NAIROBI (Reuters) – The body of a senior Tanzanian opposition official abducted from a bus by armed men was found on the outskirts of commercial capital Dar es Salaam with signs he had been beaten and acid had been poured on his face, his party said. The killing of Ally Kibao, a member of the …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – At least six people died after a boat capsized off Senegal over the weekend, a spokesperson for the West African country’s armed forces said on Monday. The boat – a narrow, wooden fishing vessel known as a pirogue – was carrying around 100 migrants from the town of Mbour and it overturned …
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By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India plans to have a third of its heavy duty long-haul trucking fleet fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of diesel in five to seven years to cut pollution, according to a draft policy from the federal oil ministry. India, one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse …
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By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) -Algerian authorities declared President Abdulmadjid Tebboune the overwhelming winner of Saturday’s election on Sunday, but a rival candidate alleged irregularities in the count and fewer than half of registered voters cast ballots. Official preliminary results gave Tebboune 95% of the vote, enough to avoid a second round run-off, with Abdelaali …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt of the pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Neues Museum in Berlin. Nefertiti’s famous painted limestone bust was uncovered at Tell el-Amarna, around 300 km (185 miles) south of Cairo, in 1912 by …
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RABAT (Reuters) -Floods from torrential rains killed at least 11 people in the provinces of Tata, Tiznit and Errachidia in south Morocco, authorities said in a preliminary death toll on Sunday. At least nine others were missing after floods swamped many villages in the area, authorities added.The floods destroyed 40 homes and damaged 93 roads, …
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A fire broke out at a girls’ boarding school in a town in central Kenya late on Saturday, leaving at least three students injured and destroying property, the Kenya Red Cross and police said. The fire follows the death of at least 21 students in a blaze at a boarding primary school, …
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ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian presidential candidate Abdelaali Hassani Cherif’s campaign said in a statement on Sunday that it had recorded cases of violations in the country’s Saturday presidential election, initial results of which have yet to be announced. The campaign said the violations included putting pressure on some polling station officials to inflate the results, …
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By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) -Algerians voted on Saturday in an election in which military-backed President Abdulmadjid Tebboune is widely expected to win a second term, but early turnout figures suggested little enthusiasm among voters. By 5.00 p.m. (1600 GMT) only 26.5% of registered voters had cast ballots, the electoral commission said, announcing that polling …
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By Duncan Miriri and Laurie Chen NAIROBI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China stopped short of providing the debt relief sought by many African countries this week, but pledged 360 billion yuan ($50.7 billion) over three years in credit lines and investments. The Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) launched in 2000 took on an enhanced role after the …
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