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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s ethnic cohesion watchdog has given Meta’s Facebook seven days to comply with regulations after a report of violations on the social media platform in relation to next month’s election. Advocacy group Global Witness said in a report published on Thursday that Facebook had accepted and carried more than a dozen political advertisements …

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By Sisipho Skweyiya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African musical export Amapiano has crossed borders and cultural barriers, reaching as far as Japan. To top female artists Kamo Mphela and DBN Gogo, who helped put the dance music genre on the map, it is about inclusivity. Mphela, 22, from Johannesburg’s Soweto township, took a leap of …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday called on national and local authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to ensure the protection of U.N. personnel and sites after U.N. peace keepers were killed during protests earlier this week. At least 12 civilians were killed on Tuesday in protests against the mission in eastern …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court has ordered vice presidential nominee Rigathi Gachagua to repay 202 million shillings ($1.7 million) which it determined were the proceeds of corruption, local media reported on Thursday. High Court Judge Esther Maina ruled the money came from government agencies but there was no evidence that Gachagua had supplied any …

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By Benoit Nyemba and Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) -Licensing rights for 30 oil and gas blocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo went up for auction on Thursday, opening parts of the world’s second-biggest rainforest to drilling that could release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, jeopardising climate goals to tame global warming. President …

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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s economic output has more than doubled during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 10 years in office, but a debt binge that fuelled growth and investment could cramp his successor’s ability to tackle growing hunger and soaring prices. Some 22 million voters will pick a new president, lawmakers and county officials …

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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian opposition Senators pushed for President Muhammadu Buhari to face impeachment, 10-months before the end of his second term in office, over the country’s spreading security problems, the Senate minority leader said on Wednesday. Nigerians go to the polls in February 2023 to elect a new president in a …

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By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s main opposition coalition is vying to gain clout in legislative polls on Sunday that will set the scene for a presidential election in 2024 that could see President Macky Sall run for a controversial third term. Tensions have run high in the politically stable West African country since …

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BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Four people protesting against a United Nations peacekeeping mission were electrocuted on Wednesday in the Congolese city of Uvira when troops fired shots which hit an electric cable that fell on them, the mission and a local official said. At least 12 civilians were killed on Tuesday in protests …

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