By Ange Kasongo and Justin Makangara KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak that has prompted the U.N. to declare a global public health emergency. Congo is the epicentre of the outbreak, which has spread to neighbouring countries …
By Amina Ismail CALAIS, France (Reuters) – Around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Anwar Mansour, a 17-year-old Eritrean, and some 60 other migrants including women and children boarded a 10-meter(33-foot)-long dinghy on a beach in northern France and set off across the choppy waters of the Channel for Britain. Two hours out to sea, the vessel …
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By John Wanyama ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) – Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei died on Thursday, four days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, in the latest attack on a female athlete in the country. Cheptegei, 33, who competed in the Paris Olympics, suffered burns to …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian legal scholars warned on Thursday that the legitimacy of next month’s presidential election will be damaged if the electoral commission does not respect court decisions last week to reinstate three disqualified candidates. The warning came in a statement by scores of academics in Tunisia, where rights groups accuse …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that he did not believe Chinese investments in Africa were pushing the continent into a “debt trap” but were instead part of a mutually beneficial relationship. Ramaphosa made the remarks on the sidelines of a China-Africa summit in Beijing, where delegates …
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(Reuters) – South African duo Lucas Sithole and Donald Ramphadi secured Africa’s first wheelchair tennis medal after clinching bronze in the quad doubles at the Paris Paralympics on Wednesday. Following a tense tiebreak, Ramphadi and Sithole overcame Brazilians Leandro Pena and Ymanitu Silva 6-2 4-6 10-8 in the bronze medal match to take South Africa’s …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s President Xi Jinping will open the ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit on Thursday, where he is expected to urge African leaders gathered in Beijing to absorb more Chinese goods in exchange for pledges of loans and investment. The three-yearly forum officially kicks off today with a welcome dinner …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda’s main opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has emerged as the most formidable opponent of veteran President Yoweri Museveni, was shot in the leg by security agents in a northern suburb of the capital Kampala on Tuesday, his party said. Wine, a pop star turned politician whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, finished …
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By Sonia Rolley and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo, epicentre of an mpox outbreak that prompted a U.N. declaration of a global public health emergency, said it expects to receive its first delivery of vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery on Saturday. The World Health Organization declared the health emergency last …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Burkina Faso has launched new biometric passports without the logo of West Africa’s main political and economic bloc on their cover, further signalling its determination to withdraw from the regional alliance after military leaders took power in a coup. Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, three neighbouring states now led by military juntas, …
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