Tanzanian presidential candidates wrap up campaigns with song and dance
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s presidential candidates wrapped up their election campaigns with song and dance at big final rallies on Saturday, with the ruling party and the opposition vowing to lift millions out of poverty and end rampant corru…
Nigerian court annuls state governor vote in southern oil hub
ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian court on Saturday annulled the governor’s election in the country’s oil hub Rivers State due to irregularities and ordered a fresh vote within three months in a ruling likely to add to tensions in the sensitive region.
Militants kill Islamist election candidate in Egypt’s Sinai: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Suspected militants shot dead an Islamist candidate in the parliamentary election and three police officers were killed by a roadside bomb in Arish city in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Saturday, security sources said.
NATO report into Kunduz hospital air strike delayed
(Reuters) – A preliminary NATO report into a U.S. air strike on a hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Oct. 3, originally expected to be released within a few days, has been delayed while investigations continue, officials said.
EU’s Juncker wants decisions on Balkan refugee crisis on Sunday
BERLIN (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker aims to get a group of EU leaders attending a summit on Sunday to agree short-term steps to tackle the migrant crisis in the western Balkans.
Egypt’s former agriculture minister to face trial on corruption charges: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s former agriculture minister Salah El Din Mahmoud Helal will face trial on charges of corruption in a criminal court after prosecutors referred his case there, judicial sources said on Saturday.
Afghanistan says Taliban fighters marooned on river island
KABUL (Reuters) – Dozens of Taliban fighters were stranded on a river island on the border between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan on Saturday after fleeing army troops led by the Afghan vice president, the government said, though the Taliban denied they …
Lebanon’s Hezbollah takes aim at Saudi Arabia on Ashura
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Supporters of Lebanon’s Iran-allied Shi’ite group Hezbollah chanted “Death to the Saud family” as their leader railed against Sunni-led Saudi Arabia on Saturday in a sign of deepening hostility towards the U.S.-allied kingdom.
Flights between Russia and Ukraine to stop due to sanctions
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Flights between Russia and Ukraine will be terminated on Sunday after the countries exchanged sanctions against their airlines amid a standoff over Moscow’s support of separatists in the east of Ukraine.
Venezuela prosecutor who accused Lopez flees country: report
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan state prosecutor who helped lead charges against opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has fled the country and accused the socialist government of pressing him to use false evidence to unfairly condemn Lopez, local media re…
