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S.African data suggests Omicron gets around some, not all immunity

1 Dec 2021

By Promit Mukherjee and Estelle Shirbon JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The Omicron variant appears able to get around some immunity but vaccines should still offer protection against severe disease, according to the latest data from South Africa where it is fast overtaking Delta to become the dominant variant. Omicron, which has raised global fears of a surge …

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Exclusive-U.S. CDC to collect data on southern Africa passengers over COVID variant

1 Dec 2021

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials ordered airlines to disclose passenger names and other information about those who have recently been in eight southern African countries and will give it to local and state public health agencies, according to documents seen by Reuters. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told airlines in …

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Sudan’s Hamdok would quit if post-coup deal not implemented – source

1 Dec 2021

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok will quit if a political agreement he signed with the military last week is not implemented or fails to receive backing from political factions, a source close to him said on Wednesday. Hamdok was released from house arrest and restored to his job under the deal reached on …

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Nigeria confirms first Omicron cases in airport arrivals in past week

1 Dec 2021

ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed its first cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in air passenger arrivals, but amended an earlier statement to say the travellers had arrived in Nigeria only over the past week. Initially, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that retrospective sequencing of previously confirmed COVID cases among travellers …

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COVID-19 took toll on AIDS fight, UNAIDS chief says

1 Dec 2021

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – New infections and deaths from HIV/AIDS may increase as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted prevention measures, said UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima in an interview airing on Wednesday at the Reuters Next conference. Byanyima, who is also United Nations under-secretary-general, said that during the first pandemic phase in particular, …

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Nigeria’s Lagos State rejects findings of ‘massacre’ of protesters last year

1 Dec 2021

By Libby George LONDON (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Lagos State rejected findings by a judicial panel that security forces carried out a “massacre” of unarmed protesters last year, maintaining that only one person suffered a gunshot wound, according to a paper issued by the government this week. The judicial panel, which submitted its full report last …

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Nigerian priest saves traditional artefacts from Christian converts

1 Dec 2021

By Seun Sanni ENUGU, Nigeria (Reuters) – A Roman Catholic priest is collecting and saving hundreds of traditional pre-Christian religious artefacts in southeast Nigeria that new converts to Christianity had planned to burn. The collection includes carvings of pagan deities and masks, some of them more than a century old and considered central to the …

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Ethiopia’s PM, on frontline, urges troops to ‘destroy’ enemy

1 Dec 2021

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his foes had been defeated and promised to recapture territory in the region of Amhara from rebellious Tigrayan forces after praising military victories against the Tigrayans in the region of Afar. Footage from the front that aired on state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting on Tuesday showed Abiy wearing …

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Disgraced ex-president Jammeh looms over Gambia election

1 Dec 2021

By Pap Saine and Edward McAllister BANJUL (Reuters) – At a pre-election rally last month, supporters of Gambia’s main opposition coalition cheered the opening of the star attraction – a speech by former President Yahya Jammeh delivered over a crackly phone line from exile 2,000 miles away. “(President) Adama Barrow destroyed everything good I left …

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Sudan security forces fire tear gas at march against military rule

30 Nov 2021

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudanese security forces fired tear gas as tens of thousands of protesters gathered in central Khartoum on Tuesday to oppose military rule following a coup in October. Neighbourhood resistance committees called the protests, demanding full civilian authority, casting aside an agreement last week that reinstated civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and brought the …

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