ABIDJAN (Reuters) – It was love at first sight for Viviane Kouame when, as a teenager growing up in Ivory Coast, she first saw cocoa trees with ripe pods on their trunks that reminded her of babies clinging to their mothers’ backs. She decided cocoa would be a part of her life, and in 2021 …
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By Karolina Tagaris SALAMINA, Greece (Reuters) – In working-class neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Athens, Spiros Richard Hagabimana is going door-to-door in an election campaign that could see him become Greece’s first Black lawmaker. It is a remarkable journey for Hagabimana, who just eight years ago was jailed in his native Burundi for refusing to …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 20 people, mostly women and children, were killed and several houses burned by armed attackers in a village in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, residents and a state official said on Tuesday, in the latest communal violence in the region. Plateau is one of several ethnically and religiously diverse hinterland …
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By Sonia Rolley KINSHASA (Reuters) – The World Bank has suspended funding for humanitarian and development projects in Democratic Republic of Congo worth more than $1 billion after the government dissolved the project fund without warning, the lender said. The suspension will affect more than 600,000 beneficiaries, including victims of sexual violence, the World Bank …
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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) -Libya’s eastern-based parliament voted on Tuesday to replace Fathi Bashagha as prime minister, its spokesperson said, after he failed to take office in Tripoli where the incumbent Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah has refused to cede power. The parliament assigned Bashagha’s finance minister Osama Hamad to take over his duties, parliament spokesperson Abdullah Belhaiq said, …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States on Monday urged Mali’s transition government to pursue an “independent, impartial, efficient, exhaustive, and transparent investigation” to hold accountable those responsible for the likely execution of hundreds of people in one village. “The United States is appalled by the disregard for human life exhibited by elements of the …
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By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) – The rape trial of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko started in a court in the capital Dakar on Tuesday, following violent protests by supporters who say it is a political plot. Sonko is accused of sexually assaulting and making death threats to a woman who worked in a massage …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian chef has spent 100 hours preparing meals non-stop, aiming to set a Guinness World Record for the longest ever cooking session by an individual. Hilda Bassey, a chef in the mega city of Lagos, has captivated the country with her marathon cooking, which started on Thursday and ended on Monday …
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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy had agreed to meet a group of African leaders to discuss a potential peace plan for the conflict. Details of the plan have not been publicly divulged, although Ukraine’s stated position for …
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(This May 14 story has been refiled to clarify comments were made at a press briefing, not in a statement, in paragraph 5) (Reuters) – South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said his country had resolved a dispute with the U.S. over allegations that Pretoria supplied weapons to Russia, and South Africa is unlikely to …
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