BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist rebels killed at least 17 people in an attack on civilians working fields in east Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, a local official and a hospital worker said on Wednesday. The attack targeted residents of the town of Oicha in Congo’s North Kivu province, a …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a six-decade-old law criminalising gay sex as the west African country awaits another court decision on whether to introduce even harsher penalties in a new bill. The seven-member panel dismissed a lawsuit challenging the law, with presiding Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie saying reasons for the decision will …
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Eritrean authorities have suspended all flights by Ethiopian Airlines to the East African nation effective Sept. 30, the airline said on Wednesday. Flights from Ethiopia to Eritrea had resumed in 2018 after two decades, following a peace deal between the two neighbours that earned Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed a Nobel …
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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s government on Wednesday pleaded for more time and patience to end economic hardships as citizens mobilise for demonstrations, a day after the country’s police chief warned against protests. Nigeria is grappling with 34.2% inflation, the highest in nearly three decades amid a cost of living crisis after President …
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By Kissima Diagana NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) -Fifteen people were killed and more than 150 were missing after a boat carrying 300 passengers capsized near Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott on Monday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. The Atlantic migration route from the coast of West Africa to the Canary Islands, typically used by African …
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By Djaffar Al Katanty, Jennifer Rigby and Sonia Rolley GOMA (Reuters) – Scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on 7-year old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on a handful of her playmates at a camp for displaced people near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Grace has otherwise recovered from the virus. Her …
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By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve, with the number of people suffering chronic hunger barely changed over the past year, a U.N. report said on Wednesday. The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report said around 733 million …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – A Ugandan magistrate’s court has charged at least 42 youths for offences allegedly committed during a banned anti-corruption protest on Tuesday, and remanded them in custody. Protesters marched on different streets in the capital Kampala on Tuesday shouting slogans and holding placards denouncing corruption by lawmakers. At least 42 protesters were charged …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has invited the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for U.S.-mediated ceasefire talks starting on Aug. 14 in Switzerland, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo said early on Wednesday they will contructively participate in the talks to achieve “a comprehensive ceasefire …
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By Jihed Abidellaoui KAIROUAN, Tunisia (Reuters) – A tiny insect is ravaging Tunisia’s prickly pears, a critical source of revenue for the North African country’s agriculture sector and economy. “Our biggest fear, which has caused me insomnia, is the fear of the cochineal insect that threatens our harvest,” says Bassem Sahnoun, a farmer struggling, like …
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