By Ayenat Mersie KIAMBAA, Kenya (Reuters) – One inked fingernail and old burn scars: the story of Kenya’s past election traumas and current hopes is written on the skin of Philip Wangoi’s hands. At 16, he was badly burned in a church set aflame during the post-election violence that rocked Kenya after the disputed 2007 elections. More than 1,200 people …
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By Seun Sanni IBADAN, Nigeria (Reuters) – Stacks of hairy yams line a market in Ibadan, where traders haggle over quality and price before loading them into cars for the last mile to Nigerian consumers. Nearby, a man navigates heavy traffic with a hand cart piled high with the tubers. Yams – pounded into paste, …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Militants killed 17 Malian soldiers and four civilians in an attack near the town of Tessit on Sunday, the Malian army said. Nine soldiers were also reported missing and vehicles and equipment were destroyed, it said in a statement released late on Monday, adding that it suspected an Islamic State affiliate. “On …
By David Brunnstrom and Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The United States will not dictate Africa’s choices, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, despite having sought support from the continent’s 54 countries in efforts to isolate Russia over its Ukraine invasion. Blinken was presenting a new strategy document for sub-Saharan Africa at the University of Pretoria in South Africa’s …
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By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) -More than 30 rebel and opposition factions signed a peace pact with Chad’s transitional authorities on Monday, agreeing to join broader talks after years of turmoil – though the most powerful insurgent group refused to take part. Delegates meeting in Doha broke into applause after the rebels agreed to cease …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s finance ministry expressed disappointment on Monday at Standard and Poor’s downgrading the West African nation’s sovereign credit rating, but said it was determined to quickly emerge from its economic rut. The ratings agency on Friday lowered Ghana’s local and foreign currency credit ratings to CCC+/C from B-/B, pointing to the government’s …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that everyone was watching to see Kenya’s elections due on Tuesday to progress peacefully, freely and fairly, during his visit to South Africa. (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru, Alexander Winning and Tim Cocks in Johannesburg; Editing by James Macharia Chege)
CAIRO (Reuters) – Algerian authorities have retrieved the bodies of seven African migrants whose boat capsized offshore, Ennahar TV reported on Monday. It said six more migrants had been transferred to hospital for treatment. (Reporting by Yasmin Hussein)
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Horniman Museum said on Sunday it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 to the Nigerian government. Created from brass and bronze in the once mighty Kingdom of Benin in what is now southwestern Nigeria from at …
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By Duncan Miriri and Karin Strohecker NAIROBI (Reuters) – Millions of Kenyans will head to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new president in a fiercely contested election that pitches veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga against Deputy President William Ruto. President Uhuru Kenyatta is not running due to term limits but is backing Odinga. …
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