NAIROBI (Reuters) – For 19-year-old Burundian Adelphine Nimfasha, regularly carrying more than twice her own weight in rice on her father’s bicycle proved to be excellent – albeit unusual – preparation for becoming a professional cyclist. On Sunday, Nimfasha came sixth in Africa’s first international women’s cycling competition after a fall cost her the lead …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – One of the highest profile Sudanese politicians detained during an Oct. 25 military coup has been freed a month after he was arrested, the man, Mohamed al-Faki, said on Monday. Western powers had condemned last month’s takeover and suspended economic assistance to Sudan, which has been trying to recover from a deep …
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(Corrects figure in second paragraph to 200 million not 200) By Edward McAllister and Tom Daly DAKAR/BEIJING (Reuters) -China will deliver another 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa and encourage Chinese companies to invest no less than $10 billion in the continent over the next three years, President Xi Jinping said on Monday. …
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By Hereward Holland and Elias Biryabarema KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo’s government on Monday denied agreeing to joint operations with Uganda’s army to track down Islamist rebels accused of suicide bombings in Kampala, insisting the two countries were only sharing intelligence. Islamic State said their local affiliate, known as the Allied Democratic Forces https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/who-are-islamic-states-affiliates-central-africa-2021-11-16 …
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(Reuters) – Nigeria’s Seplat Energy along with a partner is in talks to buy ExxonMobil’s shallow-water oilfields in the African nation, the company said on Monday, cautioning there was no certainty about the outcome. In recent years, Exxon has been exiting investments worth billions of dollars in oil and gas fields in Europe, Asia and …
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