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U.S. will not dictate Africa’s choices, Blinken says

8 Aug 2022 8 Aug 2022

By David Brunnstrom and Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The United States will not dictate Africa’s choices, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, despite having sought support from the continent’s 54 countries in efforts to isolate Russia over its Ukraine invasion. Blinken was presenting a new strategy document for sub-Saharan Africa at the University of Pretoria in South Africa’s …

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Chad signs peace pact with rebels, but main insurgents stay out

8 Aug 2022 8 Aug 2022

By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) -More than 30 rebel and opposition factions signed a peace pact with Chad’s transitional authorities on Monday, agreeing to join broader talks after years of turmoil – though the most powerful insurgent group refused to take part. Delegates meeting in Doha broke into applause after the rebels agreed to cease …

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Ghana ‘disappointed’ by S&P rating downgrade, promises turnaround

8 Aug 2022 8 Aug 2022

ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s finance ministry expressed disappointment on Monday at Standard and Poor’s downgrading the West African nation’s sovereign credit rating, but said it was determined to quickly emerge from its economic rut. The ratings agency on Friday lowered Ghana’s local and foreign currency credit ratings to CCC+/C from B-/B, pointing to the government’s …

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Blinken says expects Kenyan elections to progress peacefully

8 Aug 2022 8 Aug 2022

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that everyone was watching to see Kenya’s elections due on Tuesday to progress peacefully, freely and fairly, during his visit to South Africa. (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru, Alexander Winning and Tim Cocks in Johannesburg; Editing by James Macharia Chege)

Algeria retrieves bodies of seven African migrants after boat capsizes -Ennahar TV

8 Aug 2022 8 Aug 2022

CAIRO (Reuters) – Algerian authorities have retrieved the bodies of seven African migrants whose boat capsized offshore, Ennahar TV reported on Monday. It said six more migrants had been transferred to hospital for treatment. (Reporting by Yasmin Hussein)

London’s Horniman Museum to return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

8 Aug 2022 8 Aug 2022

LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Horniman Museum said on Sunday it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 to the Nigerian government. Created from brass and bronze in the once mighty Kingdom of Benin in what is now southwestern Nigeria from at …

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Explainer: What is at stake for investors in Kenya’s elections?

8 Aug 2022 8 Aug 2022

By Duncan Miriri and Karin Strohecker NAIROBI (Reuters) – Millions of Kenyans will head to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new president in a fiercely contested election that pitches veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga against Deputy President William Ruto. President Uhuru Kenyatta is not running due to term limits but is backing Odinga. …

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Suspected Islamists kill 20 in east Congo village attacks

7 Aug 2022 7 Aug 2022

By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants killed around 20 people in attacks on two villages in eastern Congo over the weekend, the army and a local human rights group said on Sunday. Fighters believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed residents and burned down …

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Flooding kills at least one in Senegal’s capital

7 Aug 2022 7 Aug 2022

DAKAR (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and one severely wounded after torrential rain caused intense flooding in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, on Friday, a police officer said. Unusually heavy downpours hit the city for the second time in less than a month, sending brown, knee-deep water gushing down streets and grid-locking traffic. Videos …

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Ivory Coast president pardons predecessor Gbagbo to boost “social cohesion”

7 Aug 2022 7 Aug 2022

By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Saturday said he had offered a presidential pardon to longtime rival Laurent Gbagbo, as part of a reconciliation drive with his predecessors ahead of elections in 2025. Gbagbo, president from 2000-2011, returned to Ivory Coast last year after being acquitted in 2019 by …

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