KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s government said on Tuesday it was deploying pesticides to fight an outbreak of African armyworm, which devastates cereal crops and has been discovered in 35 districts of the country. Uganda is a significant maize producer and exports a large part of its annual output to neighbouring countries including South Sudan, Democratic …
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COTONOU (Reuters) – Five soldiers were killed by suspected Islamist militants in northern Benin’s Pendjari National Park, two military sources said on Tuesday. The attack on Monday also wounded several soldiers who are being treated at a nearby hospital, said the sources, who requested anonymity. The soldiers were killed when an army convoy struck an …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Algeria condemned on Tuesday what it called an attack by Morocco against a convoy of trucks in the border area between Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara, saying it will jeopardize United Nations attempts to ease regional tensions. The purported attack took place on Sunday morning in the Ain Bentli …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – At least 45 people were killed after Monday’s intensely heavy rainfall in South Africa’s eastern coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal flooded settlements, ravaged homes, swept away roads and displaced dozens, officials said on Tuesday. The provincial government, which confirmed the number of dead, said in a statement the death toll could rise further …
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JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir ordered military officers loyal to his vice president, Riek Machar, to be officially integrated into a unified command of the army, state media said on Tuesday, a central pillar of the peace process. Kiir and Machar’s forces signed a peace agreement in 2018 that ended five years …
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By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The EU aims to address rising wheat and fertilizer prices and expected shortages in the Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East with “food diplomacy” to counter Russia’s narrative on the impact of its Ukraine invasion, EU diplomats and officials say. Food insecurity was causing “resentment” in vulnerable countries in …
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(Reuters) -The South African government has raised $3 billion in two new sovereign bonds in international markets, in a sign of continued investor confidence in the country’s macroeconomic policy, the National Treasury said on Tuesday. The issuance comes on the heels of Moody’s revising South Africa’s outlook to “stable” from “negative”, saying the country’s improved …
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By Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) – There was no meat in the large silver bowl around which Astou Mandiang and her family gathered after breaking fast at nightfall in Senegal’s capital Dakar, where Muslims celebrating the holy month of Ramadan are feeling the pinch of inflation. Food prices in West Africa have shot up by …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The family of one of Egypt’s most prominent human rights activists, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, said on Monday he had obtained British citizenship as part of a campaign to win his release from prison and spotlight the plight of fellow detainees. Abd el-Fattah, a leading activist in Egypt’s 2011 uprising, was arrested in …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will halt part of its training of Mali’s armed forces, the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday, citing a lack of guarantees from Malian authorities that Russian military contractors would not interfere in the work. The decision is likely to add to international concern about the longevity …
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