By Ngouda Dione and Elodie Toto DAKAR/DAGANA, Senegal (Reuters) – Senegalese cook Amy Gueye always tries to use imported rice at her family-run restaurant in Dakar, knowing that customers prefer the taste to home-grown varieties when they buy her spicy rice-based fish and chicken dishes. Senegal’s rice production has soared in recent years as it …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The Sudanese military accused one of the country’s largest rebel groups on Wednesday of stoking ongoing violence in the country’s West Kordofan state in breach of a three-year ceasefire, a charge a leader of the group denied. Members of the Miseriya and Nuba tribes have clashed since Friday over a land dispute …
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(Fixes typo in paragraph eight) By Edwin Waita ILBISIL, Kenya (Reuters) -Cows too weak to stand, with sores on their hides from lying on the ground and ribcages protruding from their sides — such is the painful sight faced by Kenya’s Maasai herders as they struggle to keep their cattle alive in a severe drought. …
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By Akriti Sharma and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it will temporarily suspend the standard two-dose vaccination regimen for cholera, replacing it with a single dose due to vaccine shortages and rising outbreaks worldwide. The U.N. agency said “the exceptional decision reflects the grave state of the cholera vaccine stockpile” …
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By Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) – Africa must build oil and gas pipelines, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, distribution hubs and gas-fired power plants over the next 20 years to unlock its energy market of over 600 million people, officials, executives and analysts say. But the rapid shift in the rest of the world towards …
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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s president has fired his foreign affairs minister for voting at the United Nations to condemn Russian-organised referendums to annex four partially-occupied regions in Ukraine, two sources at the president’s office said. Last Wednesday, the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn what it said was Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Schools in Scotland, Uganda, Chile, Philippines and the United States triumphed at the inaugural “World’s Best School Prizes” on Wednesday for feats including saving mangroves and expanding classrooms in an area hit by war. The five schools shared $250,000 in prize money for supporting pupils and communities, especially during the pandemic, in …
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(Corrects lead to say country’s biggest not continent’s and para 2 to say MTN is the country’s second biggest telecoms service provider) JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African mobile group Telkom said on Wednesday bigger rival MTN Group had terminated talks to buy the former in what would have created the country’s biggest telecoms company. Telkom …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Gunmen have abducted at least 10 healthcare workers in Nigeria’s Niger state and killed an unspecified number after bandits invaded a general hospital early on Tuesday, a hospital and military source said. Armed bandits operating for cash have kidnapped or killed hundreds across northwest Nigeria. Niger state officials have said that Islamist …
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(Reuters) – South Africa’s state-owned logistics company Transnet on Tuesday said its freight rail and port operations were returning to normal service after a 12-day strike that throttled commodities exports and impacted Africa’s most industrialised economy. Transnet agreed a three-year wage deal with majority labour union United Transport and Allied Trade Union (UNTU) on Monday, …
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