By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Maiden Pharmaceuticals, whose cough syrups have been linked to the deaths of children in Gambia, on Saturday denied it had tampered with test samples or bribed officials to do so, as alleged in a complaint under investigation by local health officials. An investigator with the state …
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By Ange Aboa YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam was elected on Friday as leader of the PDCI, one of Ivory Coast’s main opposition parties, making him a likely candidate in the 2025 presidential election. Thiam received votes from over 90% of the 7,000 assembled members of the PDCI, the …
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By Ange Kasongo and Yassin Kombi KINSHASA/BENI (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday released a few early results from general elections after an unscheduled day-long ballot extension that has prompted some opposition candidates to cry foul and call for a rerun. The provisional results from the few thousand voters in the Congolese diaspora showed …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to OPEC, its junior petroleum minister said, a day after Angola said it would leave the Saudi-led oil producer group that has in recent months sought to rally support for more output cuts to prop up prices. Africa’s biggest oil producer, Nigeria and Angola, were among …
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By Ahmed Kingimi and Isaac Anyaogu ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria will investigate the killing of endangered wildlife after a video posted on social media showed a soldier killing two elephants in the northeastern Borno state, the environment minister said on Friday. The video has widely circulated on X, formerly known as Twitter, sparking outrage among …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – The last French troops deployed in Niger to help fight a decade-old Islamist insurgency in the Sahel left the country on Friday, sealing a withdrawal that has dealt a further blow to France’s influence in West Africa. Army officers who seized power in Niger in July made France’s military exit one of …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali and U.S. forces have killed a senior leader of the militant Islamist al Shabaab group who had planned numerous attacks in Somalia and Kenya, Somalia’s information minister said. “Maalim Ayman … was confirmed to have been killed in a joint operation by the Somali National Army with assistance from US forces …
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(Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo held presidential and legislative elections this week against a backdrop of militia violence in the east, a chaotic campaign and claims the electoral commission was not prepared to hold a free and fair vote. Here are some key facts about how the election could unfold. WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO …
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(Reuters) -The death toll from a blast and fire at an oil terminal in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, has increased to 23 from 13 earlier, and the number of injured has risen to 241 from 178, the government said in a statement on Thursday. The statement said that 10 remains were still to be identified, adding …
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PARIS/NIAMEY (Reuters) – France is planning to close its embassy in Niger for an indefinite period as it is unable to carry out diplomatic tasks due to restrictions imposed by the ruling junta, a French embassy letter to its Niger staff dated Tuesday and seen by Reuters on Thursday showed. Relations between Niger and France, …
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