(Changes one of the main ethnic groups to Hausa, not Fulani, in paragraph 3) ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria will start its first national census in 17 years at the end of March, as authorities in Africa’s most populous country seek updated data on the exact population and the size of different ethnic groups, an official said …
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year. In 2022, more than 300 children – mainly aged under 5 – in Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan died of acute kidney …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters to resist the government of President William Ruto, saying its disputed election last August had robbed it of legitimacy. Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza coalition eked out a narrow victory over Odinga in the election, whose result announcement was accompanied by chaotic scenes at …
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By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso has decided to end a military accord that allowed French troops to fight insurgents on its territory because the government wants the country to defend itself, the government said on Monday. The West African country is facing an Islamist insurgency by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – Airlines in Nigeria said on Monday flights were being disrupted after ground staff began an indefinite strike to demand higher pay. Air Peace, which has the biggest fleet in Nigeria, and smaller carrier Dana Air said the strike by the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) was delaying flights and hoped the issue …
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By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) -Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema urged the country’s creditors on Monday to agree to a quick debt restructuring to aid economy recovery efforts. Hichilema made the remarks during a visit to Zambia by International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who met Hichilema, Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane, central bank governor …
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By Carien Du Plessis PRETORIA (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in South Africa on Monday for talks with one of its most important allies on a continent that is divided over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and related Western attempts to isolate it. He was to meet Soth Africa’s foreign minister, Naledi Pandor, …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he was awaiting clarifications from Burkina Faso’s transitional President Ibrahim Traore about reported demands for the departure of French troops from the country. (Reporting by Michel Rose and Leigh Thomas; Editing by Frances Kerry)
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – The mutilated body of a prominent Cameroonian journalist was found on Sunday near the capital Yaounde five days after he was abducted by unidentified assailants, the press union and a colleague said on Sunday. Media advocates described Martinez Zogo’s disappearance and death as a further sign of the perils of reporting in …
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By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Islamist fighters set off a bomb then stormed a government building in Somalia’s capital on Sunday, killing at least five civilians, the ministry of information said. Attackers from the al Shabaab group charged into the block that houses the office of Mogadishu’s mayor around noon and got caught in a …
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