(Corrects paragraph 4 to say October this year, not October 2020) LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry said on Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country’s Panzi health zone is a severe form of malaria. Earlier this month, local authorities said the disease had …
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MAPUTO (Reuters) – At least 34 people have been killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique since it made landfall there on Sunday, the U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA said on Tuesday, citing figures from the southern African country’s disaster agency. The small French island of Mayotte bore the brunt of the storm, and hundreds or even …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will take part in a summit of big Muslim countries in Egypt on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, the first visit by an Iranian president to Egypt in more than a decade. Egypt is hosting the summit of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, which also …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court has sentenced a man to 50 years in prison after he was convicted of the murder of gay rights activist Edwin Kiptoo nearly two years ago. Kiptoo’s killing in early 2023 sent shockwaves through the LGBTQ community in the conservative East African nation. His body was found in a …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto headed to Egypt on Tuesday to attend meetings of a group of eight major Muslim developing countries, known as the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, the government said. The D-8, which groups Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey, was established in 1997 to improve cooperation between …
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MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) -Nigeria forward Ademola Lookman was named African Footballer of Year by the Confederation of African Football at its awards ceremony on Monday after a stellar campaign for club and country. The 27-year-old scored a hat-trick as his Italian club Atalanta won the Europa League final against Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin in May …
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By Ammu Kannampilly NAIROBI (Reuters) – A contractor hired by Facebook’s parent company Meta dismissed threats to content moderators by Ethiopian rebels angered by their work, according to new evidence filed in a case challenging the dismissal of dozens of moderators in Kenya. Last year 185 content moderators sued Meta and two contractors, saying they …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Women from Sudan’s South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves by fighters from the warring Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Monday. The RSF did not immediately respond to requests for comment. It has regularly denied …
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco plans to expand its airport capacity to 80 million passengers by 2030 from 38 million currently, Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch said. The plan is part of Morocco’s preparations to co-host the 2030 soccer World Cup, together with Spain and Portugal, and promote tourism, Akhannouch told members of parliament. …
GENEVA (Reuters) – World Trade Organization members agreed on Monday to hold the next ministerial conference in Cameroon in early 2026, the global trade watchdog said in a statement. The WTO holds such conferences every two years where trade ministers from around the globe gather to try to reach deals to set or update new …
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