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By Ngouda Dione and Bate Felix NOTTO GOUYE DIAMA, Senegal (Reuters) – As African heads of state gathered in Senegal’s capital Dakar for a three-day summit this week to find solutions to food insecurity on the continent, 33-year-old farmer Mor Kabe had a message for them. “Make sure support reaches smallholder farmers.” Smallholder farmers like …

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PRETORIA (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had a “frank” exchange of views with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe about the Just Energy Transition Partnership, the U.S. ambassador to South Africa said on Thursday. The need to transition to a low carbon emission economy was not in dispute, but …

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By Wendell Roelf and Kopano Gumbi CERES, South Africa (Reuters) – On the cusp of harvesting this season’s first fruit, South African deciduous farmer Heinie du Toit frets as the worst power cuts on record threaten to take the shine off his apple and pear crop destined for foreign markets. Situated in Ceres, one of …

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(Corrects date of murder to July 2012 instead of May 2012, paragraph 2) NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court on Wednesday found a Venezuelan diplomat guilty of murdering the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador a decade ago at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood. Dwight Sagaray, who was the first secretary at the embassy, …

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By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) – After spending nearly a decade in a camp for the displaced in South Sudan’s Juba, Mayen Galuak hopes that Pope Francis’ visit to the capital city next week will inspire political leaders to finally restore peace, allowing him to go home. The 44-year-old entered the United Nations camp, …

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By Tim Cocks and Carien Du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa and its neighbours were at the centre of a tussle for influence this week when top Russian and U.S. officials visited, offering a rare moment of leverage for governments on a continent more used to being buffeted by events than wooed.     With …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday said it is restricting entry to people “believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining democracy in Nigeria” and their family members ahead of that country’s elections this year. “Additional persons who undermine the democratic process in Nigeria — including in the lead-up to, during, and …

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