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Tripoli claims Greece is conducting illegal prospecting south of Crete

The interim government of Tripoli claims Greece is conducting illegal prospecting south of Crete in areas it says are under Libya’s jurisdiction. The issue was raised last week through a…

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Tunisian lawyers go on strike, protest against alleged police abuse

Tunisian lawyers staged one-day nationwide strike on Thursday, with hundreds taking to the streets of the capital, to protest against the recent arrest of two of their colleagues, one of…

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Three Libyan fighters killed in clashes with smugglers near border with Algeria

Three Libyan fighters of a military force based in Tripoli were killed in clashes with smugglers and drug dealers in the desert near the border with Algeria, the force said…

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Canadian man shot dead in Egypt

A Canadian man "of Jewish Israeli descent" has been shot dead during a robbery in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and authorities are investigating the incident as a criminal case,…

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Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger

Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger's junta…

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Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed

Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government and Red Cross said, as dozens more were…

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Secretary-General of the Arab League warns of political deadlock in the Libyan crisis

The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, warned of the political deadlock in the Libyan crisis. Aboul Gheit stressed in a television interview that there are no indications…

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491 dead and missing in central Med in 2024 – IOM

There have been 167 migrants dead and 324 missing in the central Mediterranean since the beginning of the year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya reported in its…

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UNHCR warns Sudanese refugees may head to Europe if aid not provided

The United Nations refugee chief said on Friday that Sudanese refugees could be making their way to Europe if humanitarian aid was not adequately provided to the people of the…

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EU marks anniversary of Sudan war with funding push

Top diplomats from the European Union were set to push for more funding for Sudan on Monday at a meeting in Paris to mark the first anniversary of a war…

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Hunger grips southern Africa as Zimbabwe declares drought a disaster

By Nyasha Chingono HARARE, April 3 (Reuters) - President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday declared Zimbabwe's drought a national disaster and said the country needed more than $2 billion in aid…

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Somali pirates’ return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

Pirates had been dormant for nearly a decade 2008-2014 attacks cost the global economy billions of dollars Recent pirate raids are increasing costs for shippers Pirates take advantage of security…

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Tunisia-Libya border crossing remains closed

Tunisia and Libya have kept a major border crossing at Ras Jdir closed due to armed clashes Libya's interior ministry said in a statement this week that "outlaws" had attacked…

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Zimbabwe goes hungry as crops wither amid El Nino drought

By Nyasha Chingono BUHERA, Zimbabwe, March 18 (Reuters) - Residents of the Zimbabwean village of Buhera stood in groups at a primary school waiting to be called by name to…

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Morocco reports first legal cannabis harvest of 294 metric tons

By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT, March 18 (Reuters) - Morocco's first legal cannabis harvest was 294 metric tons in 2023, after the country approved its cultivation and export for medicine and…

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Somali forces, foreign navies prepare attack on hijacked ship, police say

By Abdiqani Hassan GAROWE, Somalia, March 18 (Reuters) - Somali police and international navies were preparing on Monday to attack a commercial ship that was hijacked by pirates last week,…

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Internet outages across West and Central Africa

ACCRA, (Reuters) - Repairs on damaged subsea cables that are causing internet outages across West and Central Africa are expected to take at least five weeks before completion and full…

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Indian Navy seizes Maltese-flagged ship from Somali pirates and rescues crew

Indian naval forces including special commandos seized a cargo vessel that had been hijacked by Somali pirates, rescuing 17 crew members, a spokesperson for the navy said . The navy…

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Sixty migrants feared drowned crossing Mediterranean from Libya

ROME, March 14 (Reuters) - As many as 60 people are feared to have drowned on a vessel carrying migrants across the Central Mediterranean from Libya to Italy or Malta,…

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Libyan leaders agree to form new unified government

Three key Libyan leaders said on Sunday they had agreed on the "necessity" of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections. A political process to resolve more…

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Gunmen kidnap 227 pupils from school in Nigeria

By Garba Muhammad and Hamza Ibrahim KADUNA, Nigeria, (Reuters) - Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped more than 200 school pupils in the northern town of Kuriga on Thursday, a teacher, local…

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Tens of thousands flee in new wave of brutal Mozambique attacks

MAPUTO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Mozambicans are fleeing their homes in the restive Cabo Delgado province amid a surge in deadly insurgent attacks since January. The…

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Mauritius stops Norwegian Cruise Line ship from docking, cites health risk

Mauritius stopped a ship belonging to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings from docking at its ports due to what it said was a health risk and took samples from about 15…

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Tunisia court sentences ex-president Marzouki to 8 years in absentia

By Tarek Amara TUNIS, (Reuters) - A Tunisian court sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki to eight years in prison in absentia on charges of assaulting the state security and inciting…

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Eastern Congo residents scramble for food and safety as conflict intensifies

An intensifying conflict between Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) army and the Tutsi-led M23 rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has disrupted food supplies to the eastern city of Goma, affecting…

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Tunisia opposition leader Ghannouchi begins hunger strike in prison

Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi went on hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures waging a protest fast to demand their immediate release, a team of…

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U.N. in Libya urges probe into Tripoli shooting deaths

TRIPOLI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The United Nations mission in Libya has urged authorities to investigate the shooting deaths of 10 people in a Tripoli neighbourhood, with city security chiefs…

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More than 80 survivors, but two dead in migrant rescues off Libya, charity says

More than 80 migrants were saved, but two died and three were missing following two sea rescue operations in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, the Doctors Without Borders…

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Record number of migrants died or went missing off Tunisia in 2023

A record 1,313 migrants were reported to have died or went missing off the Tunisian coast last year, a rights group said, highlighting the worsening migrant crisis in the North…

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Madagascar to surgically castrate paedophiles

Madagascar’s parliament has passed a law that would punish paedophiles with surgical castration. The law drew criticism from international rights groups but won backing from some local activists who say…

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Seventeen Tunisians on migrant boat towards Italy missing

TUNIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - At least seventeen Tunisians who were on a migrant boat heading towards the Italian coast are missing, a Tunisian national guard official said on Monday.…

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Egypt steps up security on border as Israeli offensive in Gaza nears

By Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Aidan Lewis CAIRO, (Reuters) - Egypt has sent about 40 tanks and armoured personnel carriers to northeastern Sinai within the past two weeks as part…

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Senegal battles first major wave of unrest over vote delay

First vote postponement in Senegalese history Protest is largest since vote was delayed Justice Minister says delay was constitutional By Ngouda Dione and Cooper Inveen DAKAR, (Reuters) - Clashes between…

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South Africa says platinum restructuring could cut 4,000-7,000 jobs

Sector reeling from metal price decline EV advances add to PGM uncertainty By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo CAPE TOWN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - South Africa's Minerals Council said on Monday that the…

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Morocco trade deficit shrinks 7% on tourism and lower imports

RABAT, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Morocco's annual trade deficit contracted by 7.3% to 286 billion dirhams ($28.6 billion) in 2023, helped by a drop in energy imports and higher tourism…

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Northern Ireland appoints Irish nationalist as First Minister in historic shift

By Amanda Ferguson and Natalie Thomas Northern Ireland's parliament appointed an Irish nationalist as First Minister for the first time on Saturday, a historic milestone in a state established a…

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Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso quit ECOWAS bloc

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, three West African states led by the military, said they are immediately leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional economic bloc…

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Libya’s September flood requires $1.8 bln in recovery funds, report says

(Reuters) - Libya's deadly flash flood in September constituted a climate and environmental catastrophe that requires $1.8 billion in reconstruction and recovery, an international report said on. Huge swathes of…

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Ethnic killings in one Sudan city left up to 15,000 dead, UN report says

By Michelle Nichols and Maggie Michael UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO, (Reuters) - Between 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed in one city in Sudan's West Darfur region last year in ethnic violence…

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Production at Libya’s Sharara field restarts after protest

DUBAI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Production at Libya's Sharara oilfield restarted on Sunday, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, after protesters ended a sit-down that had…

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Libya oil facility protesters’ shutdown deadline extended by 24 hours

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) - Protesters who have threatened to shut down two oil and gas facilities near the Libyan capital Tripoli have extended the deadline by 24 hours for talks with…

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Protesters in Libya threaten to shut down oil and gas facilities

TRIPOLI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Protesters have threatened to shut down two oil and gas facilities near the Libyan capital Tripoli, with one group that is campaigning against corruption issuing…

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Libya’s NOC declares force majeure at Sharara oilfield

DUBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Libya's National Oil Company (NOC) on Sunday declared force majeure at its Sharara oilfield on the back of protests. The force majeure is effective as…

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Angola to quit OPEC, reducing membership to 12 countries

By Alex Lawler LONDON, (Reuters) - Angola has said it is leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with effect from Jan. 1 2024, after exits from Ecuador…

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Ethiopia becomes Africa’s latest sovereign default

Ethiopia became Africa's third default in as many years on Tuesday after it failed to make a $33 million "coupon" payment on its only international government bond. Africa's second most…

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At least 113 killed in attacks in central Nigeria -local official

The death toll in weekend attacks in the central Nigerian state of Plateau has risen to 113, a local official said on Monday, in a region where clashes between herders…

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Libya’s stock market resumes trading after more than 9 years of closure

Libya's Stock Market resumed trading on Monday at a hall in the capital Tripoli after more than nine years of closure because of the political and security situation. The prime…

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Libyan Prime Minister says will not leave until elections are held

The Head of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, has reaffirmed that “his government will not leave until elections are held and the Libyan people choose who will…

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Egypt faces painful choices after Sisi’s re-election

By Patrick Werr CAIRO, (Reuters) - A steady deterioration of the economy puts Egypt under pressure to take long-awaited measures following a presidential election, foremost among them a currency devaluation…

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Hamas leader visits Egypt amid intensive talks on new ceasefire

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Bassam Masoud and Dan Williams CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM, Dec 20 (Reuters) - The leader of Hamas made his first visit to Egypt for more than a month on Wednesday,…

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Warship rushes in to investigate suspected pirate attack on Maltese-flagged commercial vessel off Somalia

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, (Reuters) - A Spanish navy ship is sailing at full speed towards a Maltese-flagged commercial vessel that may have been hijacked by pirates off Somalia, the…

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Egypt’s presidential election: Who are the candidates?

Egypt will hold a presidential election on Dec. 10-12 in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is set to sweep to a third term in a vote overshadowed by the war in…

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MSF reports horrific abuse of refugees and migrants in Libyan detention centres

Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants held inside detention centres in Tripoli, Libya, have been assaulted, sexually abused, beaten, killed and systematically deprived of the most basic humane conditions, including proper…

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Seychelles declares emergency after explosion and flooding

NAIROBI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - A blast at an explosives store wrecked buildings and caused massive damage to an industrial zone on the Seychelles' main island Mahe, officials said, prompting…

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UN political mission in Sudan to end on Sunday

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) - A United Nations political mission in war-torn Sudan will end on Sunday after the U.N. Security Council voted on Friday to shut it…

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UN Security Council removes the 30-year arms embargo on Somalia

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted on Friday to remove the final restrictions on weapons deliveries to Somalia's government and its security…

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Sierra Leone’s capital quiet after attack on barracks

FREETOWN, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The streets of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown were still mostly empty early on Monday despite the government lifting a curfew imposed because of an attack…

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