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TUNIS, Sept 12( Reuters)-A Tunisian judge issued international arrest warrants for 12 prominent political figures, including a former prime minister and a former presidential chief of staff, charging them with forming a terrorist alliance and conspiring against the state, the state news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a court spokesperson.In addition to former Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and former Chief of Staff Nadia Akacha, the 12 included Moadh Ghannouchi, the son of Ennahda Islamist pa

Oct 20( Reuters)-Egypt is planning to host an international conference on Saturday to discuss the escalating war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. The list of attendees expected so far at the Cairo Peace Summit include: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-SisiPalestinian President Mahmoud AbbasBahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al KhalifaKuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-SabahItalian Prime Minister Giorgia MeloniSpanish Prime Minister Pedro SanchezGreek Prime Minister

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadBERLIN( Reuters)-Mali’s authorities banned a German military plane with 75 troops on board from overflying the country late on Wednesday, forcing it to divert to Gran Canaria, the German defence ministry said. The transport plane was on its way from a German air base to a logistics hub in Niamey in Niger when it was told it could not enter Mali’s airspace, a spokesman for the defence ministry in Berlin said. Germany has deployed some 1, 200 troops to Mali and has to dec

NAIROBI, Oct 31( Reuters)-Kenya's annual inflation rate( KECPI= ECI) rose slightly in October, with price rises for fuel, transport and food important contributors, data from the statistics agency showed on Tuesday. Inflation reached 6.9% year-on-year in October, up from 6.8% a month earlier.On a month-on-month basis inflation was 1.0%, the same as in September, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.In mid-October the country's Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority anno

By Michelle Nichols2 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia September 26, 2019.... REUTERS/ Tiksa Negeri/ File Photo( Corrects in 2nd paragraph that Arab states issued call last month, not this month) UNITED NATIONS( Reuters)-The United Nations Security Council will likely meet next week to discuss a dispute between Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt over a giant dam built by Ethi

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: United Nations( UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks to the press as he arrives in Bogota, Colombia November 22, 2021.... REUTERS/ Luisa Gonzalez/ File Photo NEW YORK( Reuters)-U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that it was essential for Mali’s transitional government to present an acceptable electoral calendar which could lead to the gradual easing of sanctions on the West African nation. Mali’s partners in the Economic Commu

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: The logo of the European Investment Bank is pictured in the city of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, March 25, 2017.... Reuters/ Eric Vidal DAKAR( Reuters)-The European Investment Bank( EIB) committed 75 million euros($ 80 million) on Thursday to finance construction of a new facility in Senegal that will produce COVID-19 and other vaccines for use across Africa. The plant, run by the Paris-based Institut Pasteur, is intended to help Africa reduce its dependence on