JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa has changed its COVID-19 vaccination rules in an effort to encourage more people to get jabs, health authorities said on Monday. Inoculations have slowed and the country – which has recorded more than 98,000 deaths and more than 3.6 million positive COVID-19 in total in the pandemic – has ample vaccine …
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By Ron Bousso and David French LONDON (Reuters) – Chevron is looking to sell its stakes in three oil and gas fields in Equatorial Guinea, hoping a recent rally in energy prices will help attract buyers, three industry sources told Reuters. The U.S. company acquired the assets in the west African country as part of …
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JACQUEVILLE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – The United States’ yearly counter-terrorism training program for African forces began on Sunday in Ivory Coast at a time of upheaval in which Islamist fighters control large areas, coups are on the rise and French forces are winding down. The training program, known as Flintlock, will bring together more than …
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(Corrects “deaths” to “death” in paragraph 4) KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A patient standing on a hospital balcony was killed by a stray bullet fired by security forces in Sudan on Sunday, medics said, as protesters pursued a four-month campaign against military rule. A 51-year-old man was shot while trying to get fresh air amid heavy …
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By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia began producing electricity on Sunday from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbours Sudan and Egypt have worried will cause water shortages downstream. After flicking a digital switch to turn on the turbines in the first phase of the …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo is close to a deal with Fleurette Group, controlled by Israeli investor Dan Gertler, that could enable it to recover mining and oil assets worth about $2 billion, minutes of a cabinet meeting showed on Saturday. The minutes of the Friday meeting said a commission set up to …
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By Tife Owolabi BENIN CITY, Nigeria (Reuters) – Two Benin bronzes were returned on Saturday to a traditional palace in Nigeria, more than a century after they were pillaged by British troops, raising hopes that thousands more artefacts could finally be returned to their ancestral home. The artefacts, mostly in Europe, were stolen by explorers …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) -At least 13 people were killed in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday, state television said, after a suicide bomber blew themselves up in a restaurant that witnesses said was packed with local officials and politicians. The al Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a report by …
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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – At least 14 people were killed in Madagascar this week by tropical storm Dumako, the state disaster relief agency said, as the island braces for another cyclone due to hit on Tuesday. Some 4,323 were displaced when Dumako made landfall in the east of the country on Tuesday, the disaster relief agency …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Eight Malian soldiers were killed, 14 others injured and four are missing following a clash with armed Islamist militants in the northeast of the West African nation on Friday, the defence ministry said. The ministry said late on Friday that columns of armed jihadists on motorbikes had pinned down the unit, but …
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