By Edwin Waita and Monicah Mwangi NAIROBI (Reuters) – Four smugglers caught trying to transport thousands of live ants out of Kenya for sale on exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia will be sentenced for trafficking wildlife in a case being hailed as a milestone by the Kenya Wildlife Service. The KWS said authorities …
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By Isaac Anyaogu LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria plans to establish a national strategic petroleum products stockpile this year to safeguard its economy against disruptions in the international market, the petroleum products regulator said at a press briefing on Tuesday. Farouk Ahmed, head of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, said the reserve, which …
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s main opposition party CHADEMA said on Tuesday its disqualification from elections due later this year was unconstitutional, days after its leader was arrested and charged with treason. CHADEMA failed to sign an election code of conduct document, making it ineligible to contest the presidential and parliamentary polls expected in …
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By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s headline consumer inflation edged up to 24.23% year-on-year in March from 23.18% in February, its statistics agency said on Tuesday. A report by the National Bureau of Statistics showed price rises for food and non-alcoholic beverages were the biggest contributor to annual inflation. Inflation in Africa’s most populous …
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By Mohamed Ezz RAS HANKORAB (Reuters) – Ras Hankorab Beach, a pristine spot on southern Egypt’s Red Sea coast with crystal clear waters and flat white sands, is the jewel of Egypt’s Wadi el-Gemal National Park, home to one of the country’s last untouched marine ecosystems. Today, the beach, a 90-minute drive from Marsa Alam …
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By Christian Akorlie and Emmanuel Bruce ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana and the International Monetary Fund have reached a staff-level agreement on the fourth review of its $3 billion loan programme, the IMF said on Tuesday, which is set to unlock $370 million upon approval by the Fund’s executive board. The West African gold, oil, and cocoa …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Between 60,000 and 80,000 households – or up to 400,000 people, – have been displaced from Sudan’s Zamzam camp in North Darfur after it was taken over by the Rapid Support Forces, according to data from the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration. The RSF seized control of the camp on Sunday after a …
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(Reuters) – The United Nations said on Monday that preliminary figures from local sources show more than 300 civilians have been killed in fighting on Friday and Saturday around Zamzam and Abu Shouk displacement camps and the town of El Fasher in North Darfur. This includes 10 humanitarian personnel from Relief International, who were killed …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Maayan Lubell and Hatem Khaled CAIRO/JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – The latest round of talks in Cairo to restore the defunct Gaza ceasefire and free Israeli hostages ended with no apparent breakthrough, Palestinian and Egyptian sources said on Monday. The sources said Hamas had stuck to its position that any agreement must lead to …
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By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 51 people were killed by gunmen in the early hours of Monday in Nigeria’s northern Plateau state, residents and Amnesty International said, two weeks after deadly clashes in another part of the state left dozens dead. Last week, the national emergency agency said gunmen had killed …
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