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By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) – Baye Dame Ndiaye expertly sifts through pungent heaps of rubbish dumped at the landfill where he grew up outside the Senegalese capital Dakar, setting plastic aside for recycling companies and bits of cardboard to feed his sheep. Hundreds of informal recyclers gather each day as the sun rises over …

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TUNIS (Reuters) – President Kais Saied has gathered nearly all state power in his hands after dismantling much of Tunisia’s young democracy over 11 turbulent months. But as he prepares for a referendum to approve his changes, challenges loom ever larger. A former law professor with a stiff public manner, Saied is rewriting the constitution …

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By Sofia Christensen and Estelle Shirbon DAKAR (Reuters) -The World Health Organization is procuring thousands of monkeypox tests for Africa and working to ensure the continent has fair access to vaccines should the need arise, WHO Africa Director Matshidiso Moeti said on Thursday. Monkeypox, a viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms and skin lesions, is …

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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called for the immediate deployment of a new regional military force to try to stop rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC), which Congo joined this year, agreed in April to set up a joint force …

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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – A food security crisis stoked by the Ukraine war is set to push more people to flee their homes in poorer countries, driving record levels of global displacement even higher, the head of the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said. A report by the U.N. body showed on Thursday that …

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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – A Uganda veteran opposition figure and long time opponent of aging leader Yoweri Museveni was remanded to prison on Wednesday after he was charged with offences for leading protests against soaring consumer prices. Kizza Besigye, 66, was detained on Tuesday as he led a protest against in downtown Kampala, …

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By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s president nominated on Wednesday Hamza Abdi Barre, a former chairman of the Jubbaland state election commission, as prime minister. “I ask the parliament to approve him as soon as possible. I ask the prime minister to fulfill the work before him like tackling insecurity, drought, climate change and …

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