By Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Friday six African countries – Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia – would be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines. The technology transfer project, launched last year in Cape Town, …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least five Eritreans were killed when gunmen attacked a refugee camp in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region during fighting between rebellious Tigrayan and Afar forces in the area on Feb. 3, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. Refugees told UNHCR that armed men attacked the camp, kidnapped several women, looted …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -Niger has accepted that French and European special forces will cross into its territory from neighbouring Mali to combat jihadists and try to secure the border with the West African state, Niger’s president said on Twitter on Friday. In his first comments since France said on Thursday that it would leave Mali along …
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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – A key IMF-supported programme funding military wages and other essential services in Somalia could expire in May if there are any further delays to elections, the chief International Monetary Fund representative in the country said. Riven by civil war since 1991, the impoverished Horn of Africa nation has paid …
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday that the global vaccine distribution scheme COVAX and vaccines alliance GAVI should commit themselves to buying vaccines from local manufacturing hubs. “The lack of a market for vaccines produced in Africa is something that should be concerning to all of us. Organizations such …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Mali’s capacity to fight against Islamist groups on its territory its now Mali’s own problem, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday, a day after his government announced it was withdrawing from Mali. “This is a Malian problem, it is not a French problem any more”, said le Drian in …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French commanders are in contact with officials from Mali’s military in order to organise the retreat of French troops from the African country, French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly told LCI television on Thursday. France and military allies said on Thursday they would leave Mali after almost a decade based there fighting …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African fashion retailer Truworths International Ltd reported a 32.2% increase in half-year profit on Thursday, sending its shares up more than 8% as its business recovered to pre-pandemic levels due to eased restrictions. The global apparel industry is recovering from a punishing 2020, when shops were forced to close to prevent …
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By John Chalmers and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The EU welcomed more than 40 African leaders to Brussels on Thursday in an effort to reassert its influence on a continent where China and Russia have made hefty investment inroads, and where many felt let down by Europe’s COVID-19 vaccines rollout. The European Union will offer …
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By John Irish and Tiemoko Diallo PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) -France and military allies said on Thursday they would leave Mali after almost a decade based there fighting Islamist insurgents around West Africa, moving instead to Niger despite public disenchantment with Paris’ role in the region. Coups in Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso have weakened France’s alliances …
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