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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso’s new military leader Ibrahim Traore will respect a democratic transition timeline agreed between his predecessor and West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS, he said in a statement late on Tuesday. The comments followed a meeting with an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) delegation sent to meet the junta that took …

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By Abraham Achirga and Libby George MAKURDI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Victoria Okonkwo sits in a canoe as neighbours paddle her away from her house in Nigeria’s food basket, Benue state, which is now under water – along with more than 100,000 hectares (247,100 acres) of farmland. “It was last week that it started, so I …

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DAKAR (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed three United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh and injured several others in northwest Central African Republic on Monday, the U.N. said. The attack occurred near the village of Kaita, close to the border with Cameroon, in an area rife with militia activity. “The battalion was carrying out a patrol… …

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RABAT (Reuters) – A Moroccan state agency has issued the first 10 permits for the use of cannabis in industry and medicine and for export, it said, the result of a law passed last year. Farmers who organise into cooperatives in the northern mountain areas of Al Houceima, Taounat and Chefchaouen will be gradually allowed …

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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – The mediator sent to Burkina Faso by West Africa’s main political and economic bloc ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Tuesday said he was satisfied by a meeting with the country’s new military leader Ibrahim Traore. Issoufou added that the 15-member bloc would continue accompanying Burkina Faso’s transition to constitutional rule after the country …

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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -African countries will use the COP27 climate talks in Egypt next month to advocate for a common energy position that sees fossil fuels as necessary to expanding economies and electricity access, the continent’s top energy official said on Tuesday. The African position, criticised by environmental groups, could overshadow global …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – President Yoweri Museveni has removed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as commander of Uganda’s land forces, the military said on Tuesday, after Kainerugaba repeatedly threatened on Twitter to invade neighbouring Kenya. Kainerugaba, widely regarded as the de facto head of the military and his father’s chosen successor, later said the comments were made …

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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s state-owned oil company NNPC Ltd more than doubled its profit after tax to 674 billion naira ($1.55 billion) in 2021 from 287 billion the previous year, published audited financial statements showed on Tuesday. NNPC, which became a commercial company in July, first declared a net profit in its 44-year history two …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African utility Eskom said on Tuesday that it would escalate scheduled power cuts to “Stage 4” at 1800 local time (1600 GMT) after generation units at Kendal and Lethabo power stations tripped. (Reporting by Anait Miridzhanian; Editing by James Macharia Chege)