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LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian presidential candidates signed a pledge on Thursday to ensure peaceful elections in February, after previous ballots were marred by violence, voter intimidation and vote rigging. President Muhammadu Buhari, who is barred by the constitution from running again, has promised free and fair elections in Africa’s most populous country. The race to …

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By Jihed Abidellaoui KAIROUAN, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisian tattoo artist Manel Mahdouani is reviving traditional Berber designs that had long been considered unfashionable but are now gaining in popularity among a hip new generation. Few Tunisians now speak the Berber languages more commonly found in Algeria and Morocco, and outward signs of Berber cultural identity …

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By Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall has asked the justice ministry to look into an amnesty scheme that could allow two of his biggest political opponents who were sentenced on graft charges to regain their voting rights and potentially run in the next presidential election in 2024. Sall instructed the justice …

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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -A U.N. tribunal in The Hague opened the genocide trial on Thursday of a Rwandan businessman captured two years ago after decades on the run, with judges saying the hearing must go on despite the suspect’s decision to boycott it from his jail cell. Felicien Kabuga, a …

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By Pulcherie Adjoha and Seraphin Zounyekpe COTONOU (Reuters) – Shrouded in exhaust fumes, Arouna Gdamassi slid silently among the motorcycles swarming through rush hour traffic in Benin’s commercial capital Cotonou. The 40-year-old informal trader is the proud new owner of an electric two-wheeler made by India-based company M Auto, which launched bikes in West African …

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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali does not respect and will not apply sanctions imposed by West Africa’s main political and economic bloc on neighbouring Guinea in the wake of last year’s coup, Mali’s interim prime minister said on Wednesday. The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) last week imposed sanctions on Guinea’s ruling junta …

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – In Khartoum, specialists from Sudan’s Center for Poisonous Species Research are deployed at night in protective vests, gloves, and goggles to catch a snake that residents say has killed a cat, before it has a chance to strike again. Attacks by snakes and scorpions are more frequent during Sudan’s rainy season, when …

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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Five people have died from Ebola in Uganda and another 19 deaths were likely caused by the disease, the president said on Wednesday, but he said he would not order a lockdown because Ebola is easier to manage than COVID-19. The outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever was announced …

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