NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya Airways is recruiting new pilots and has started disciplinary action against its pilots who are out on strike, its CEO said on Monday. The airline had warned its striking pilots they could be dismissed if they do not return to work immediately as industrial action over pay that began on Saturday …
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KIGALI (Reuters) – A Democratic Republic of Congo fighter jet entered Rwandan airspace on Monday, both governments said, in what Rwanda called a “provocation”, although Congo said it was a mistake. No military action was taken and the warplane returned to Congo. The incident comes at a time of particularly high tensions between the neighbours, …
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BLANTYRE (Reuters) – Malawi has received 2.9 million doses of oral cholera vaccine as an outbreak continues to spread across the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said on Monday. The vaccine consignment comes as the death toll from the outbreak that started in March rose to 207, Malawi health ministry figures showed. …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped at least 80 people and killed 11 others in separate attacks in the northwest, traditional leaders and residents said on Monday, in the latest attacks by armed gangs that have been preying on villages, schools and highways. Zamfara state is one of the worst hit by the …
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Weeping relatives of the 19 people who died when a plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania filed past a row of coffins in the lakeside town of Bukoba on Monday as religious and political leaders gathered for a ceremony to honour the victims. Flight PW494, operated by Tanzanian airline …
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -The sister of an Egyptian-British hunger striker landed in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to campaign for his release from jail as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and other world leaders flew in for the COP27 climate summit. Abd el-Fattah rose to prominence during Egypt’s 2011 popular uprising but has been detained …
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By William James, Valerie Volcovici and Simon Jessop SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -World leaders and diplomats framed the fight against global warming as a battle for human survival during opening speeches at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Monday, with the head of the United Nations declaring a lack of progress so far had …
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By Hereward Holland and Tommy Wilkes NAIROBI (Reuters) -The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline to help maintain a ceasefire struck last week, and both sides met in Kenya on Monday for a new round of talks on implementing the truce. Ethiopia’s government and regional forces from Tigray agreed last Wednesday …
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By Helen Reid JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The board of South Africa’s Gold Fields will not change its offer for Yamana Gold after a surprise rival bid from Agnico Eagle and Pan American, it said on Monday. Gold Fields’ decision reflects “commitment to capital discipline” and to fairness for shareholders in Gold Fields and Yamana, the South …
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Weeping relatives of the 19 people who died when a plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania filed past a row of coffins in the lakeside town of Bukoba on Monday as religious and political leaders gathered for a ceremony to honour the victims. Flight PW494, operated by Tanzanian airline Precision …
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