By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) -A small boy trapped in a well in northern Moroccan for five days died before rescuers were able to reach him late on Saturday and retrieve his body, two government officials said. Footage posted on social media showed the scene after his body was recovered, with hundreds of distraught rescue …
By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Cyclone Batsirai made landfall on Madagascar’s eastern coastline late on Saturday, with residents reporting strong winds, a power blackout and houses destroyed as the storm swept inland. There were fears that Batsirai could compound the devastation wreaked by another cyclone, Ana, which hit the island just two weeks ago, killing …
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BENI (Reuters) -Four people were hurt when a bomb exploded at a busy market in the city of Beni in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, police said, days after the U.S. embassy in the capital Kinshasa warned of a possible attack. Local police said they were looking for the suspected bomber after …
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By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Leaders gathered at an African Union (AU) summit called on Saturday for the continent to have a bigger role on the international stage amid signs the bloc is struggling to forge a coordinated response to challenges from coups to COVID-19. The AU, formed 20 years ago to foster regional …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali could set a new date for elections after leader Assimi Goita asked lawmakers to review a transitional charter adopted after the first of two military coups that have upended the country’s regional standing and relationships. The transitional council met on Saturday for an extraordinary session to review the transitional charter, which …
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By Tife Owolabi and Julia Payne WARRI, Nigeria/LONDON (Reuters) – An oil vessel used for storage that exploded off the coast of Nigeria this week had not been maintained for sometime and had technical issues, two sources and an environmental group said on Friday, as its wreckage lay in the sea after the fire was …
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(Reuters) – The mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine produced at the World Health Organization-backed vaccine hub in South Africa could take up to three years to get approval if companies do not share their technology and data, a WHO official said on Friday. The WHO-backed tech transfer hub in South Africa was set up in June to …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – A faction that played a leading role in protests in the uprising that toppled Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir in 2019 said on Friday it was refusing to meet Volker Perthes, the U.N. Special Representative to Sudan. In a statement on Twitter, the Sudanese Professionals Association faction also accused the United Nations …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Islamic State has claimed responsibility for freeing about 20 prisoners during an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province this week, according to a statement published on Friday by the SITE Intelligence Group. Witnesses and an army spokesman blamed the attack, which killed at least three people, on the …
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By Paul Lorgerie Bamako (Reuters) – Thousands of anti-French protesters took to the streets of Mali’s capital on Friday waving Russian flags and burning cardboard cut-outs of French President Emmanuel Macron in celebration of the expulsion of France’s envoy in Bamako. Mali expelled https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/mali-expels-french-envoy-over-authorities-hostile-remarks-2022-01-31 the French ambassador last week over what the country’s transitional government …
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