By Thiam Ndiaga PERKOA, Burkina Faso (Reuters) – The families of eight missing miners in Burkina Faso desperately awaited news from rescue teams continuing on Thursday to locate the men who have been stuck underground for 26 days. There has been no communication with the miners since they were trapped more than 500 metres (1,640 …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied indicated on Thursday he will not accept foreign observers for votes he plans this year to change the political system after having already taken control of the previously independent electoral commission. Saied has consolidated his one-man rule since seizing executive power last summer and dissolving …
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By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – A female Nigerian student was beaten to death and set on fire by fellow students who accused her of posting “blasphemous” statements in a student Whatsapp group, two witnesses and police said. The school, located in Nigeria’s northwesternmost state of Sokoto, was immediately closed down following the attack. …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Sub-variants of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and a relaxation of public health measures are driving a current surge in infections in southern Africa, a senior official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. “This uptick in cases is an early warning sign which we are closely monitoring. Now is …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The trend in the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is encouraging, with no new confirmed case in the past seven days, the official managing the response to the outbreak said at a World Health Organization briefing on Thursday. “The last confirmed case was reported on 4th of May,” Dr Mory …
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By Anne Mimault OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Rescue teams pumping water from a flooded Burkina Faso zinc mine in which eight workers have been trapped for almost a month are drawing closer to a refuge chamber where they may have sought safety, the government said on Wednesday. The six Burkina Faso nationals, one Tanzanian, and one …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – A small passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest in central Cameroon on Wednesday and rescue efforts are underway to locate possible survivors, the transport ministry said. The cause of the crash and the identity of those on board was not immediately clear. (Reporting by Edward McAllister; Editing by Chris …
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CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s main opposition parties have rejected the ruling military junta’s proposed 39-month democratic transition timeline, they said in a statement on Wednesday. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, head of the junta that took power in a coup last September, said this month it would probably take more than three years for the West African …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Five Egyptian soldiers were killed by militants on Wednesday in northern Sinai, the second deadly strike against security forces on the peninsula in less than a week, and the military said it had carried out air strikes in response. Four others were injured when armed men opened fire early on Wednesday morning at …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s Africa director said on Wednesday he sees more scope to provide further support to most countries in the region. “Is there scope for the IMF to provide further support to most countries in the region? Absolutely. And we are doing our utmost,” the IMF’s Director for Africa Abebe …
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