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By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia was ready to sell advanced weapons to allies globally and cooperate in developing military technology, nearly six months into the Ukraine war in which his army has performed worse than expected. With its forces beaten back from Ukraine’s two biggest cities and …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States imposed sanctions on three Liberian government officials, including President George Weah’s chief of staff, for what it says is their ongoing involvement in public corruption, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday. The sanctions target Weah’s Chief of Staff Nathaniel McGill, Liberia’s Chief Prosecutor Sayma Syrenius Cephus and Bill Twehway, …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Deputy President William Ruto has won Kenya’s presidential vote, the election commission said on Monday, declaring him the new leader of the region’s richest and most stable nation. (Reporting by Duncan Miriri; Writing by James Macharia Chege; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The planned announcement of the Kenyan presidential election results descended into chaotic scenes on Monday after the deputy chairperson of the election commission and three other commissioners disowned the presidential election results. “We are not able to take ownership of the results that will be announced,” Juliana Cherera, the deputy chairperson of …

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PARIS (Reuters) -France said on Monday that all of its troops battling Islamist militants in Mali since 2013 have now left the country after a decision in February to withdraw over the deterioration of relations between Paris and Bamako. “Today at 13:00 (Paris time), the last military unit of the Barkhane force present on Malian …

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By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Housed in a detention centre in southern England, Aladeen says he risked his life to travel thousands of miles from his homeland of Syria to escape being forced to fight in the military of President Bashar al-Assad. Now the 21-year-old is battling to stay in Britain …

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HARARE (Reuters) – A measles outbreak has killed 80 children in Zimbabwe since April, the ministry of health has said, blaming church sect gatherings for the surge. In a statement seen by Reuters on Sunday, the ministry said the outbreak had now spread nationwide, with a case fatality rate of 6.9%. Health Secretary Jasper Chimedza …

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By Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Sayed Sheasha CAIRO (Reuters) -An electrical fire swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass on Sunday, causing a stampede and killing at least 41 people, most of them children and many suffering from smoke inhalation. The blaze started just before 9 a.m. in the Abu Sifin church in …

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By Duncan Miriri and Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has edged ahead in a tight presidential race, according to official results reported by Kenyan media on Sunday, as more riot police were deployed inside the national election tallying centre after scuffles and accusations by party agents. The fracas underscored fraying tempers …

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