JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Noise produced by mining the seabed for nickel, cobalt and other metals for the green energy transition could interfere with whales’ ability to navigate the ocean depths and communicate with one another, according to a study released on Tuesday. Potato-sized rocks filled with battery metals blanket vast swathes of the ocean floor at …
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By Angus McDowall and Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Coordinated arrests of political and media figures represent a new phase in Tunisian President Kais Saied’s struggle with a fragmented but emboldened opposition, raising fears of a wider campaign to quell dissent. Since Saied shut down parliament 18 months ago, moving to rule by decree before …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, following the deaths of at least nine people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. The small Central African country quarantined more than 200 people and restricted movement last week in its …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – The UN rights office said on Tuesday it was in discussion with Uganda over how to continue its work in the country after the government said it had to leave, a move activists say highlights the country’s deteriorating record on civil liberties. The office was set up in 2006 and has brought …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan soldiers will join police to fight “rampant incidents of banditry” across the arid northwest that have killed more than 100 civilians and 16 police officers over the past six months, officials said. President William Ruto, who came to power in last August’s election, has promised to restore security to the drought-stricken …
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(Reuters) – Precious stones miner Gemfields Group on Tuesday said it has halted operations and was evacuating personnel from its Nairoto exploration camp in Mozambique’s insurgent-hit Cabo Delgado province after an attack on a nearby village. The northern Mozambican province has seen an Islamic State-linked insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives since it broke …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A head-on collision between a bus and a cash-in-transit van left 20 people dead on Monday on a major road in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province, with dozens taken to hospital, transport officials and emergency medical company said. After the crash the bus rolled from a bridge on the N1 freeway into a …
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon President Ali Bongo on Monday proposed shortening the presidential mandate from seven to five years as he began consultations to prepare for elections this year and measures to prevent violence. More than two days of deadly unrest followed Gabon’s last elections in 2016 after the opposition rejected Ali Bongo’s victory and …
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(Corrects reference to Imo state in paragraph 7 to southeastern from southwestern) By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s electoral commission head said on Monday that 240 polling centres will not be used in upcoming elections, as no one had chosen them due to insecurity in the surrounding areas. Separatist and gang violence is a …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster to enable an intensive response to widespread flooding that has affected seven of the country’s nine provinces. Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape have been most affected by the floods, which were brought on by heavy rainfall as a result of …
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