Timbuktu
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The death toll from the collapse of a building in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam has climbed to 17, a senior government official said on Saturday. The building of more than 12 storeys, which had been under construction, collapsed … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Tanzania
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Tagged Boom and bust, Dar es Salaam, Friday, IndepthAfrica, Jakaya Kikwete, Kariakoo, List of Presidents of Tanzania, Reuters, Tanzania
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(Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma will attend a summit of central African heads of state in Chad on Wednesday which will consider responses to the rebel takeover in Central African Republic. The South African leader was invited by … read more »
(Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, the government said on Thursday. A statement said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader was admitted shortly before midnight. It gave no … read more »
Henry Okah intends to appeal against his 24-year jail sentence A South African court has sentenced Nigerian oil militant Henry Okah to an effective 24 years in jail. He was found guilty of 13 terrorism-related charges over twin car bombings … read more »
(Reuters) – Francois Bozize, the former leader of Central African Republic toppled in coup on Sunday, is currently in Cameroon, according to a statement by Cameroon’s presidency read on state radio on Monday. “This is to inform the public and … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, CAR, Central Africa, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Bangui, Cameroon, Central African Republic, François Bozizé, Indepth Africa Magazine, Monday, Reuters, Sunday
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(Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s high court on Monday released a prominent human rights lawyer on $500 bail, after more than a week in prison in a case that has renewed criticism of President Robert Mugabe’s security forces. High Court Judge Joseph … read more »
BANGUI, Central African Republic: Rebels in the Central African Republic said they had seized the presidential palace in the capital Bangui on Sunday after heavy fighting was reported there. “We have taken the presidential palace. (President Francois) Bozize was not … read more »
Posted in CAR, Central Africa
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Tagged Bangui, Bozize, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Michel Djotodia, ndepthindepthafrica, news ethiopia, President of the United States, Reuters
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(Reuters) – Sudanese police fired teargas and used batons on Saturday to break up a demonstration of opposition party members over the detention of several activists and politicians, witnesses said. About 40 members of the African country’s main opposition parties … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Egypt, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Omdurman, Reuters, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Umma
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(Reuters) – A Congolese warlord who faces war crimes charges flew out of Rwanda on Friday after he had surrendered to the U.S. Embassy there this week, requesting that he be transferred to the International Criminal Court, a diplomatic source … read more »
(Reuters) – A suicide bomber who set out to assassinate a senior Somali security official blew up his car in central Mogadishu on Monday, missing his target but killing at least 10 people in the city’s deadliest attack this year, … read more »
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s year-on-year inflation rate fell to 10.3 percent in February from 12.5 percent the previous month, thanks to a sharp drop in the rate of food price rises, official data showed on Wednesday. The Central Statistics Agency … read more »
Posted in Business, Economy, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, January, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Reuters, Wednesday
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(Reuters) – At least one person was killed and six others wounded on Monday when Guinea’s security forces opened fire in the capital, a human rights group said, warning of a deepening ethnic conflict stemming from rows over forthcoming legislative … read more »
Vote a test of Kenya’s damaged democratic credentials * Neighbours, Western donors anxious for peaceful poll * Results to be electronically transmitted to election body * Each polling station count to be publicly displayed By George Obulutsa NAIROBI, March 3 … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged 2013 kenyan general election, IndepthAfrica, Irwin Cox, Kenya, kenya elections 2012 date, kenya elections 2013 violence, kenyan elections 2013 candidates, kenyan elections 2013 date, Kenyan presidential election 2013, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, next kenyan election, Odinga, Raila Odinga, Reuters, ruling on election date kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta
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By Michelle Nichols (Reuters) – In a special report to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toned down criticism of Rwanda over accusations that it supports rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but still warned against … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, East Africa, Rwanda
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, European Union, IndepthAfrica, Reuters, Rwanda, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
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(Reuters) – France will not negotiate with gunmen claiming to be from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram who have taken a French family of seven hostage, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday. The three adults and four children … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, France, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Jean-Yves Le Drian, local Nigerian newspaper, Mali, Nigeria, Reuters
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Reports of rebel activities in Sudan have increased recently, according to Reuters , which reported that an airport had been occupied on Wednesday. Clashes between rebels affiliated with South Sudan in Sudan come as another report from Reuters indicates … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Amnesty International, IndepthAfrica, Jonglei, Kurmuk, Reuters, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, United Nation
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(Reuters) – Seven French hostages kidnapped in Cameroon have been found alive in a house in northern Nigeria and are safe with Nigerian authorities, French television reported on Thursday. The hostages, four children and three adults, were captured by Islamist … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, France, french hostages freed, french hostages in niger, french hostages news, Islamism, niger kidnapping, Nigeria, Reuters, Television in France, Waza National Park
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By Anders Kelto, theworld At a salon in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, customer Erica Kanesa relaxes in a leather chair. “I’m just doing manicure and pedicure,” she says, leaning her head back while a beautician works on her nails. Spa … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amsterdam, Boston, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Reuters, United States
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(Reuters) – Pirates who kidnapped six foreign sailors from an oil servicing vessel off the Nigerian coast on Sunday are demanding 200 million naira ($1.3 million) for their release, police said on Wednesday. One Russian, three Ukrainian and two Indian … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Bayelsa State, Gulf of Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, India, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian naira, Nigerian news, nigerian newspapers, Reuters
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(Reuters) – Striking state workers in Malawi on Wednesday closed the main international airport in the capital Lilongwe over demands for better pay, piling pressure on President Joyce Banda who took office last year pledging painful economic reforms. Kenya Airways … read more »
(Reuters) – South African police found two containers of testosterone and needles in the bedroom of Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius, a detective testifying at his murder bail hearing said on Wednesday.
Posted in Nigeria, South Africa, Southern Africa
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UK help sought to end oil theft Nigeria had asked Britain for help to tackle a multimillion-dollar oil theft business that was run by international crime syndicates, its oil minister said yesterday. Oil bunkering – hacking into pipelines to steal … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, British Government, Diezani Alison-Madueke, Government of the United Kingdom, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Reuters, Royal Dutch Shell
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A suicide bomber has blown himself up near a group of Malian security troops in the central town of Gao, reports AP. The Malian army is currently fighting to wrest the north of the country from the hands of Islamist … read more »
Posted in Mali, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Associated Press, Bamako, Gao, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Military of Mali, Reuters, suicide bomber in mali
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(Reuters) – France plans to begin pulling troops out of Mali from March and will focus its operations on flushing out Islamist rebels in the north of the country, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday. “We will continue to … read more »
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Leading opposition politician Kizza Besigye was arrested for planning anti-government riots in the Ugandan capital Kampala, police said on Saturday. Besigye has led protests for years aimed at toppling President Yoweri Museveni, to whom he lost a … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Uganda
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Tagged Besigye, Forum for Democratic Change, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Kampala, Kenya, Kizza Besigye, Reuters, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni
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