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Soccer-Player dies after collapsing ahead of South African league game

23 Apr 2025

DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African footballer Sinamandla Zondi died on Tuesday after collapsing in the warm-up before a second-tier match, his club Durban City said. The 22-year-old was taken to hospital ahead of Durban’s game against Milford FC and the match was abandoned at halftime when officials were told Zondi had died. The cause …

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Ivory Coast court strikes Thiam’s name off electoral roll over French nationality

22 Apr 2025

ABIDJAN (Reuters) -A court in Ivory Coast ruled on Tuesday that opposition leader and former Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam should be removed from the electoral roll because he was a French national when he registered, his lawyer said. The decision, which cannot be appealed, could end the Ivorian-born Thiam’s ambition to run in …

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Africans root for first Black pope in modern history

22 Apr 2025

By Loucoumane Coulibaly, Emmanuel Bruce and Benoit Nyemba ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis’s legacy of championing the developing world, though the chances of that happening appear slim. A continent where religion permeates most aspects of private and …

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President Mahama suspends Ghana’s chief justice, statement says

22 Apr 2025

ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo with immediate effect and initiated an investigation in response to three petitions filed against her, a statement said. After consultations with the Council of State, the president “determined that a prima facie case has been established,” and a committee has been set up …

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Two bodies recovered from Kenya church in case with echoes of starvation cult

22 Apr 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police have recovered two bodies and rescued 57 people at a church in the country’s west, according to an internal report, in a case with echoes of the starvation of hundreds of people in a doomsday cult in Kenya two years ago. Police retrieved the two bodies from the premises of …

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Malnutrition treatments halted in Ethiopia due to underfunding, WFP says

22 Apr 2025

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Food Programme suspended malnutrition treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia this week due to severe funding shortages, the U.N. agency said, with millions more at risk of losing access to aid. WFP gets financing from 15-20 donors including the United States but many of them …

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ISWAP claims responsibility for deadly attacks in Nigeria

21 Apr 2025

By Isaac Anyaogu LAGOS (Reuters) – The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks targeting Nigerian security forces as well as Christian civilians in Nigeria’s northeastern regions earlier this month. Through seven messages posted on its news agency “Amaq,” ISWAP claimed it conducted these operations, backing up …

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Tunisia detains prominent lawyer Souab, a critic of the president

21 Apr 2025

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian police on Monday detained Ahmed Souab, a prominent lawyer and fierce critic of the country’s president, lawyers told Reuters, raising human rights groups’ concerns that a crackdown on dissent will go ahead. Dozens of activists took the streets in protest, raising slogans against President Kais Saied and demanding an …

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Athletics-Korir wins Boston after early tumble, Lokedi denies Obiri ‘three-peat’

21 Apr 2025

(Reuters) -Kenyan John Korir overcame a tumble near the starting line to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, finishing in two hours four minutes and 45 seconds, while his compatriot Sharon Lokedi denied Hellen Obiri a third straight title in a course record. The 2024 Chicago winner Korir recovered quickly from the fall and pulled …

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