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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -More than 500,000 Somali children under five are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition and risk death from famine this year, a number unseen in any country this century, the U.N. children’s agency said on Tuesday. “We’ve got more than half a million children facing preventable death. It’s a pending …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Africa is losing 5% to 15% of its per capita economic growth due the effects of climate change and is facing a gaping climate finance shortfall, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). Africa has been hit disproportionately hard by the fallout from climate change, which has aggravated droughts, flooding and cyclones …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – William Ruto was sworn as Kenya’s fifth president on Tuesday, taking the helm a week after the country’s top court threw out petitions challenging his victory. Ruto replaces Uhuru Kenyatta, whom he served as deputy since 2013, and will have to tackle a surge in food and fuel prices, high unemployment and …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African state utility Eskom said on Tuesday that it would increase scheduled power cuts to “Stage 4” after three units at its Kendal coal-fired power station tripped. “A sudden tripping of three Kendal Power Station units has forced the implementation of Stage 4 load-shedding starting at 10:00 this morning. This will …

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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s military leader Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba has taken over the defence portfolio in the West African nation struggling with an ongoing Islamist insurgency, a statement read on national television on Monday evening said. The statement did not give reasons for the cabinet reshuffle. Damiba seized power in January citing the previous …

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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The White House said on Monday that it “welcomes” a statement by forces in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region that they would accept an African Union-led peace process. “It’s high time for both sides to stop fighting and turn to dialogue to resolve their differences,” said White House spokesperson Karine …

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