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By Angela Ukomadu LAGOS (Reuters) – At Nigerian snack company ReelFruit’s Lagos warehouse a woman places handfuls of dried mangoes in bags and workers hammer open coconuts to scrape out the flesh. The company is expanding production and exports after a $3 million investment. ReelFruit is part of a burgeoning group of female-founded Nigerian startups …

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The duty-free access for nearly 40 African countries in a 22-year-old U.S. trade program is no longer enough to boost their development and a focus on improving investment is needed, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Tuesday. Tai, after a meeting with African counterparts at the start of …

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By Katie Paul (Reuters) – A new lawsuit has accused Meta Platforms of enabling violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia to flourish on Facebook, inflaming the country’s bloody civil war. The lawsuit, filed in Kenya on Tuesday, was brought by two Ethiopian researchers and Kenyan rights group the Katiba Institute. It alleges Facebook’s recommendations systems …

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By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – Somalia and Ethiopia, both Horn of Africa nations ravaged by drought and conflict, will be the countries of highest concern in 2023, according to an annual Watchlist issued by the International Rescue Committee aid group on Wednesday. The report lists 20 countries, 11 of them in Africa, that it …

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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday stopped an impeachment process from being launched against President Cyril Ramaphosa, as most of its lawmakers voted to reject an inquiry report into alleged misconduct. The outcome of the vote puts Ramaphosa in a stronger position to secure re-election as …

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s parliament on Tuesday voted against starting an impeachment process against President Cyril Ramaphosa, the speaker of parliament said. Lawmakers voted to reject a report by a panel of experts that found preliminary evidence Ramaphosa may have committed misconduct over a stash of foreign currency hidden at his private game …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military on Tuesday called on Nigeria to conduct an independent investigation of allegations in a Reuters report that the Nigerian army killed children in its fight against insurgents. “The Department of Defense is concerned by the allegations reported in the Reuters article, and we join our colleagues from the State …

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