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Morocco invests in desalination, waterways to mitigate drought

13 Jun 2025

By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) -Morocco is accelerating investments in desalination plants, water transfer projects and new dams to mitigate prolonged drought and meet rising demand from agriculture and cities, water minister Nizar Baraka said. Years of drought have strained water resources, shrunk the national cattle herd and contributed to food price inflation and rising …

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Kenyan policeman arrested in blogger’s death as hundreds protest

12 Jun 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan authorities on Thursday arrested a police constable in the death of a political blogger who was in custody, local media reported, as angry protests over the case raged in the capital Nairobi. Political blogger Albert Ojwang was declared dead on Sunday after his arrest two days earlier. The 31-year-old’s case threw a …

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Kenyan policeman arrested in blogger’s death as hundreds protest

12 Jun 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan authorities on Thursday arrested a police constable in the death of a political blogger who was in custody, local media reported, as angry protests over the case raged in the capital Nairobi. Political blogger Albert Ojwang was declared dead on Sunday after his arrest two days earlier. The 31-year-old’s case threw a …

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Kenyan police constable arrested over blogger’s death in custody, say Kenyan media

12 Jun 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan authorities on Thursday arrested a police constable over the death in custody of a political blogger last week, which triggered angry protests in the capital Nairobi, local newspapers The Nation, The Standard, and The Star reported. The death of 31-year-old Albert Ojwang is the latest case to throw a spotlight on the …

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At least 32 dead, dozens missing after boats capsize in Congo’s Lake Tumba

12 Jun 2025

KINSHASA (Reuters) -At least 32 people were killed and dozens remain missing in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Equateur Province after two boats carrying more than 100 passengers capsized in Lake Tumba, local authorities told Reuters on Thursday. The boats departed Bikoro port on the eastern shores of the lake on Wednesday afternoon despite “clear overloading …

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Tunisia sentences prominent opposition figure Abir Moussi to two years in prison

12 Jun 2025

TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court sentenced Abir Moussi, a prominent opponent of Tunisian President Kais Saied, to two years in prison on Thursday for criticizing the electoral commission, her lawyer told Reuters. Moussi, the leader of the Free Constitutional Party, has been imprisoned since 2023, after police arrested her at the presidential palace entrance on …

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Kenya police fire teargas to break up protests over blogger’s death in custody

12 Jun 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police on Thursday fired teargas to disperse dozens of protesters in Nairobi who were demonstrating against the death of a blogger in police custody last week, Reuters TV footage showed. (Reporting by Jefferson Kahinju and Nelson Aruya; Writing by Hereward HollandEditing by Bate Felix)

Wars have now displaced over 122 million people as aid funding falls, UN says

12 Jun 2025

(Fixes typo in headline) GENEVA (Reuters) -The number of people displaced by war and persecution around the world climbed above 122 million this year due to a failure to resolve multi-year conflicts such as those in Sudan and Ukraine, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday. However, it said that funding to help the refugees …

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Kenya police fire teargas to break up protests over blogger’s death in custody

12 Jun 2025

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police on Thursday fired teargas to disperse dozens of protesters in Nairobi who were demonstrating against the death of a blogger in police custody last week, Reuters TV footage showed. (Reporting by Jefferson Kahinju and Nelson Aruya; Writing by Hereward HollandEditing by Bate Felix)

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