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LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has an unassailable lead in the presidential election held over the weekend, a Reuters tally of provisional results from all 36 states and the federal capital Abuja showed on Tuesday. Tinubu of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) of outgoing president Muhammadu Buhari got about 35% …

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) -A Sudanese protester was killed on Tuesday after being shot in the chest during a demonstration against military rule, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said in a statement. Sudanese police said in a statement the shooting was an individual action that went against orders and that legal procedures had been immediately taken …

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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – More than a thousand Kenyan traders protested in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday against a new Chinese-owned retail shop they accuse of undercutting them with ultra-low prices. Traders in Kenya and other rapidly growing economies in Africa have protested periodically against their Chinese competitors. China is Africa’s top trading …

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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) suspended flights in Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces following an attack on one of the service’s helicopters last week, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. Flights between the provincial capital Goma and eastern cities of Beni and Bunia have …

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LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi, whose campaign attracted young people and urban voters fed up with corrupt politics, won most votes in the commercial hub of Lagos state, where Africa’s biggest city is located. Nigeria’s electoral commission began announcing state-by-state results in the national elections on Sunday, though it is not expected to …

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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday described the Russian mercenary Wagner Group as the “life insurance of failing regimes in Africa”, in comments made before he visits the continent. He said that African nations would eventually stop turning to the Wagner Group as they would see that it only sows misery. (Reporting …

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NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) – Thirteen Masai giraffes in the Moi Ndabi area in Kenya’s Naivasha basin were darted and loaded onto trucks following a rescue effort, after long being threatened by poachers and conflict with local communities. Veterinary doctors and capture officers at the state-run Kenya Wildlife Service have now moved them to conservancies, including …

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GENEVA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi said on Monday that a conflict with rebels in the east of the country could disrupt preparations for general elections scheduled for Dec. 20. Congo’s electoral commission started registering voters on Feb. 17 in North Kivu province, parts of which are occupied by the M23 …

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