OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s new military leader Ibrahim Traore on Friday named jurist and author Appolinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela as interim prime minister, Traore said in a statement. Army captain Traore seized power in a coup on Sept. 30 and was officially designated transitional president of the West African country on Oct. 14. …
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(Reuters) – Three people in an isolation unit of Uganda’s main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, the country’s health minister said on Saturday. “Yesterday … three individuals from among the 60 in our Mulago isolation facility tested positive for Ebola,” Jane Ruth Aceng said on Twitter. “They will be transferred to the Entebbe Isolation …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – The Nigerian government has approached the Supreme Court to overturn a Court of Appeal ruling that freed separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu and dropped terrorism charges against him. Last week the appeal court ordered that Kanu be discharged, saying the government did not follow due process in his extradition to Nigeria from Kenya, …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – A Ugandan court has handed a life sentence to a man caught with nearly 10 kg of elephant ivory, the country’s highest punishment ever for wildlife violations, authorities said on Friday. Pascal Achiba was sentenced by the country’s Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court on Thursday after being convicted for unlawful possession of …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 151 people were killed and 86 injured in fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile state over recent days, medical sources said on Thursday, the latest outbreak of violence to rock remote conflict-weary regions. Despite a peace deal signed in 2020 with some of Sudan’s rebel groups in the western Darfur region …
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By Seun Sanni and Temilade Adelaja LAGOS (Reuters) -Police fired several rounds of tear gas at demonstrators marching at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on Thursday to mark the second anniversary of peaceful protests against police brutality that ended in a hail of gunfire. Reuters witnesses saw police fire five rounds of tear gas …
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By Mahamat Ramadane N’DJAMENA (Reuters) -About 50 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in violence that broke out in Chad on Thursday as hundreds took to the streets to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule. Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, who gave the death toll at a news conference, said the government was still …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the Nigerian state of Benue left at least 23 people dead, a local official said on Thursday, the latest deadly incident fuelled by growing pressure on land resources in Africa’s most populous country. Violence between farmers and pastoralists has become increasingly common in recent years …
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(Corrects Oct 12 story to remove incorrect reference to pharmaceutical company based in Atlanta in paragraphs 17 & 18) By Tanvi Mehta and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian health authorities said on Wednesday they had halted all production of New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals after a WHO report that its cough and cold syrups …
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(Corrects Oct 11 story to remove incorrect reference to pharmaceutical company based in United States in the first paragraph and Atlanta in 4th & 5th paragraphs) BANJUL (Reuters) -The deaths of 69 children from acute kidney injury in Gambia is linked to four cough syrups made in India and imported into the West African country …
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