CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa plans to bid to stage the 2036 or 2040 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the government said on Thursday, and become the first host of the global event on the African continent. Cape Town previously bid to host the 2004 Games that were staged in Athens, finishing third in the voting …
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(Reuters) -Africa is facing the worst outbreak of cholera in 25 years, the Africa CDC told reporters in a briefing on Thursday, blaming the rise on fragile water systems and conflict. The Africa CDC said it had recorded about 300,000 cases of cholera, and suspected cases of cholera, and over 7,000 deaths. The figures show …
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By Ben Ezeamalu EKET, Nigeria (Reuters) -Accused by her aunt at age 13 of being a witch responsible for her family’s misfortunes, Faith ran away from her rural home in the southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom after being deprived of food for days on end. Now aged 19, she is studying Science Laboratory Technology …
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By Sarah El Safty DUBAI (Reuters) -Mounting trade tensions that earlier this year led to a drop in Egypt’s wheat imports have triggered a shake-up at the country’s new state grains buyer, as a newly appointed leader moves to restore credibility, according to trade and industry sources. For decades, Egypt ran a transparent tender system …
By Alessandro Parodi (Reuters) -French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday there was a high chance he would visit Algeria, hailing the north African country’s release of writer Boualem Sansal as a glimmer of hope that relations between the two nations could be mended. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday pardoned the French-Algerian writer …
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PARIS (Reuters) -Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s appeal against a conviction for criminal conspiracy related to illegal Libyan financing for his successful 2007 presidential bid will be heard from March 16 to June 3, a Paris appeal court said on Thursday. Sarkozy walked out of jail this week after a court ruled he should not …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali’s foreign minister has dismissed as implausible the notion that jihadists could soon take the capital, in the first extensive government response to security fears that have spurred Western countries to urge their citizens to leave. The landlocked West African country is battling al Qaeda-linked jihadists who in September announced what they described …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Premier Li Qiang will attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa from November 21 to November 23, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. Li will also attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation event in Russia from November 17-18 and visit Zambia on November 19-20, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry said. …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -There is no genocide in northern Nigeria, the African Union Commission chairperson said on Wednesday, rejecting accusations by U.S. President Donald Trump that “very large numbers” of Christians were being killed in Africa’s most populous country. “What’s going on in northern part of Nigeria has nothing to do with …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -A new antimalarial drug developed by Novartis is as effective as existing treatments and could help tackle rising drug resistance, the company said on Wednesday as it presented final-stage trial results. The drug, ganaplacide/lumefantrine or GanLum, was developed by the company and the Medicines for Malaria Venture, a non-profit. It …
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