KAMPALA (Reuters) -A second Ebola patient, a four-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organization said, citing the country’s health ministry. The fatality brings the number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 10. The East African country declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in January after the …
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By Siyabonga Sishi and Sfundo Parakozov WINDHOEK (Reuters) – African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country’s “founding father” Sam Nujoma, who challenged colonialism and a military occupation by South Africa’s racist white minority government. Dignitaries including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, former President Thabo Mbeki and ex-Tanzanian President …
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By Zahra Burton and Catarina Demony KINGSTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Many Jamaicans want their country to ditch King Charles as head of state but a bill presented by the government to do just that has frustrated some critics of the monarchy who believe the change should go further to slash colonial ties. Jamaica gained independence in …
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(Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday he was concerned about the detention and the health of Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal in Algeria, and added that it was time to review agreements about immigration between the two countries. Sansal has been detained in Algeria since November and French authorities as well as fellow …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz (Reuters) – A parallel government being set up by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) aims to grab diplomatic legitimacy from its army-led rival and ease access to advanced weaponry, politicians who back it and paramilitary sources told Reuters. The move could prolong a devastating war in which the paramilitary RSF has recently …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Forces fighting alongside Sudan’s army said on Friday they had intercepted a substantial quantity of military supplies from a convoy destined for the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur. The RSF denied that a convoy had been attacked, telling Reuters the statement from the Joint Forces was “incorrect and mere …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron urged residents on the French overseas territory of Reunion to hunker down on Thursday as a cyclone barrelled toward the Indian Ocean island. “In the face of cyclone Garance, I call on our fellow citizens in Reunion to be extremely vigilant and to respect safety instructions,” Macron wrote …
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By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) – A condition that has killed at least 50 people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo this month is suspected to be malaria or food poisoning, local health officials said on Thursday. At least 943 people have also fallen sick and 52 died in Equateur province, with symptoms ranging from …
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By Portia Crowe SEGOU, Mali (Reuters) – Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa. Tens of thousands of people from Mali and elsewhere in the region flock each …
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(Reuters) – Explosions killed 11 people and wounded 65 at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu on Thursday, the leader of the rebel alliance said, blaming President Felix Tshisekedi for the violence. Congo’s presidency, which says neighbouring Rwanda is backing the insurgents, said on X there had been …
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