(Reuters) -Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ended the tenure of Prime Minister Nadir Larbaoui on Thursday and appointed Industry Minister Sifi Ghrieb as acting head of the government, state media reported. Larbaoui, a former diplomat, was appointed prime minister in 2023 by Tebboune. State media gave no reason for Larbaoui’s departure. The gas producing North African country, which …
By Ben Ezeamalu and Vining Ogu LAGOS (Reuters) -A staple of Nigerian cuisine, egusi soup, could one day be consumed on the Moon or on Mars after melon seeds from which the thick, fragrant dish is made orbited the Earth for seven days and returned to be studied by space scientists. The egusi seeds were …
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By Ahmed Kingimi ABUJA (Reuters) -A cholera outbreak in Bukkuyum district of Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria, has claimed at least eight lives and infected over 200 people across 11 communities, residents and local officials said on Thursday, as limited healthcare access and insecurity exacerbate the crisis. Cholera, a water-borne disease, is not uncommon in Nigeria …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi, who has played a prominent role in anti-government protests, said on Wednesday he plans to run for the presidency in the country’s 2027 election. His candidacy will test whether the popular support for protests, led by young Kenyans over the last two years, can be translated into …
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LAGOS (Reuters) -Gunmen killed at least two people and abducted over 100, mostly women and children, in an attack on Nigeria’s Zamfara State, local officials and community leaders said. Zamfara is the epicentre of attacks by armed men, known locally as bandits, in northwest Nigeria, where gunmen have made travel and farming dangerous. Between July …
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Around 165 million years ago on a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco lived one of the most extreme dinosaurs on record, lavishly adorned with armor and spikes – some about three feet (one meter) long – unlike that of any other known creature. Researchers on Wednesday described extensive fossilized …
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Tanzania’s electoral commission on Wednesday barred the presidential candidate of its second biggest opposition party from contesting polls in October, leaving President Samia Suluhu Hassan to face only candidates from smaller parties. The Independent National Electoral Commission approved Hassan and her running mate Emmanuel Nchimbi to run in the October 29 …
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By Ben Ezeamalu LAGOS, NIGERIA (Reuters) -One morning in June, an ocean surge swept through the village of Apakin, one of Lagos’ last indigenous coastal communities, washing away fishing boats, nets and graves. It was only the latest event in the settlement of roughly 3,000 people that is losing homes and livelihoods to rising seas. …
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By Portia Crowe DAKAR (Reuters) -Russian private mercenary operations in Mali have sowed resentment within the West African nation’s army and military government, caused security lapses, and failed to yield any mining concessions, a new report has found. The Wagner group began operating in Mali after the military, which seized power in two coups in …
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MAPUTO (Reuters) -Qatari investment firm Al Mansour Holding has signed a $20 billion partnership agreement with Mozambique to support sectors the government is prioritising including energy and agriculture, President Daniel Chapo’s office said. It is the latest in a series of investments by Al Mansour Holding across Africa, with similar deals in the Democratic Republic …
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