TAKABA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan pastoralists are losing their herds as the Horn of Africa’s worst drought in 40 years leaves pasture desiccated and cows with nothing to eat. In Mandera County in northeastern Kenya, which borders Somalia and Ethiopia, herder Ali Hacho Ali, 56, said all but five of his herd of 70 cows …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Allied Ethiopian and Eritrean government troops attacked Tigrayan forces on Thursday inside the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, a Tigrayan military spokesperson said, as the latest flare-up in the conflict entered its second week. The Ethiopian government blamed the rebellious forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) for the renewed violence, saying …
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EAST LONDON, South Africa (Reuters) -Twenty one young people who died in a tavern tragedy in June were suffocated, five parents said on Thursday, relaying to reporters what health department officials told them was the conclusion of an official probe. The youths — the youngest of whom was a 13-year-old girl — died in June …
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By Bhargav Acharya (Reuters) – Africa-focused e-commerce firm Jumia Technologies has partnered with drone-delivery startup Zipline to deliver household items to remote areas of Ghana, the companies said on Thursday. The venture will combine San Francisco-based Zipline’s automated, on-demand delivery system with Jumia’s distribution network to enable customers from remote and rural areas to order …
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By Sofia Christensen DAKAR (Reuters) -At least 50 civilians were killed during a military operation conducted by Mali’s army and “foreign troops” on April 19, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday. The U.N. has repeatedly accused Malian soldiers of summarily executing civilians and suspected militants over the course of their decade-long fight …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A Sudanese demonstrator was killed on Wednesday, medics said, as protesters marched towards the capital’s airport in the latest round of anti-military unrest that entered its tenth month. The protester, whom the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said died after being hit in the head with a tear gas canister and run …
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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – An American nun, Suellen Tennyson, who was kidnapped by armed men in northern Burkina Faso in April has been freed, said Theophile Nare, the bishop of the local diocese of Kaya on Wednesday. (Reporting by Thiam Ndiaga; Writing by Nellie Peyton; Editing by Estelle Shirbon)
By Gloria Dickie ABERGWYNGREGYN, Wales (Reuters) – Plant scientist Felicity Hayes checks on her crops inside one of eight tiny domed greenhouses set against the Welsh hills. The potted pigeon pea and papaya planted in spring are leafy and green, soon to bear fruit. In a neighbouring greenhouse, those same plants look sickly and stunted. …
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By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 14 civilians and kidnapped more than a dozen others in an attack in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, a witness and a local human rights group said on Wednesday. An army spokesman confirmed the attack, which …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Fighting in Ethiopia’s nearly two-year Tigray war has erupted along a new front near Sudan, the government said on Wednesday, after a ceasefire collapsed a week ago. Medics also reported fresh air strikes on Mekelle, capital of northern Tigray region, where local forces have battled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s national army in a …
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