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Congo rebels enter strategic town as peace deal crumbles
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered the eastern Congo town of Uvira, near the Burundian border, in the biggest escalation in months of the long-running war, sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Uvira, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, has served as the headquarters of the Kinshasa-appointed government in South Kivu province and its regional military base since the provincial capital, Bukavu,…
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Intensive work continuing on Ukraine plan, European leaders say after Trump call
European leaders have said “intensive work” will continue in the coming days on a US-led plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, after a joint phone call with President Donald Trump. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said they “agreed that this was a critical moment – for Ukraine, its people and…
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France calls new US security doctrine ‘brutal clarification’
Europe must accelerate its rearmament in response to a stark shift in U.S. military doctrine, a French government official said on Tuesday, calling Washington’s new security strategy “an extremely brutal clarification” of its ideological posture. The U.S. National Security Strategy, made public last week, caused shock across Europe, with a broadside that said the continent was facing “civilisation erasure” and…
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Fifa accused of breaching own rules with Trump award
Fifa’s ethics committee has been asked to investigate president Gianni Infantino, claiming he broke the governing body’s rules on political neutrality in relation to United States president Donald Trump. Infantino awarded Trump with the inaugural Fifa peace prize at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington DC last week, and has also done social media posts and interviews in support…
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Some 200,000 flee new push by Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo despite Trump deal
About 200,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Congo in recent days, the United Nations said, as Rwanda-backed rebels march on a strategic town just days after Donald Trump hosted the Rwandan and Congolese leaders to proclaim peace. In a statement released late on Monday, the U.N. said at least 74 people had been killed, mostly civilians, and 83…
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Nigeria, Saudi Arabia sign MoU on defence, military cooperation
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Bello Matawalle, and Saudi Arabia’s Assistant Minister of Defence for Executive Affairs, Dr. Khaled H. Albiyari, when the two ministers signed a Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia on Defence and Military Cooperation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital on Tuesday.
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BREAKING: ECOWAS declares State of Emergency in West Africa
Kunle Sanni The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared a regional state of emergency. Officials announced on Tuesday during the 55th session of its Mediation and Security Council in Abuja. The declaration was delivered by Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, according to a report by TheCable newspaper. The emergency declaration follows a wave of coups…
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AES puts Air Defences on high alert, vows to neutralise airspace intruders
The Confederation of Sahel States (AES) has announced that it had authorised its member countries to neutralise any aircraft that violates their shared airspace. AES, a breakaway bloc from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), comprises Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic. The directive followed an allegation by the confederation that an aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air…
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Nigerian airstrikes helped foil coup attempt, Benin says
Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize President Patrice Talon, according to an account provided by Benin’s government on Monday. The soldiers got close enough for Talon to witness violent clashes firsthand, and they also managed to kidnap two senior military officials who were not released until…
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Trump says $72bn Netflix-Warner Bros deal ‘could be a problem’
US President Donald Trump has raised concerns over Netflix’s proposed $72bn (£54bn) acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery’s movie studio and HBO streaming networks. Speaking at an event in Washington DC on Sunday, Trump said Netflix holds a “big market share” and that the combined size of the companies “could be a problem”. The deal, announced on Friday, would bring Warner…
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