By Nyasha Chingono DOMBOSHAVA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Mitchell Chivare, a 20-year-old who used to play for Zimbabwe’s national junior cricket team, takes her kit off the washing line in preparation for her comeback match as a blistering sun beats down on her back yard. She lives in Domboshava, a town just north of the capital …
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By Catarina Demony and Miguel Gomes LUANDA (Reuters) -Provisional results on Thursday from ballot counting in Angola’s election indicate the ruling party MPLA, in power for nearly five decades, holds a strong lead over the main opposition UNITA, which said the initial outcome was not reliable. With 33% of the votes counted, the National Electoral …
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By Catarina Demony and Miguel Gomes LUANDA (Reuters) -Provisional results on Thursday from ballot counting in Angola’s election indicate the ruling party MPLA, in power for nearly five decades, holds a strong lead over the main opposition UNITA, which said the initial outcome was not reliable. With 33% of the votes counted, the National Electoral …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Fighting between forces from Ethiopia’s rebellious northern region of Tigray and central government forces has erupted around the town of Kobo, residents and both sides said on Wednesday, ending a months-long ceasefire. The fighting is a major blow to hopes for peace talks between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and the Tigray People’s …
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By Farah Saafan and Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO (Reuters) – A series of violent crimes against women in Egypt has drawn attention to gaps in legal and social protections that leave female citizens vulnerable to attacks and harassment, victims and activists say. The highest profile case was the murder in late June of 21-year-old student …
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By Lamine Chikhi and Michel Rose ALGIERS/PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron hopes his three-day trip to Algeria from Thursday will end a diplomatic row and allow him to develop his relationship with young Algerians, but the North African country’s leaders may prove hard to win over. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune wants solid investment commitments …
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AL MANAGIL, Sudan (Reuters) -After annual rains that have left dozens dead in Sudan, thousands of people in the farming town of Al Managil and surrounding villages have lost homes and property in what they say is the worst flooding in a decade. “We’ve lost everything,” said 29-year-old Butheyna Alhadi, speaking to Reuters amid the …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – A nearly two-year-long war in northern Ethiopia has killed thousands of civilians, left millions of people needing food aid and displaced millions more. Here are some of the main events in the conflict. Nov. 4, 2020 – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sends troops into the northern region of Tigray, accusing its …
By Shafiek Tassiem and Wendell Roelf PRETORIA/CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Hundreds of South Africans protested in Pretoria and Cape Town on Wednesday against inflation that has soared to a 13-year high, in an action led by trade union group COSATU, a long-time ally of the ruling African National Congress. Labour unrest often affects sectors such …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -An Ebola vaccination campaign will start in the Congolose city of Beni on Thursday after a new case of the virus was confirmed this week, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. More than 200 vaccine doses have been arrived in Beni, in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, it said. The …
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