(Refiling to fix spelling of architect in first paragraph) By Thiam Ndiaga and Anne Mimault GANDO, Burkina Faso (Reuters) -Architect Diebedo Francis Kere, recognised globally for his innovative, sustainable designs, was feted as a hero in Burkina Faso over the weekend, on his first hometown visit after getting the profession’s top award. From a car …
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By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Militiamen killed 12 people in a night raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the shore of Lake Albert, a local human rights group said on Tuesday. The group and an army spokesman blamed the attack on CODECO, one of …
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s political crisis deepened on Monday as President Kais Saied ordered judges’ salaries cut to take account of strike days after they began a week-long work stoppage in protest at his move to dismiss dozens of them. Saied, who has progressively sought to tighten his grip on power, last …
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By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s economy is forecast to grow 5.5% this year from 7.5% in 2021, with the slowdown linked to the knock-on effects of the war in Ukraine, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The bank forecast in an economic update on Kenya that gross domestic product (GDP) growth would average …
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By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly a quarter of a million people are facing starvation in Somalia as a drought worsens and global food prices hover near record highs, United Nations agencies said on Monday. The agencies said a fourth consecutive rainy season had failed in the Horn of Africa country and meteorologists were …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s newest lender Titan Trust Bank has raised $300 million from African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) for its buyout of Union Bank, Afrexim bank said on Monday. Union Bank, once part of Barclays Bank, said last week that mid-tier lender Titan Trust Bank (TTB) had completed the acquisition of 93.41% of its …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – A veteran Uganda opposition figure was released on Monday after a court slashed his cash bail that forced him to spend nearly two weeks in custody, his lawyer and an aide said. Kizza Besigye had been charged on May 25 with inciting violence after being detained a day earlier in the capital …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s military junta will take 24 months from March 2022 to restore civilian rule after an August 2020 coup, its spokesman said on Monday, the latest move in negotiations with regional bloc ECOWAS to lift sanctions crippling the economy The West African country’s military leaders have been under pressure to restore democracy …
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(Reuters) -South Africa said on Monday the United Arab Emirates had arrested Rajesh Gupta and Atul Gupta, brothers who face charges of political corruption under former South African president Jacob Zuma. Confirming South Africa’s statement on Tuesday, Dubai police said on Twitter that it had coordinated with South African authorities “regarding the extradition file to …
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(Reuters) – A protester was shot and killed in the Sudanese city of Omdurman on Monday by security forces, medics say, making them the 100th protester killed in anti-coup demonstrations since October. The protester, the second death after the lifting of a state of emergency on May 29, was most likely killed by buckshot, said …
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