BAMAKO (Reuters) – West African presidents plan to fly to Mali as regional powers escalate efforts to overthrow a coup, two sources said after an opposition coalition joined the junta in rejecting foreign interference. A screenshot shows a teleconference during the Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Hafsa was married at age 13 by her father to a man who paid $ 100. She and her mother say she was beaten and raped for two years before convincing him to divorce her. Nurta Mohamed, 13, a Somali girl sits in her mother’s prose shelter …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – Just a few months after Epe Fish Market was shut down to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, vendors on the spot in the southern Nigerian state of Lagos returned to buy, sell and trade animals. Shortened pangolins and a snake are displayed on a table …
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Gunmen have seized hundreds of hostages in a northeastern Nigerian city, where residents had just returned from fleeing their homes, residents and militia sources said Wednesday. De Islamic State The group Western Province (ISWAP), a splinter group of Boko Haram, stormed the city of Kukawa in the state of Borno …
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Military officers seized Mali after President Ibrahim Boubacar arrested Keita at gunpoint and forced him to resign, in a coup that drew immediate international condemnation. The 75-year-old Keita had been the target of weeks of mass protests demanding his resignation over what opponents said was his failure to restore security, …
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