By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria on Monday charged 10 people with treason and conspiring to incite the military to mutiny following last month’s nationwide demonstrations that saw thousands take to the streets to protest against a cost of living crisis. The protests were met with a deadly crackdown by security forces and Amnesty …
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(This Aug. 30 story has been corrected to fix the last name of the game lodge owner in paragraphs 5-8) By Sisipho Skweyiya and Sfundo Parakozov JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s phase-out of breeding captive big game and ban on the use of lions for commercial gain have left some big-cat breeders worried about their …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Mariam Eniola Bolaji of Nigeria became the first African athlete to win a badminton medal at a Games – Olympics or Paralympics -when she clinched bronze in the women’s singles SL3 at the Paris Paralympics on Monday. The 18-year-old beat Ukraine’s Oksana Kozyna 21-9 21-9 to secure a podium finish three years …
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(Reuters) – Africa faces an increasingly heavy toll from climate change with many countries having to spend up to 9% of their budgets battling climate extremes, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report said on Monday. Despite producing far lower greenhouse gas emissions than other continents, Africa’s temperatures have risen more rapidly than the global average. …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police arrested presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel on Monday, a member of his campaign told Reuters, amid growing fears among rights groups and the opposition that prominent rivals to President Kais Saied will be excluded‮ ‬from the race. The electoral commission is preparing to announce on Monday the final …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said an attempted prison break took place overnight at the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa. In a statement on Monday morning, the government said security forces now had the situation under control and an investigation would take place. Gunfire rang out around 2:00 am (100 …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian prosecution office has ordered the detention of two Israeli citizens for assaulting three hotel workers in the Red Sea town of Taba, near the border with Israel, Egyptian security sources said on Sunday. The two Israelis, who are facing charges of assault and displaying force, will be remanded in custody …
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon’s junta has relaxed rules covering the rare kevazingo tree, allowing logging under certain conditions of a hardwood species that can take 500 years to grow to its full height of 40 metres (130 feet). There is high demand in Asia for kevazingo wood, which is used to make chic tables and …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Chidimma Adetshina has been crowned Miss Universe Nigeria after a contentious attempt to compete in Miss South Africa last month. Adetshina, 23, born to a Nigerian father and South African mother in South Africa and of South African citizenship found herself the subject of a national row after some South Africans, including …
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(Reuters) -The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with the Gavi vaccine alliance, Africa CDC and the World Health Organization, the organizations said in a joint statement on Saturday. Depending on the production capacity of manufacturers, agreements for up to 12 million …
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