NAIROBI (Reuters) – Police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi fired teargas to try to disperse protesters demonstrating on Monday against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics as well as detaining some of those taking part. Dozens of Kenyans have been abducted in recent months, according to human rights groups, who …
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BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Afghanistan amassed their highest score of 699 on Monday before the first test against Zimbabwe ended in a draw at the end of the final day at the Queens Sports Club. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, batting for a third successive day, scored 246 to reclaim the record test score for an Afghani …
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PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa have plenty to improve on despite securing their place in next year’s World Test Championship final following their victory over Pakistan on Sunday, warned coach Shukri Conrad and captain Temba Bavuma. South Africa wrapped up a nerve-jangling two-wicket win to seal their sixth successive test victory, which was enough to …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – A gas explosion killed three police officers as maintenance work was being performed at Egypt’s police academy in Cairo on Sunday night, the country’s interior ministry said in a statement on social media. Two security sources said no foul play was suspected and added that two additional police personnel were injured. (Reporting …
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(Reuters) – At least 60 people died in a road accident in Ethiopia, Agence France-Presse reported on Sunday citing a local official. (Reporting by Harshita Meenaktshi in Bengaluru; editing by Jason Neely)
CAIRO (Reuters) -One tourist was killed and another was injured in a shark attack in Egypt’s Marsa Alam resort, the environment ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The ministry did not give the nationalities of those involved, but Italian news agency ANSA and other Italian media said they were both Italian men. There are …
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PRETORIA (Reuters) – Kagiso Rabada has performed plenty of heroics for his country, earning a reputation as a fearsome bowler with more than 300 test wickets, but rarely has he delivered as dramatic a performance as he did with the bat on Sunday to take South Africa to a two-wicket win over Pakistan. Rabada struck …
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N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chadians were voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election boycotted by the opposition that will likely consolidate President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s power and complete the oil-producing nation’s transition towards constitutional rule. Deby was elected in a disputed vote in May, three years after seizing power and declaring himself interim leader when rebels …
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PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo health authorities said on Friday they had detected the country’s first case of monkeypox (mpox), in a man who had recently returned from Africa. Kosovo’s Institute of Public Health said a 30-year old Kosovo citizen was admitted to hospital on Dec. 24 after returning from a west African country. It did …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military has acknowledged that an airstrike targeting a Lakurawa group hideout in the northwestern state of Sokoto had killed 10 civilians due to secondary explosions, army spokesperson Edward Buba said on Friday. The military late on Wednesday said it had struck targets in the vicinity of Gidan Bisa and Gidan Runtuwa …
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