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JINJA, Uganda (Reuters) -Wearing floor-length dresses and wrap-around skirts, the group of elderly women giggle and tease each other as they jog in pairs, hand in hand, across a playing field in Kivubuka, a village in eastern Uganda.  The exercise class is part of a project aimed at reducing increasing rates of noncommunicable diseases such …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police have arrested prominent human rights activist Boniface Mwangi and plan to arraign him on Monday on suspicion of facilitating “terrorist acts” linked to deadly anti-government protests last month, police said on Sunday. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said on X that detectives had arrested Mwangi at his home in Machakos …

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By Imad Creidi DOHA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group pledged to sign a peace agreement by August 18, at a ceremony in Doha on Saturday, a sign of progress even as outstanding details need to be negotiated. Representatives of both sides signed a declaration of principles laying out the new …

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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -German authorities have arrested a Libyan war crimes suspect accused of being a senior official at a notorious prison where inmates were routinely tortured and sometimes sexually abused, the International Criminal Court said on Friday. Khaled Mohamed Ali Al Hishri, alleged to have been a member of …

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By Sfundo Parakozov JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand, government bonds and stocks gained on Friday as investors mulled over the country’s hosting of a two-day Group of 20 finance meeting where participants agreed a final communique, the first since October 2024. South Africa, under its presidency’s motto “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability”, has aimed to promote an …

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(Corrects to show fund is linked to World Bank, not part of, in third bulletpoint, no change to text) By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -The world’s oldest multilateral climate fund, the Global Environment Facility, is planning a new wave of wildlife conservation bonds in a bid to help African countries save endangered species and ecosystems. …

World’s oldest climate fund targets wildlife bonds for every country in Africa Read More »

By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Namibia and Zimbabwe contest the final of the Rugby Africa Cup in Kampala on Saturday, where the winner will earn a place at the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia and represent a continent with big ambitions in the game but scarce resources to fulfil them. Namibia have appeared …

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KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed to pay more than 40 million euros ($46.37 million) in a sponsorship deal with Spanish soccer club Barcelona that would see a logo promoting tourism appear on some team apparel, according to a contract seen on Thursday by Reuters. The contract with Barcelona is dated June 29 …

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By Kopano Gumbi, Maria Martinez and Colleen Goko DURBAN (Reuters) -South Africa urged G20 countries to show global and cooperative leadership to tackle challenges including rising trade barriers, as the club’s finance chiefs met on Thursday under the shadow of President Donald Trump’s tariff threats. The G20, which emerged as a forum for cooperation to …

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