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Sudan's army says it will 'not allow state to fall' amid protests

Sudanese demonstrators march during anti-government protests in Khartoum, Sudan, January 24, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

31/01/2019

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The Sudanese army issued a statement on Wednesday saying it would not allow the state to collapse, following weeks of mass protests demanding an end to President Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule.

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Sudan's Bashir says border with Eritrea reopens after being shut for a year

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir addresses the nation on the eve of the 63rd Independence Day anniversary at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, December 31, 2018. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

31/01/2019

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, apparently searching for regional friends amid weeks of protests against his 30-year rule, announced on Thursday he was reopening the border with neighboring Eritrea, shut for a year.

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Nigerian opposition candidate to consider amnesty for corruption suspects

Nigeria's main opposition party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar speaks during an interview with Reuters in Lagos, Nigeria, January 16, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

By Paul Carsten

31/01/2019

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar said on Wednesday he would consider an amnesty for corruption suspects in order to help recover billions of dollars stashed abroad by the country's politicians and government officials.

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Rapes by Zimbabwe troops go unreported as victims fear reprisals

A woman crosses the street in front of minibus taxis in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 31, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

By Jeffrey Moyo

31/01/2019

HARARE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sekai Hwangwa was asleep when soldiers carrying guns burst into her home in Zimbabwe's capital during a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests this month and beat and raped her.

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Kenya bomber's journey offers cautionary tale of intelligence failures

NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - The bomber who blew himself up outside a Nairobi hotel this month, launching an attack that killed 21 people, was already so well-known to Kenyan police that they had emblazoned his face across billboards under the slogan "WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE". Mahir Khalid Riziki was barely 20 when he joined a radical Islamist cell that assassinated police in his home town of Mombasa, officers said. His mosque in the coastal Kenyan city funneled recruits to the Somalia-based Islamist g

People are evacuated by a member of the security forces at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound in Nairobi, Kenya, January 15, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Baz Ratner

By Joseph Akwiri and Katharine Houreld

NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - The bomber who blew himself up outside a Nairobi hotel this month, launching an attack that killed 21 people, was already so well-known to Kenyan police that they had emblazoned his face across billboards under the slogan "WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE".

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Libyan forces arrest suspected Islamic State member in Sirte

31/01/2019

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan security forces have arrested a suspected leading member of Islamic State, Khalifa al-Barq, in the militant group's former stronghold of Sirte, an official and residents said on Thursday.

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Migrants disembark in Italy as Rome vows to continue hard line

CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) - Migrants forced to remain on board the ship that rescued them off the coast of Libya almost two weeks ago stepped onto dry land in Sicily on Thursday, with Italy's government promising to continue to block charity ships from its ports. The Sea-Watch 3, run by a German humanitarian group, docked in the port of Catania to disembark the 47 people, including 15 minors, that it picked up on Jan. 19. After hugging crew members, the minors disembarked first. The migrants then boarded b

Migrants wait to disembark from rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 as they arrive at the port of Catania, Italy, January 31, 2019. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

31/01/2019

CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) - Migrants forced to remain on board the ship that rescued them off the coast of Libya almost two weeks ago stepped onto dry land in Sicily on Thursday, with Italy's government promising to continue to block charity ships from its ports.

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Aid effort brings little relief for migrants trapped in Libya

Survivor migrants who were in a boat spending 12 days at sea without food or water are seen in Misrata, Libya, December 4, 2018. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Ayman al-Sahili

By Aidan Lewis

31/01/2019

CAIRO (Reuters) - A bigger presence of relief agencies, U.N. workers and diplomats in Libya has done little to ease the plight of migrants abused in detention centers and blocked from crossing the Mediterranean, migrants and aid workers say.

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China calls for harmony as it welcomes Qatar emir amid Gulf dispute

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China January 31, 2019. Andy Wong/Pool via REUTERS

By Ben Blanchard

31/01/2019

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a return to "unity and harmony" on Thursday as he welcomed gas-rich Qatar's emir to Beijing, amid a dispute that has seen some Arab states led by Saudi Arabia severing relations with Doha.

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Skirting U.S. sanctions, Europeans launch trade mechanism for Iran

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks during his visit to the shrine of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, south of Tehran, Iran, January 30, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Official President website

By John Irish and Riham Alkousaa

31/01/2019

PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - France, Germany and Britain have set up a mechanism for non-dollar trade with Iran to avert U.S. sanctions, although diplomats acknowledge it is unlikely to free up the big transactions that Tehran says it needs to keep a nuclear deal afloat.