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By Aaron Ross NAIROBI (Reuters) – In the months leading up to Kenya’s deployment of police officers to Haiti, President William Ruto has consulted political advisers, security officials and foreign leaders about the high-profile anti-gang mission. He also turned to less conventional counsellors: a circle of Christian evangelical pastors close to him and his wife. …

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By Sarah El Safty CAIRO (Reuters) – A quadrupling of the price of subsidised bread has made it harder than ever for Gamal Ahmad and millions of other Egyptians to get by. The 64-year-old pensioner was struggling to make ends meet even before Eqypt’s government, facing a rising wheat import bill, increased the price of …

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By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) -Ahmed Alkwrab thought his ordeal was over last June when he survived one of the deadliest shipwrecks ever recorded in the Mediterranean Sea and finally set foot on European soil. Hours after a fishing trawler carrying hundreds of migrants capsized, however, the Egyptian housepainter found himself being interrogated by Greek …

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By Hyonhee Shin GOYANG, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and the leaders of African countries agreed on Tuesday to forge deeper trade and business cooperation and launched a “critical minerals dialogue” aimed at sustainable development of the continent’s resources. Hosting a first-ever summit with the leaders of 48 African nations, Yoon …

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