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Ghana president won’t act on anti-LGBTQ bill before legal challenge resolved

19 Mar 2024

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill passed by parliament in February should not be transmitted to President Akufo-Addo for assent until two legal challenges against it are settled, a senior presidency official said in a letter seen by Reuters. Lawmakers unanimously passed legislation that would intensify a crackdown on the rights …

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Gambian parliament debates bill to reverse ban on female genital mutilation

19 Mar 2024

By Pap Saine BANJUL (Reuters) -Gambian lawmakers on Monday debated whether to repeal a ban on female genital mutilation, which has been on the rise in recent years despite activist campaigns to end the practice. The small West African nation imposed steep fines and jail sentences in 2015 for those who carry out female circumcision, …

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No smartphone or internet? No problem; AI-backed phone has the answers

19 Mar 2024

LAGOS (Reuters) – Visually-impaired Nigerian Kehinde Olutubosun is a geography and animal enthusiast who struggled to find information because he has no smartphone. But that is changing, thanks to an Artificial Intelligence-powered mobile phone that works offline. The service, launched by Canada-based Viamo in Nigeria last month, allows anyone – even in the middle of …

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Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap about 100 in weekend attacks

18 Mar 2024

By Garba Muhammad and Hamza Ibrahim KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped around 100 people, including women and children, in two weekend attacks in Kaduna state, residents and police said on Monday. Kidnappings by criminal gangs demanding ransoms have become an almost daily occurrence in Nigeria, especially in the north, with authorities seemingly powerless …

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Congo court sentences journalist Stanis Bujakera to six months in jail

18 Mar 2024

KINSHASA (Reuters) – A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday found Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera guilty of spreading false information among other charges, and sentenced him to six months in prison, his lawyer said. “The judges found our client guilty of all charges as established. They have imposed the most severe sentence …

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US warned Niger about ties to Russia, Iran before junta revoked accord, Pentagon says

18 Mar 2024

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials traveled to Niger last week to express concerns about the country’s potential development of ties to Russia and Iran before the ruling junta on Saturday revoked an accord governing the roughly 1,000 U.S. military personnel there, the Pentagon said on Monday. The Pentagon added it was seeking clarification …

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Sandboarding makes a post-COVID comeback in Namibia desert town

18 Mar 2024

By Nyasha Nyaungwa SWAKOPMUND, Namibia (Reuters) – Set against miles of mesmerizing sand dunes, Namibia’s seaside resort town of Swakopmund is seeing a boom in sandboarding, buoyed by a near-doubling of the numbers of cruise liners docking at nearby Walvis Bay last year. Lying between the 80,000 square km (31,000 square mile) Namib desert and …

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Egyptians thought Regeni was British spy, Italian court told

18 Mar 2024

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Egyptian police detained an Italian student in Cairo because they thought he was a British spy, taking him to a security facility where he was tortured and murdered, an Italian prosecutor told a Rome court on Monday. Italy has charged four Egyptian security agents with kidnapping and killing Giulio …

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Nigeria military denies reprisal attack after 16 troops killed

18 Mar 2024

By Tife Owolabi and Ope Adetayo ABUJA (Reuters) – Men in army uniform ransacked and burned homes in Nigeria’s oil-producing Delta state days after youths killed 16 soldiers sent there to resolve a land dispute, residents said, but the defence chief denied military involvement. Residents said soldiers attacked the riverside Okuoma community of a few …

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