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NAIROBI (Reuters) – A senior Kenyan security official on Thursday dismissed as “propaganda” a Reuters report which detailed a years-long series of hacks by Chinese cyber spies against the East African country’s government. On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Chinese hackers carried out a series of digital intrusions against key Kenyan ministries and state institutions, according …

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By Bart H. Meijer and Wendell Roelf AMSTERDAM/CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -A Rwandan man accused of ordering the killing of some 2,000 Tutsis who were seeking refuge in a church during the 1994 genocide has been arrested in South Africa, a U.N. war crimes tribunal and South African police said on Thursday. Former police officer Fulgence …

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By Carien du Plessis HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (Reuters) – When a cholera outbreak was confirmed in Hammanskraal, just north of South Africa’s capital Pretoria, it was hardly a surprise to many of its residents queuing up for handouts of bottles of clean water and soap. “If you drink the (tap) water, your stomach is running,” …

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By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) -A giant tree that towered over Sierra Leone’s capital for centuries and symbolised freedom to its early residents crashed down overnight during a heavy rainstorm. President Julius Maada Bio called the toppling of the famed tree “a great loss to the nation” as crowds gathered to look at the wrecked …

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By Anait Miridzhanian, Bhargav Acharya and Kopano Gumbi PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa’s central bank raised its main interest rate on Thursday to a 14-year high, a move Governor Lesetja Kganyago described as “bitter medicine” needed to tame inflation. The bank lifted rates by 50 basis points to 8.25% as it raised its inflation forecasts for …

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By Sarah El Safty CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has deferred payments for its large wheat purchases, in some cases by months, according to a government official and traders, as the country grapples with a shortage of hard currency. Egypt is one of the world’s biggest wheat importers and uses the purchases to make heavily subsidised …

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By Saliou Samb and Souleymane Camara CONAKRY (Reuters) – With the acrid smell of burning tyres hanging in the air, Conakry resident Mariame Diallo pointed to blood splatters on a wall where she said her teenage brother was shot at close range during a protest against Guinea’s military government on May 11. “I will never …

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