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DAKAR (Reuters) – Mali’s foreign affairs minister on Tuesday said the military government would exercise its right to self-defence if France continued to undermine the West African country’s sovereignty and national security. Speaking at a United Nations Security Council briefing on Mali in New York, Minister Abdoulaye Diop repeated allegations that France had violated its …

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By Erikas Mwisi Kambale GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Illegal gold-mining is destroying tracts of pristine rainforest in Congo’s Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site meant to be a haven for the endangered mammal nicknamed Africa’s unicorn, environmental organisations warned on Tuesday. Industrial activities are supposed to be banned in the …

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DAKAR (Reuters) – A United Nations peacekeeper has succumbed to injuries sustained in an attack in northern Mali on Monday, bringing the death toll to four, the U.N. mission in Mali said on Tuesday. The United Nations had previously said three peacekeepers were killed and three others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised …

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By Libby George and Angela Ukomadu LAGOS (Reuters) – Nnamdi Nwaogu, a 44-year-old IT worker, has packed his bags. In Lagos, Nigeria’s frenetic commercial capital, galloping inflation and a plunging naira have pummeled his salary. Nwaogu, like hundreds of other Nigerians, left amid a brain drain that is punishing even for a nation used to …

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(Reuters) – South African petrochemicals company Sasol on Tuesday said it was partnering steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa to explore carbon capture technology and steel production using green hydrogen. Green hydrogen, produced from splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, is considered a cleaner energy source for the …

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LONDON (Reuters) – One child is being admitted for medical treatment for malnutrition every minute in Somalia as severe drought threatens to cause the deaths of children on a scale not seen in half a century, a spokesperson for UNICEF said on Tuesday. The situation in Somalia already looks worse now than in 2011, the …

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GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana has resumed beef exports to the European Union two months after suspending sales because of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. In August, Botswana suspended all live cattle and beef exports following an outbreak of foot and mouth in the northeast of the southern African country. The ban was partially …

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