LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian police are to tighten security at schools and hospitals and conduct stop and search operations in a bid to stamp out increasing gang attacks, they said on Sunday, at the same time as being urged to be “professional and humane”. Attacks by Islamist militants and armed gangs are some of the …
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By Andrea Shalal YUZHNE, Ukraine (Reuters) -The United Nations-chartered ship Brave Commander will depart Ukraine for Africa in coming days after it finishes loading more than 23,000 metric tonnes of wheat in the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, a U.N. official said. The ship, which arrived in the port near Odesa, will sail to Ethiopia via …
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By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) – Deputy President William Ruto’s party has won the governorship of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, the election commission announced on Sunday, handing Ruto’s party control of East Africa’s wealthiest city. Johnson Sakaja, a former senator for Nairobi, won the race in Tuesday’s election, announced Nairobi county returning officer Albert Gogo. (Reporting …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Troop rotations by the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali will resume on Monday, a mission spokesperson said on Saturday, one month after Malian authorities suspended them and accused foreign soldiers of entering the country without permission. Mali’s ruling junta suspended troop rotations for the nearly 12,000-strong mission on July 14 after arresting …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali Prime Minister Choguel Maiga has been ordered by his doctor to rest after months of intense exertion, his office said on Saturday, while an adviser denied media reports that he had been hospitalised after suffering a stroke. “After 14 months of working without a break, the prime minister, head of government, …
By Duncan Miriri and George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga led Kenya’s presidential race, official election results showed on Saturday, pushing Deputy President William Ruto into second place. With just over 26% of votes counted, Odinga had 54% and Ruto had 45%, according to results provided by the Kenyan election commission and …
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By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, said on Friday that this week’s anti-government protests, which led to the deaths of six police officers and at least 21 civilians, were an attempt to overthrow the government. On Wednesday, police officers used tear gas and in some cases guns to disperse …
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By Katharine Houreld and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -Without providing any proof, the secretary-general of Kenya’s governing party has said there was election rigging, fuelling public anxiety on Friday as media outlets significantly slowed down their unofficial tallies from Tuesday’s tight vote. Only the electoral commission is authorised to declare a winner, but the tallies …
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By Ayenat Mersie ELDORET (Reuters) – At an intersection in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret, two groups of men stand on opposite street corners, gathered around newspaper stands, and whooping and gesturing at results so far from Tuesday’s election. In the presidential vote, both groups have something to cheer – even though those on …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Mali’s Finance Ministry said on Friday the West African nation had honoured all its missed debt payments since the lifting of economic and financial sanctions in early July. Mali missed more than $300 million in bond payments after West African leaders cut the country off from the region’s financial markets and the …
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