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BARCELONA (Reuters) – A Spanish judge has ruled the death of Angola’s former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in Barcelona in July was from natural causes, discarding foul play, and allowed the release and repatriation of his body, the court said on Wednesday. The Carmen Varela and Molins law firms representing dos Santos’ daughter Tchizé …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has suggested that racism is behind a lack of international attention being paid to the plight of civilians in Ethiopia’s war-shattered Tigray region. Calling it the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, with 6 million people unable to access basic services, Tedros questioned in …

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By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s president-elect William Ruto said on Wednesday there was no time to waste in tackling an economic crisis, as defeated rival Raila Odinga prepared a legal challenge to overturn his loss in Aug. 9’s election. Ruto was declared president-elect on Monday by Kenya’s election commission chairman after a closely fought race to …

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By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s president-elect William Ruto said on Wednesday there was no time to waste in tackling an economic crisis, as defeated rival Raila Odinga prepared a legal challenge to overturn his loss in Aug. 9’s election. Ruto was declared president-elect on Monday by Kenya’s election commission chairman after a closely fought race to …

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LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian court on Wednesday ruled that Islamic religious law does not violate the constitution, dismissing a test-case challenge from a singer who was sentenced to death two years ago on the charge of blasphemy. But in a majority decision, the court in northern Kano state also upheld a lower court’s call …

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By Angela Ukomadu LAGOS (Reuters) – Renee Chuks, a trained chef, started experimenting with making pasta from cassava in her Lagos kitchen during a national lockdown in Nigeria in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. She uses locally grown crops like cassava and plantain to produce hand-made pasta infused with herbs, which she now sells via …

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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s new constitution giving the president far greater powers is to come into effect after the official electoral commission announced final results on Tuesday for last month’s referendum. The 96% yes vote in the referendum, with 31% of the electorate taking part, was largely unchanged from the preliminary results announced last month. …

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HARARE (Reuters) – A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed 157 children with the death toll nearly doubling in just under a week, the information minister said on Tuesday. The government last week blamed apostolic church sects for the surge in infections, saying measles was largely prevalent among those who had not received vaccinations. The …

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