KAMPALA (Reuters) – Floods in parts of eastern Uganda resulting from torrential rains have killed at least 24 people, the government and Uganda Red Cross said. The flooding in parts of Bugisu, Mbale and Kapchorwa initially killed 10 people on Sunday, the state ministry in charge of relief, disaster preparedness and refugees in the Office …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya has no intention of shutting down Facebook, which is owned by Meta, its ICT minister said on Monday after the national cohesion watchdog gave the platform seven days to comply with rules on hate speech or face suspension. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) on Friday accused Facebook of contravening …
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(Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said his country is interested in joining the BRICS group, telling a TV interviewer that Algeria largely meets the conditions of joining the group. The BRICS group of nations comprises China, Russia, Brazil, India, and South Africa. (Reporting by Moataz Mohamed; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
(Reuters) – Sudan reported its first confirmed Monkeypox case, the country’s health ministry said late on Sunday. A 16-year-old student was confirmed sick with the disease in West Darfur state, the ministry said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. (Reporting by Omar Fahmy; writing by Mahmoud Mourad; Editing by Sandra Maler)
By Ayenat Mersie and Judy Omondi NAIROBI (Reuters) – Liz Njue, a Kenyan psychologist who wanted to stand for a county assembly seat, had just arrived to vote in her party primary when opponents attacked her, pulling her hair and tearing her blouse. She fled without casting her ballot and lost the race. Njue is …
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By Gayatri Suroyo and Rachel Savage JAKARTA/LONDON (Reuters) -Zambia’s creditors pledged to negotiate a restructuring of the country’s debts on Saturday, a move IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva welcomed as “clearing the way” for a $1.4 billion Fund programme. The creditor committee, co-chaired by China and France, said in a statement released by G20 chair …
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(Reuters) – Tunisia’s foreign ministry has summoned the United States’ acting chargé d’affaires after a statement issued by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the political path in Tunisia, it said in a statement on Friday. The ministry also described remarks delivered by the United States’ ambassador in Tunisia before the congress about Tunisia …
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -At least four people were shot dead and several wounded during a second day of anti-government protests in Guinea’s capital Conakry on Friday, an opposition coalition said. The protests were spurred by fears that Guinea’s ruling junta, which took power in a coup last September, is not moving quickly enough …
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By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Cyril Ramaphosa scolded his ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Friday for losing the trust of South Africans, saying the party was weaker than at any time since it ended white minority rule in 1994. In a sombre address to an ANC national policy conference in Johannesburg, Ramaphosa …
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By Dominic Evans LONDON (Reuters) -Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood will not launch a new struggle for power with authorities which toppled it from government nine years ago, even though the movement still claims wide support, its acting leader said. The once formidable Islamist movement won Egypt’s first free presidential election in 2012, but was overthrown …
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