CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African lawmakers agreed a new health insurance bill on Tuesday, paving the way for universal healthcare to millions of poorer citizens in a major overhaul of a two-tier system. The National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) aims to level the playing field in the world’s most unequal society, amid concerns its …
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KIGALI (Reuters) – The chair of a conservative group of Anglican church leaders on Wednesday accused the church’s global head of perpetuating colonialism with his criticism of one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, introduced by Uganda last month. Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion’s 85 million …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Black Sea grain deal with African leaders on June 17, Interfax reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Reuters)
By Duncan Miriri GITHUNGURI, Kenya (Reuters) – Eighty percent of voters in this constituency in the heart of Kenyan tea country cast their ballots for William Ruto last August, helping the self-proclaimed champion of impoverished “hustlers” score an upset presidential election win. Less than a year later, it is hard to find anyone in Githunguri …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s government has proposed a finance bill for the coming fiscal year that will increase various taxes and introduce new ones, drawing sharp criticism from political opponents, civil servants and industry groups. The national assembly debated the bill on Tuesday, which it will consider alongside the 2023-24 (July-June) budget to be presented …
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By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The death toll from an overloaded boat that capsized in a remote part of Nigeria’s north central region has risen to more than 100, police and officials said on Wednesday, in one of the worst such disasters in recent years. The wooden boat was ferrying people to Kwara …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The number of people forcibly displaced around the world has climbed to a record 110 million people, the head of the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said, with conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan spurring millions of people to flee their homes. The increase of around 19 million people to 108.4 …
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By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian authorities have launched an inquiry into an allegation that a local pharmaceutical regulator, in return for a bribe, helped switch samples of cough syrups that the World Health Organization (WHO) had linked to the deaths of children in Gambia before the samples were tested at an Indian …
By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Veteran Cameroonian opposition leader John Fru Ndi, who for decades fought to topple long-standing president Paul Biya at the ballot box, has died aged 81, his party said. Fru Ndi, who dominated the opposition in the Central African country for a generation and was arrested and kidnapped for his …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 50 people drowned and several others were missing after an overloaded boat capsized in Nigeria’s north central region, residents and state officials said on Tuesday. The wooden boat was ferrying people across a river to Kwara state after a wedding ceremony in neighbouring Niger state when it capsized on …
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