(Corrects to make clear that $250 million, not 750 million rand ($42 million), has been invested in the aircraft’s development, after clarifcation from company) PRETORIA (Reuters) -Private South African defence firm Paramount Aerospace Industries has received orders for nine of its Mwari aircraft – the first military aircraft to be designed and built in the …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Floods in Nigeria have killed at least 300 people this year and the situation could worsen due to heavy rainfall and the effects of excess water from a dam in Cameroon that will affect 14 Nigerian states, the disaster management agency said. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) held an emergency …
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MALABO (Reuters) -Equatorial Guinea has abolished the death penalty, according to a new criminal code signed by veteran President Teodoro Obiang, adding to a growing list of African countries seeking to extinguish a vestige of colonial rule. The West African oil-producing country of 1.4 million people is no stranger to political violence. Campaign groups have …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Crude oil theft in Nigeria, which is blamed for throttling output and exports, is tantamount to treason that should be punished by the stiffest possible penalty, the Speaker of the House of Representatives said on Tuesday. Oil production fell below 1 million barrels per day in August, figures from the regulator show.. …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – The U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa said on Tuesday the United States was aware of Eritrean troops crossing into Ethiopia’s Tigray region and condemned it. “We have been tracking Eritrean troops’ movement across the border … and we condemn it,” Mike Hammer told reporters in a briefing after a …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said troops from neighbouring Eritrea started a full-scale offensive on Tuesday and heavy fighting was taking place in several areas along the border. Two aid workers also reported intense fighting along the border, including shelling into a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of the village of Ziban …
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(Corrects paragraph 15 after surgeon clarified he has not personally treated children for measles and whooping cough) NAIROBI (Reuters) -Deadly diseases such as measles, tetanus and whooping cough are on the rise in Ethiopia’s Tigray region after vaccination rates plunged during the civil war that broke out nearly two years ago, doctors and regional health …
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By Abraham Achirga ABUJA (Reuters) – Hauwa Shakir puts the finishing touches to an elegant lilac and grey dress, grabs her handbag and steps into a grey Toyota Corolla in front of her home in the outskirts of central Abuja. Shakir, 31, is among thousands of Nigerians hailing rides using mobile apps, but her car …
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. A 24-year-old man in Uganda’s central Mubende district showed symptoms and later died. “We want to inform the …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – A record 1.8 tons of cocaine was seized from a warehouse in Lagos with a street value of $278.5 million, Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency spokesman said on Monday. The agency said the drugs, found in a residential estate’s warehouse on Sunday, were destined for buyers in Europe …
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