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By Estelle Shirbon (Reuters) – Implementing the ceasefire agreed by the Ethiopian government and forces from the northern region of Tigray will be fraught with difficulties, while thorny political and territorial disputes will need to be tackled to achieve lasting peace. Two years of war between Ethiopia’s federal army and Tigray forces have killed thousands …

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By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) -Up to 7.8 million people in South Sudan, two thirds of the population, may face severe food shortages during next year’s April-to-July lean season due to floods, drought and conflict, United Nations agencies said on Thursday. The shortages are worse than at the height of a civil war in …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Uganda has risen to 48, with 131 confirmed cases, a health official involved in managing the outbreak said on Thursday. Last week Uganda’s health minister put the death toll at 30, with 109 confirmed cases. “Confirmed cases by today 131 and 48 deaths,” Henry …

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By Souleymane Camara CONAKRY (Reuters) – Survivors who were beaten and raped during a massacre in a stadium in Guinea in 2009 are hoping to finally see justice and let the world know the pain they have been carrying as the trial of 11 suspects unfolds in the West African nation. More than 150 people …

Survivors of Guinea stadium massacre recount horrors as trial unfolds Read More »

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Africa’s top public health body is hoping to send its team back to the Tigray region “as soon as the situation allows” following a peace agreement in Ethiopia, its acting Director Ahmed Ogwell Ouma said on Thursday. The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a …

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By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – In South Africa, a country where ‘braai’ all-day barbecuing is a national pastime, plant-based substitutes are making surprising inroads despite a deep cultural love of meat and hostility from the regulator. That could be heartening for climate scientists, who say shifting diets from emissions-heavy meat and dairy towards more …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Scheduled Kenya Airways flights were taking off as planned on Thursday morning, hours after the expiry of a strike notice by the pilots union, an airline source and the union told Reuters. KALPA, a union that represents more than 400 pilots at the carrier, issued a notice that was set to trigger …

Kenya Airways flights proceed as scheduled, pilots say in talks Read More »

By Edwin Waita NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s President William Ruto on Wednesday officially deployed troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to join an East African regional force aiming to end decades of bloodshed. The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC), which Congo joined this year, agreed in April to set up a joint …

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