By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Members of an Islamist militia freed about 20 prisoners during an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, a local chief and the head of a local humanitarian group said on Wednesday. The attack occurred Tuesday evening in the small town …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has been found in five African countries, a World Health Organization scientist said on Thursday, adding she was concerned about the development because samples of BA.2 may not be spotted as a form of Omicron. The BA.2 sub-variant has begun to replace Omicron’s more common “original” BA.1 …
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By Cooper Inveen and Christian Akorlie ACCRA (Reuters) – The chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Thursday that a coup in Mali was “contagious” and had set a dangerous trend that led to subsequent coups in the region. Mali’s August 2020 coup was followed by a second military coup …
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(Corrects 3rd paragraph of Dec. 10 story to add details of how the cheetah cubs were rescued) By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) – The two starving cheetah cubs squeak and tug at their string leashes in the white dust of Somaliland as a government vet pushes needles through the fluffy fur to drip-feed them liquid …
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By Francis Kokoroko KUMASI, Ghana (Reuters) – In a dimly-lit room with racks of women’s clothing, Ghanaian artist and LGBT+ activist Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi flipped through photo self-portraits illustrating her transition to womanhood. Transitioning is not illegal in Ghana, but it will become so if a new law is passed, intended to tighten already strict …
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