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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s state railway company on Monday resumed a popular train service between the capital Abuja and the northern state of Kaduna, suspended since in March after gunmen killed passengers and kidnapped several dozen. Africa’s most populous nation is battling insecurity in the north from armed gangs who attack villages and highways and …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed court papers challenging a report by a panel of experts that found preliminary evidence he may have violated the constitution and committed misconduct, Ramaphosa’s spokesman said on Monday. (Reporting by Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf; Editing by James Macharia Chege)

(Refiles to fix word order, paragraph 3) By Wendell Roelf CARNARVON, South Africa (Reuters) – South African officials and scientists on Monday celebrated a milestone towards building the world’s largest radio astronomy instrument, which is co-hosted with Australia and aims to unlock mysteries of the universe. The construction launch outside the remote town of Carnarvon, …

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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Choguel Maiga will resume his role as Mali’s transitional prime minister on Monday after more than three months of medical leave, according to a decree read on state television on Sunday. Maiga was ordered by his doctor to rest in August after months of intense exertion. He was temporarily replaced by Colonel …

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By Justin Makangara and Sonia Rolley KINSHASA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Christians took to the streets across Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to protest violence in eastern regions, as church leaders accused the international community of hypocrisy over Rwanda’s alleged role in the fighting. After Sunday services, churchgoers in the capital Kinshasa …

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By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday it was up to the governing party’s national executive to decide his future in the face of allegations of misconduct against him, a day after his spokesman said he would not resign. Ramaphosa, who said he would attend an executive committee meeting …

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By Justin Makangara and Sonia Rolley KINSHASA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Christians took to the streets across Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to protest violence in eastern regions, as church leaders accused the international community of hypocrisy over Rwanda’s alleged role in the fighting. After Sunday services, churchgoers in the capital Kinshasa …

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