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Five Congolese police officers killed in protest over eastern jailbreak

12 Aug 2022 12 Aug 2022

By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BUTEMBO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Five Congolese police officers were killed in the eastern city of Butembo on Friday and security vehicles were burned, local authorities said, as public frustration mounted after suspected Islamists freed more than 800 inmates from the central prison. Protests broke out in western parts …

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Ethiopia completes third phase of filling giant Nile dam

12 Aug 2022 12 Aug 2022

By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has completed the third phase of filling the reservoir for its huge dam on the Blue Nile river, the government said on Friday, a process that continues to irk the country’s downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. Addis Ababa says the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a $4 …

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Germany suspends part of Mali military mission over flight spat

12 Aug 2022 12 Aug 2022

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany suspended its military reconnaissance mission in Mali after local authorities again withheld a flight clearance, a spokesperson for the defence ministry in Berlin said on Friday. Berlin has deployed some 1,000 troops to Mali, most of them near the northern town of Gao where their main task is to gather reconnaissance …

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Senegal ruling party gains majority of one in parliament

12 Aug 2022 12 Aug 2022

By Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal’s ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition has gained a majority of one in parliament, after an opposition lawmaker said late on Thursday he would ally with BBY to prevent a deadlock after the July 31 legislative election. Final results on Thursday confirmed President Macky Sall’s BBY won 82 out …

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At least five people killed, 100 hurt in Somaliland protests

12 Aug 2022 12 Aug 2022

By Abdi Sheikh and Daud Yussuf MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least five people were killed and 100 injured in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region when security forces clashed with protesters demanding presidential elections be held in November, a regional leader said late on Thursday. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but has not gained widespread …

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Egypt to ration electricity to boost gas exports

12 Aug 2022 12 Aug 2022

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s cabinet has approved a plan to ration electricity to save natural gas that it will instead divert to the export market to generate foreign currency, it said on Thursday. Egypt has suffered from an acute foreign currency shortage since Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine, which pushed up global commodity prices, led …

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Kenyans anxious for news on next president, two days after tight vote

11 Aug 2022 11 Aug 2022

By George Obulutsa and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI/ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) -Kenyans crowded round radios and televisions on Thursday, increasingly anxious for news of who their next president might be, two days after voting in an election ended. The East African country’s election commission (IEBC) has neither released a running tally of results nor said when it …

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Nigerian president withholds approval of Exxon Mobil’s asset sale

11 Aug 2022 11 Aug 2022

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld his initial approval of Exxon Mobil’s sale of local offshore shallow water assets to Seplat, his spokesman said on Thursday, after the oil regulator refused to give its consent. Buhari on Monday consented to the $1.28 billion transaction, only for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission …

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Freetown in shock after dozens killed in Sierra Leone protests

11 Aug 2022 11 Aug 2022

By Umaru Fofana and Cooper Inveen FREETOWN (Reuters) -Dozens died in anti-government protests in Sierra Leone, police and other sources said on Thursday, sharply raising the death toll from the previous day’s clashes as shocked citizens stayed mostly behind closed doors in the capital Freetown. Six police officers and at least 21 civilians were killed, …

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Africa getting just 12% of financing needed to adapt to climate change -report

11 Aug 2022 11 Aug 2022

By Rachel Savage LONDON (Reuters) – Africa is getting just 12% of the finance it needs to manage the impact of climate change, a report on Thursday said, raising pressure on rich nations to do more in the run up to global climate talks in November. Around $250 billion is needed annually to help African …

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