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ABUJA (Reuters) – Insecurity in northern Nigeria has caused a serious drop in the country’s food production, its agricultural minister said on Thursday. Africa’s most populous nation recorded food inflation of 20.6% in June, while aid agencies have warned that West Africa is facing its worst food crisis on record driven by conflict, drought and …

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ABUJA (Reuters) – Insecurity in northern Nigeria has caused a serious drop in the country’s food production, its agricultural minister said on Thursday. Africa’s most populous nation recorded food inflation of 20.6% in June, while aid agencies have warned that West Africa is facing its worst food crisis on record driven by conflict, drought and …

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HARARE (Reuters) – Prize-winning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga will face trial next week for staging an anti-government protest in 2020, a court ruled on Thursday. Dangarembga was charged with breaking COVID-19 lockdown measures to hold an illegal gathering, after she staged https://reut.rs/3Q6ayf2 a protest criticising the government’s efforts to deal with corruption and …

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ABUJA (Reuters) – Insecurity in northern Nigeria has caused a serious drop in the country’s food production, its agricultural minister said on Thursday. Africa’s most populous nation recorded food inflation of 20.6% in June, while aid agencies have warned that West Africa is facing its worst food crisis on record driven by conflict, drought and …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Monkeypox outbreaks in Africa are not concentrated among gay men, unlike in other parts of the world, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa CDC said on Thursday. Outbreaks of the viral disease have been reported from 78 countries, mostly in Europe, and 98% of cases outside the countries …

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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – When Susan Mujawa Ananda heard a deaf man had been shot and wounded in Uganda for breaking a curfew during the pandemic his family said he knew nothing about, she resolved to set up an online television channel for deaf people. “The reason why he was shot … is …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya holds a presidential election on Aug. 9 with opinion polls predicting a tight race between veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga and serving Deputy President William Ruto. Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta, constitutionally barred from seeking a third five-year term, has publicly criticised his deputy and endorsed Odinga. Kenyatta’s Kikuyu ethnic group, the …

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By Ayenat Mersie and Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) – East Africa’s economic powerhouse will hold elections on Aug. 9 to select a new president, parliament, county governors and assemblies. President Uhuru Kenyatta will be stepping down after serving his constitutionally allowed 10 years. Many voters want change, frustrated by corruption and skyrocketing prices. But both …

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