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LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s police has deployed additional manpower around Abuja to bolster security of “critical national assets and vulnerable facilities,” its spokesperson said on Tuesday, days after local reports of an attack at a checkpoint near the capital. Africa’s most populous nation faces growing insecurity from an Islamist insurgency in the northeast, kidnappings for …

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KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo’s government will re-evaluate the withdrawal plan of the United Nations peacekeeping mission after deadly anti-U.N. protests last week, it said late on Monday, suggesting it may ask the force to leave sooner than expected. The U.N. peacekeeping mission, known as MONUSCO, said on Tuesday that it supports the government’s …

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LENGUSAKA, Kenya (Reuters) – In Kenya’s northern Samburu County, severe drought has forced herders to migrate hundreds of kilometres in search of pasture and water, meaning some may have to skip voting in elections set for Aug. 9. People are more focused on trying to save their animals and livelihoods than on casting their ballots. …

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeded Osama bin Laden as al Qaeda leader after years as its main organiser and strategist, but his lack of charisma and competition from rival militants Islamic State hobbled his ability to inspire sizeable attacks on the West. Zawahiri, 71, was killed in a U.S. drone strike, U.S. President Joe …

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By Bhargav Acharya (Reuters) -South Africa has seen an increase in the number of rhinos illegally killed for their horns in the first half of 2022, as poachers shifted to hunting in private parks, the country’s environment ministry said on Monday. Ten more rhinos were poached countrywide than in the first half of last year, …

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DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s opposition coalition said on Monday it had won legislative elections, contradicting a statement made by President Macky Sall’s ruling coalition which had claimed victory on Sunday. Complete official results from the electoral commission have not been published yet. (Reporting by Diadie Ba; Writing by Estelle Shirbon)