By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto, who was sworn into office on Tuesday, is taking power at a time when the country has the largest number of elected female representatives in history – and they want him to keep his promise of getting more women into politics. “A significant dividend of …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday reserved judgment after separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu sought to have charges of terrorism and broadcasting falsehoods against him dropped, his lawyers said. Kanu, a British citizen, is in jail awaiting trial and denies the charges against him. His lawyers told the court that the charges lacked …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – A top Egyptian court has upheld a decision to expel an academic from her university job after she published a video of herself belly dancing, according to court ruling seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Mona Prince, who was an English language lecturer at the state-run Suez University, posted a video in 2017 …
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BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia on Tuesday ordered importers and shops to suspend sales of all brands of paracetamol syrup while the government investigates a suspected link between the medicine and the deaths of dozens of young children. Last Thursday, the head of the West African country’s health service said it had launched the probe after …
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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A fuel tank exploded in a massive blast in the southern Libyan city of Sebha late on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, the health ministry said in a statement. The fire caused by the explosion was brought under control, witnesses said. The blast comes weeks after a fuel tanker blast in another …
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A second air strike hit the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Wednesday killing six people, a hospital official said. Five bodies were taken to Mekelle hospital, while another was taken to Ayder hospital alongside 10 wounded people, said Fasika Amdeslasie, a surgeon at Ayder, following what he described as a …
By George Obulutsa and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) -William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president on Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by his defeated opponent in a close-fought election he won by portraying himself as an underdog “hustler” battling the elite. Deputy president for the last decade, Ruto …
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By George Obulutsa and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) -William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president on Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by his defeated opponent in a close-fought election he won by portraying himself as an underdog “hustler” battling the elite. Deputy president for the last decade, Ruto …
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By Angela Ukomadu LAGOS (Reuters) – Romco Metals, which recycles scrap aluminium in Nigeria and Ghana, is planning to expand output by more than five times to 100,000 tonnes a year, its CEO said, and is working on a project to create green hydrogen to power its furnaces. Romco, a UK-based non-ferrous metals recycling firm, …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – The number of Tunisian migrants landing on Italian shores jumped 23 percent to 13,500 in the first eight months of 2022 from the same period last year, a rights group said on Tuesday, adding Tunisia’s political and economic crisis lay behind the exodus. Videos posted on social media showed …
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