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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that any cabinet ministers seeking to run in next year’s elections should resign before May 16, the minister of information said on Wednesday. Under the electoral law that was amended in February, no political appointees are allowed to contest party primaries or vote during …

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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian coast guards retrieved the bodies of three migrants whose boat sank off Tunisia and rescued about 250 others in a number of separate incidents, security official told Reuters‮ ‬on Wednesday. “Coastguard rescued 240 African migrants and eight Tunisians in 10 illegal migration trips, and also recovered the bodies of three Africans …

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By Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean farmers looking to cash in on a global boom in medicinal cannabis face a litany of costs and regulatory barriers, but growers like Munyaradzi Nyanungo are betting it will boost their fortunes after decades of economic decline. The southern African country became one of the first in Africa …

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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has not endorsed a bid to have him seek a ruling party ticket to contest the presidential elections next year, his spokesman said late on Monday. A group of supporters from northern Nigeria bought nomination forms for Jonathan to take part in ruling All Progressives …

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By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) – A former moderator working for Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc on Tuesday filed a lawsuit alleging that poor working conditions for contracted content moderators violate the Kenyan constitution.       The petition, also filed against Meta’s local outsourcing company Sama, alleges that workers moderating Facebook posts in Kenya have been subjected …

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MADRID (Reuters) – Two Spanish coast guard helicopters rescued 13 migrants in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands on Monday, authorities said, but those rescued told Red Cross workers that about twice as many were missing and probably drowned. The helicopters, a rescue boat and two other ships headed 65 miles south of Gran …

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