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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday he shared Ethiopia’s aspiration to rejoin the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a U.S. trade programme, as it implements a peace deal in the Tigray region. Blinken was speaking during a visit to Ethiopia. (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis; Writing by Estelle …

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(Reuters) – Mozambique recorded an increase in the number of cholera cases in the last few weeks, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, even as many other African countries reported a decline. The country has received approval for an additional 1.3 million cholera vaccine doses to help control the spread, the agency said, but …

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By Frank Phiri BLANTYRE (Reuters) – Cyclone Freddy, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, has killed 190 people in Malawi after ripping through southern Africa for the second time in a month, Malawi’s government said on Tuesday. The district around the commercial hub of Blantyre was among the hardest-hit. …

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By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Tropical cyclone Freddy hit the coast of southern Africa for a second time over the weekend, bringing its total death toll to more than 220 people in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar. The month-long storm has broken at least one record and could break two more, meteorologists say. As climate …

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