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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar’s coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who seized power this month, named businessman and consultant Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as the island nation’s new prime minister on Monday. Randrianirina was sworn in as president on Friday, days after taking control in the wake of youth-led protests that forced out his predecessor. Explaining his choice of …

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(Corrects to show ministry post was on Facebook, not X) (Reuters) -Namibia’s ministry of health and social services on Sunday declared an outbreak of Mpox in the city of Swakopmund. “Surveillance, contact tracing, and response teams have been activated to contain the spread,” the ministry said in a post on X. (Reporting by Angela Christy …

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By Chris Takudzwa Muronzi HARARE (Reuters) -Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party plans to amend the constitution to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term by two years to 2030, a move opposition politicians have condemned as unlawful. The proposal, adopted at a party conference late on Saturday, would prolong the 83-year-old president’s second five-year term, currently set to …

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CAIRO (Reuters) -Pyramids of Egypt snatched the African Super Cup with a late goal from striker Fiston Mayele as they beat Renaissance Berkane 1-0 in Cairo on Saturday. The Congolese striker struck home the game’s only goal 15 minutes from time. Pyramids were first time Champions League winners last season while the Moroccan side won …

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By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative dating to 1.52 million years ago, revealing that this species would have been able to grasp and manipulate objects such as stone tools and was fully bipedal. The fossils represented …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Two people were killed and almost 200 people were injured in a stampede at a stadium in Kenya’s capital Nairobi where a state funeral for former opposition leader and prime minister Raila Odinga was underway on Friday, Doctors Without Borders said in a statement. (Reporting by Ammu Kannampilly, writing by Silvia Aloisi)