By Dicksy O’Biero MOMBASA (Reuters) – Kenyan farmer Danson Safari was forced to give up poultry rearing after losing hundreds of chickens to attacks from aggressive Indian house crows which are multiplying along the country’s coast. The growing threat has prompted Kenyan authorities and conservation groups to turn to a chemical called starlicide to eliminate …
By Hereward Holland and Ammu Kannampilly NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s senate voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, in an unprecedented move that risks pushing the country towards a political crisis. The National Assembly voted last week to impeach Gachagua, who …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Senate on Thursday voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment on the first of 11 charges levelled against him, in an unprecedented move that risks pushing the country towards a political crisis. (Reporting by Ammu Kannampilly; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
DAKAR (Reuters) – Rwanda’s outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus is easing after vaccinations of the most vulnerable people including healthcare workers, but mpox cases are still spreading to new African countries, Rwanda’s health minister and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s head said on Thursday. In early October, Rwanda began administering vaccine …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least seven people died and six were wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a restaurant in Somalia’s capital on Thursday, local police said in a statement. It was not immediately clear who had carried out the attacks, although Islamist militant group al Shabaab frequently orchestrates bombings and gun …
By Phil Stewart BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ten years to the day after the formal launch of the U.S.-led operation against the Islamic State, the United States and its NATO allies gathered in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the future of a mission facing increasing headwinds. Niger kicked out the U.S. military from its counter-terrorism base …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The conservative Dutch government is looking into sending rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Thursday, while acknowledging it might not be feasible. “It is a serious plan, but a lot still needs to be worked out,” he told reporters in Brussels. It was not clear whether such …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.N. envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario front as a solution to the near five-decades-old dispute, according to remarks seen by Reuters. The long-frozen conflict, dating back to 1975, pits Morocco, which considers Western Sahara its own …
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria launched a new malaria vaccine on Thursday that will be freely administered to recipients, its health minister said, marking a significant milestone in its fight against the deadly disease. The launch makes the country one of the first in the world to back the new R21 vaccine, developed …
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By Camillus Eboh and Ahmed Kingimi (Reuters) -A fuel tanker overturned late on Tuesday in Nigeria’s northern state of Jigawa after the driver lost control of the vehicle, spilling petrol which exploded and killed at least 147 people, police and state emergency services said on Wednesday. The accident is one of the worst in recent …
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