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Militants attack Mali’s main military base, situation ‘under control’

22 Jul 2022 22 Jul 2022

By Fadimata Kontao KATI, Mali (Reuters) -Islamist militants struck Mali’s main military base, just outside the capital Bamako, on Friday in a complex attack involving car bombs, but the armed forces said they had repelled the assault and had the situation under control. Militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State have repeatedly raided bases …

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Kenya’s first female professional gamer fights to define herself on her terms

22 Jul 2022 22 Jul 2022

By Jefferson Kahinju NAIROBI (Reuters) – As the first Kenyan to be signed by top e-sports companies XiT Woundz and UYU, Sylvia Gathoni is used to vanquishing opponents with a combination of frenzied kicks and punches in the male-dominated video game tournament circuit. But the 24-year-old law graduate, now one of the first e-sports athletes …

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Kenya police arrest three election commission contractors

22 Jul 2022 22 Jul 2022

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Police in Kenya arrested three contractors working for the electoral commission when they landed at the country’s main airport in Nairobi, the commission said in a statement. The arrests could add to tensions in the run-up to the Aug. 9 general election, as previous votes have been marred by allegations of fraud. …

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Algeria arrests former Tunisian intelligence chief, hands him over to Tunisia

22 Jul 2022 22 Jul 2022

TUNIS (Reuters) – Algeria arrested former Tunisian intelligence chief Lazhar Longo and handed him over to Tunisia after he turned up in the neighbouring country, a Tunisian security official told Reuters on Thursday. Longo, who also served as a Tunisian security attaché in Paris, was sacked and placed under house arrest last year after President …

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Somalia’s al Shabaab group makes rare attack near Ethiopia border

22 Jul 2022 22 Jul 2022

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Militants from Somali Islamist group al Shabaab attacked two villages near the border with Ethiopia, killing 17 people including three civilians and Ethiopian police officers inside Somali territory while 63 of its fighters were killed, an Ethiopian security commander at the scene said. The rare border-area attack occurred on Wednesday when fighters …

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Cape Town hospital uses robot at forefront of surgery in Africa

21 Jul 2022 21 Jul 2022

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – A surgical team led by Dr Tim Forgan uses the da Vinci Xi robot to assist in removing a cancerous rectal tumour from a female patient at Tygerberg public hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. The robot, which has four ‘arms’ and is controlled in real time by Forgan via an …

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Pandemic, war and ‘crazy’ prices threaten South African pivot from coal

21 Jul 2022 21 Jul 2022

By Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa, where daily blackouts are a fact of life, knows better than most that it cannot rely on coal power. But just when its plans to shift to renewable energy to help drive Africa’s most industrialised economy were gaining momentum, rising costs linked to the pandemic and the …

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Kenya presidential hopeful Ruto promises to publish contracts with China

20 Jul 2022 20 Jul 2022

By Katharine Houreld and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s deputy president and presidential aspirant William Ruto said he will publish government contracts with China and deport Chinese nationals working illegally if he is elected on August 9, promises likely to resonate with citizens pummeled by mounting debt and the skyrocketing cost of living. Kenya, whose …

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Mali junta expels U.N. peacekeeping mission spokesman over tweets

20 Jul 2022 20 Jul 2022

BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali’s military government on Wednesday ordered the spokesman of the U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA to leave the country within 72 hours over tweets about a diplomatic incident with Ivory Coast that has soured relations with the United Nations. Military leaders who seized power in an August 2020 coup have sparred with regional neighbours …

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Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support

20 Jul 2022 20 Jul 2022

LONDON (Reuters) – Nine months after the world’s first malaria vaccine was recommended for use, international vaccine alliance Gavi invited countries to apply for financial support to roll out the jab, particularly targeting young children in Africa. The World Health Organization endorsed GSK Plc’s four-dose Mosquirix shot in October last year, saying it could save …

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