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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday sexual harassment had reached alarming levels at the country’s universities, with “sex for grades” also part of corrupt practices that are being investigated by authorities. In 2019, the BBC used an undercover reporter to expose sexual harassment at two universities in Nigeria and Ghana, which …

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KINSHASA (Reuters) -U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has asked Democratic Republic of Congo to withdraw some of the oil blocks it has put up for auction in order to protect forests, he said on Tuesday on the sidelines of a climate conference in Kinshasa. Congo put 30 oil and gas blocks up for auction in …

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By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s environmental fund is seeking to build a coalition with African and European countries around this year’s U.N. climate summit to add heft to land restoration efforts, its top official told Reuters. As next month’s COP27 in Egypt approaches, the Bezos Earth Fund is championing a cause to …

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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the head of the armed forces as part of broader military reforms aimed at boosting efficiency, his office said. Congo’s army is fighting multiple armed groups, mainly in its restive east where ethnic militias, Islamist fighters and other rebel groups are battling for …

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(Corrects to show rains have failed in the last four rainy seasons, not the last four years) (Reuters) – Kenya has lifted a ban on genetically modified crops in response the worst drought to affect the East African region in 40 years, with authorities hoping it will improve crop yields and food security. For the …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – African startups attracted a record $3.5 billion in venture capital investment in the first half of this year, bucking a global decline in dealmaking linked to worldwide economic turmoil, data released by an industry group showed on Tuesday. The funding, raised by 300 different companies, represents growth of 133% compared to the …

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By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) – As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso’s capital on Sunday morning, the boyish face of the country’s latest military ruler, Captain Ibrahim Traore, emerged from the turret of an armoured personnel carrier. Sporting fatigues and a red beret, the 34-year-old smiled and raised …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Lesotho will hold a parliamentary election on Friday, amid failures by its politicians to pass constitutional reforms meant to end years of political instability in the southern African mountain kingdom. The All Basotho Convention (ABC) has run the country since 2017, but divisions within the party have given it two prime ministers …

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