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Western companies are blind to Ugandan investments – President Museveni

6 Dec 2021

By Elias Biryabarema and Karin Strohecker KYANKWANZI, Uganda (Reuters) -Chinese private investment in Uganda is growing while Westerners are losing appetite to put money to work in the country, President Yoweri Museveni told Reuters, pledging to step up efforts to tackle corruption that have made slow progress. Museveni, in power since 1986 and one of …

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Gambian President Barrow wins re-election; opposition cries foul

5 Dec 2021

By Bate Felix and Pap Saine BANJUL (Reuters) -Gambian President Adama Barrow has comfortably won re-election, the electoral commission said on Sunday, though he may face a legal challenge from opposition candidates who rejected the results because of unspecified irregularities. The vote was the first in 27 years without disgraced former President Yahya Jammeh, who …

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Gambian President Barrow wins re-election; opposition cries foul

5 Dec 2021

By Bate Felix and Pap Saine BANJUL (Reuters) -Gambian President Adama Barrow has comfortably won re-election, the electoral commission said on Sunday, though he may face a legal challenge from opposition candidates who rejected the results because of unspecified irregularities. The vote was the first in 27 years without disgraced former President Yahya Jammeh, who …

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S.Africans protest against Shell oil exploration in pristine coastal area

5 Dec 2021

By Siyabonga Sishi PORT EDWARD, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africans took to their beaches on Sunday to protest against plans by Royal Dutch Shell to do seimsic oil exploration they say will threaten marine wildlife such as whales, dolphins, seals and penguins on a pristine coastal stretch. A South African court on Friday struck …

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Senegal records first Omicron case in tourist who attended demonstration

5 Dec 2021

DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a tourist who attended a demonstration in the capital Dakar last month with about 300 people of varying nationalities, testing lab IRESSEF said on Sunday. The 58-year-old man was visiting from another West African country and tested positive …

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Islamic State claims responsibility for an attack in Nigeria

5 Dec 2021

CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic state claimed responsibility for an attack in Nigeria, the militant group said on Saturday in a statement posted on an affiliated Telegram account. Seven Nigerian soldiers were killed, including a commanding officer and a lieutenant, in northern Nigeria’s Borno state, a military source and two residents told Reuters on Friday. (Reporting …

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Sudan’s Burhan says military will exit politics after 2023 elections

5 Dec 2021

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s military will exit politics after elections scheduled for 2023, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told Reuters in an interview on Saturday, adding that the deposed former ruling party would have no role in the transition. Following a military takeover led by Burhan in late October that …

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Gambia’s President Barrow takes slim, early lead as vote-tallies continue

5 Dec 2021

By Pap Saine and Bate Felix BANJUL (Reuters) -Gambian President Adama Barrow had a narrow early lead after Saturday’s presidential election, according to provisional results from the first few constituencies to be verified by the electoral commission. In a test of stability and democratic progress, the small West African country is holding its first election …

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S.African official says children sick with COVID-19 have mild infections

4 Dec 2021

By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Higher hospital admissions among children during a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections in South Africa that has been driven by the Omicron coronavirus variant should not prompt panic as infections have been mild, a health official said on Saturday. A large number of infants admitted with COVID-19 last month in …

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