GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) members re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director General by a strong majority for another five years, the president of the World Health Assembly said on Tuesday. The vote by secret ballot, announced by Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh from Djibouti at a major annual meeting, was seen as a …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has received 4.4 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Spain, a government official said on Tuesday. Nigeria has already received 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from Finland, Greece and Slovenia with more expected from EU countries. Faisal Shuaib, head of the National Primary …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Rio Tinto’s QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) mineral sands mine restarted production on Monday following a five-day halt, after reaching an agreement with demonstrators who had set up roadblocks at the site, Rio told Reuters on Tuesday. Communities surrounding QMM’s mine in southeastern Madagascar have been protesting over a release of water from …
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By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA (Reuters) – African countries raised an objection on Tuesday to a U.S.-led proposal to reform the International Health Regulations (IHR), a move delegates say might prevent passage at the World Health Organization’s annual assembly. If Africa continues to withhold support, it could block one of the only concrete …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa and Germany discussed the need for a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine war in talks on Tuesday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “We also discussed the conflict in Ukraine and the need for the international community to encourage dialogue and negotiation towards a ceasefire and a peaceful negotiation or …
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BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic will launch the continent’s first legal cryptocurrency investment hub, the presidency said, extending the impoverished country’s embrace of digital finance despite words of caution from the International Monetary Fund. Marred by decades of conflict, Central African Republic last month became the first country in Africa and only the second …
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(Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper exports rose 12.3% in 2021 to 1.798 million tonnes and cobalt exports increased by 7.4% to 93,011 tonnes, mines ministry data showed on Tuesday. Congo is Africa’s leading producer of copper and the world’s biggest miner of cobalt, which is used in electric car batteries. Gold production rose …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s prime minister suspended the foreign minister on Tuesday, citing the authorisation of a ship exporting charcoal to Oman in violation of international sanctions. The U.N. Security Council banned such shipments a decade ago to cut funding for the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, an al Qaeda franchise fighting Somalia’s central government. …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – If the war in Ukraine causes food shortages in North Africa, this will in turn lead to mass migration to Europe, Poland’s president said on Tuesday. “If it turns out that there is hunger in North Africa… both Spain and the whole of southern Europe will have a huge migration problem,” Andrzej …
By Angela Ukomadu and Estelle Shirbon LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian man has launched a project called “Looty” to reclaim African artifacts stolen by European colonisers by creating 3-D images of them, selling them as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and using the proceeds to fund young African artists. Calls for objects stolen during the colonial period …
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