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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga whose petition to nullify his rival William Ruto’s presidential election victory was thrown out by the Supreme Court, said on Monday that he respected the decision but disagreed. “We respect the opinion of the court although we vehemently disagree with their decision today,” Odinga said on Twitter. …

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By Jihed Abidellaoui KEBILI, Tunisia (Reuters) – In an oasis notorious as the hottest place in Africa, Tunisian farmers say they are fighting a losing battle with drought and disease that is driving many to abandon plantations where they grow some of the world’s finest dates. The date palm orchards at Kebili oasis used to …

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(Reuters) – Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Aug. 9 election of William Ruto as president in a unanimous decision, Chief Justice Martha Koome said, throwing out a petition brought by opposition leader Raila Odinga. (Reporting by George Obulutsa and James Macharia Chege, Editing by William Maclean)

LAGOS (Reuters) – Two people died after a seven storey building under construction collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos in the early hours of Sunday and rescue efforts were underway to find survivors, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said. The building was being constructed next to a hospital in the neighbourhood of Oniru, said the …

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LAGOS (Reuters) – Two people died after a seven storey building under construction collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos in the early hours of Sunday and rescue efforts were underway to find survivors, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said. The building was being constructed next to a hospital in the neighbourhood of Oniru, said the …

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HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s measles outbreak has so far claimed 685 lives, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday, more than four times the cases reported almost a fortnight ago even as a nationwide vaccination program continues. “Zimbabwe had 6,034 confirmed cases, including 4,266 and 685 deaths,” the ministry said in a posting on Twitter, …

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan armed factions fought in the western outskirts of Tripoli late on Friday and early Saturday as forces aligned with Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah’s government further consolidated their control over the capital. Fighting took place in Warshafala, a district west of Tripoli that has been the site of repeated clashes throughout the 11 years …

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