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(Reuters) – Danish biotech firm Bavarian Nordic said on Tuesday it will donate 40,000 doses of its mpox vaccine to Africa’s top public health body, after the body declared an emergency. Bavarian Nordic said that the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority will procure 175,420 doses of the vaccine and donate it to the …

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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – A Ugandan court on Tuesday found a commander in the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Thomas Kwoyelo, guilty of dozens of war crimes, the first time a senior member of the group has been tried by Uganda’s judiciary. Founded in the late 1980s with the aim of overthrowing the …

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By Tuvan Gumrukcu, Huseyin Hayatsever and Giulia Paravicini ANKARA (Reuters) – A second round of Turkish-mediated talks between Somalia and Ethiopia over a port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway Somaliland region ended without a deal on Tuesday, but Turkey and ministers from both countries sounded upbeat on progress. The negotiations held in Ankara …

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DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 68 people have been killed during a heavier than usual rainy season in Sudan this year, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, as shelters collapsed and neighbourhoods flooded, piling further misery on the war-torn country. The conflict between Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which shows no signs …

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By Brian Benza GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana intends to renegotiate its proposed purchase of a stake in Belgian gem dealer HB Antwerp to double the size of its shareholding at no extra cost following the downturn in the diamond market, the country’s mines minister said on Tuesday. Botswana is the world’s biggest diamond producer by …

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By Kopano Gumbi PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose for the third quarter in a row, reaching 33.5% in April-June of this year, data from the statistics agency showed on Tuesday. Unemployment is now at its highest since the government repealed COVID-19 rules in the second quarter of 2022, though it remains below …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) urged countries to step up their donations in response to the world’s largest displacement crisis in Sudan, warning on Tuesday that inaction could cost tens of thousands of lives. The IOM has received just 21% of the support it needs to provide crucial aid to the …

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