NAIROBI (Reuters) -The Kenyan shilling was broadly steady on Friday as foreign exchange supply from exporters met subdued dollar appetite, traders said. At 0900 GMT the shilling was trading at 128.75/129.75 to the U.S. currency compared with 129.00/129.50 at Thursday’s close, London Stock Exchange Group data showed. “I think it’s going to trade within this …
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By Portia Crowe DAKAR (Reuters) – An attempt by Mali’s military government to stamp out public dissent by banning all political activity will be put to the test on Friday as critics wary of security and economic woes call for protests. Authorities on Wednesday announced that all work by political parties and other political organisations …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -Sierra Leone accounted for half of Africa’s confirmed mpox cases this week, the continent’s main health body said on Thursday, adding that the West African country was fuelling the outbreak. Mpox is a viral infection that spreads through close contact and typically causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions. It is usually mild, but …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African park rangers and a local wildlife organisation rescued more than 80 vultures from a mass poisoning in the country’s Kruger National Park this week, though they were unable to save over 120 vultures. South African National Parks (SANParks) and the Endangered Wildlife Trust said it was one of the largest vulture …
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CONAKRY (Reuters) -The Guinean government’s move to revoke Emirates Global Aluminium’s (EGA) mining license stemmed from the company’s failure to fulfil its commitment to construct an alumina refinery, people familiar with the matter have told Reuters. Reuters reported on Wednesday that Guinea has launched a process to revoke the EGA licence, escalating a dispute that …
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RABAT (Reuters) -Morocco plans to spend 7 billion dirhams ($760 million) on storage platforms across the country to stockpile necessities in immediate response to potential disasters, state media said. The stockpiles were ordered by King Mohammed VI in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit the High Atlas Mountains in September 2023, killing more …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Fighting along the Nile River in South Sudan has prevented humanitarian aid from reaching more than 60,000 malnourished children in the northeast of the country for almost a month, two United Nations agencies said on Thursday. The U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) and agency for children (UNICEF) said they expect nutrition supplies …
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BOSTON (Reuters) – Immigrant rights advocates asked a federal judge in Boston on Wednesday to block the Trump administration from sending migrants subject to final orders of deportation to Libya or any country en route to there, including Saudi Arabia. The advocates made the request to a federal judge who had barred the administration from …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Sudan’s army said its anti-aircraft systems intercepted drones on Wednesday targeting a naval base in the wartime capital Port Sudan. Explosions were heard in the city, though it was not immediately clear whether they were near the Flamingo base. Port Sudan has been hit by days of assaults – including reported drone strikes …
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By Hereward Holland and Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan court on Wednesday fined four men $7,700 each for trying to traffic thousands of ants valuable to the country’s ecosystem, in cases experts say signal a shift in biopiracy from trophies like elephant ivory to lesser-known species. Authorities arrested two Belgian teenagers, a Vietnamese man …
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