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BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations’ World Food Programme said on Monday it will immediately lift the suspension of its operations in Sudan that was put in place after the tragic deaths of its team member. “WFP is rapidly resuming our programs to provide the life-saving assistance that many so desperately need right now,” WFP executive director Cindy McCain wrote on Twitter. The WFP said on April 16 it had […]

By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) – In a small beachside shack in Senegal’s capital Dakar, Pape Diouf spends hours on each surfboard he makes, shaping its foam surface with an electric planer to create the perfect curve. Diouf, 27, is the first surfboard maker in the West African country, which has attracted surfers from around the world for decades due to Dakar’s position on a spit of land that juts […]

By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) – In a small beachside shack in Senegal’s capital Dakar, Pape Diouf spends hours on each surfboard he makes, shaping its foam surface with an electric planer to create the perfect curve. Diouf, 27, is the first surfboard maker in the West African country, which has attracted surfers from around the world for decades due to Dakar’s position on a spit of land that juts […]

By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) -Ukrainian air defence crews destroyed 15 out of 18 missiles launched by Russian forces in the early hours of Monday morning, the military said, as Moscow intensified attacks on its neighbour in recent days. “Around 2:30 am (1130 GMT), the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine from strategic aviation planes,” a post on the Telegram channel of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, read. It […]

TASHKENT (Reuters) -Uzbekistan has passed a package of constitutional amendments in a referendum, preliminary data showed on Monday, which will allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to run for two more seven-year terms when his current one ends in 2026. The reform, passed with 90.21% of Sunday’s vote, resets Mirziyoyev’s term count, while promising the Central Asian nation’s citizens greater social and legal protections. Mirziyoyev, 65, has opened up the former Soviet […]

TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan passed a package of constitutional amendments in Sunday’s referendum with 90.21% of the vote, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, citing preliminary data. The reform resets President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s teUZBEKISTAN-REFERENDUMrm count and will allow him to run for two more seven-year terms when his current one ends in 2026. (Reporting by Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov,; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov, editing by Ed Osmond) Brought to you by […]

TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan passed a package of constitutional amendments in Sunday’s referendum with 90.21% of the vote, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, citing preliminary data. The reform resets President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s teUZBEKISTAN-REFERENDUMrm count and will allow him to run for two more seven-year terms when his current one ends in 2026. (Reporting by Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov,; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov, editing by Ed Osmond) Brought to you by […]

TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan passed a package of constitutional amendments in Sunday’s referendum with 90.21% of the vote, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, citing preliminary data. The reform resets President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s teUZBEKISTAN-REFERENDUMrm count and will allow him to run for two more seven-year terms when his current one ends in 2026. (Reporting by Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov,; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov, editing by Ed Osmond) Brought to you by […]

TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan passed a package of constitutional amendments in Sunday’s referendum with 90.21% of the vote, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, citing preliminary data. The reform resets President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s teUZBEKISTAN-REFERENDUMrm count and will allow him to run for two more seven-year terms when his current one ends in 2026. (Reporting by Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov,; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov, editing by Ed Osmond) Brought to you by […]