KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 176 dead bodies have been found in and around two villages in east Democratic Republic of Congo that were flooded on Thursday, provincial governor Theo Ngwabidje Kasi said on Friday. (Reporting by Sonia Rolley; Writing by Sofia Christensen; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s election tribunal will on Monday start hearing opposition petitions challenging president-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory in the disputed February presidential vote, court records showed on Friday. Tinubu, from the ruling All Progressives Congress party, defeated his closest rivals Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party and Labour Party’s Peter Obi, who alleged …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a doctor were jailed by a London court on Friday for trafficking a street trader from Lagos to Britain to illegally harvest his kidney for a transplant for their seriously ill daughter. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Ike Ekweremadu had been sentenced to nine years …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The Sudanese arm of Africa’s biggest mobile operator MTN Group said on Friday its network was down after fighting in the country led to fuel shortages and power cuts. Heavy gunfire echoed around the capital Khartoum again on Friday, after more than two weeks of conflict between the army and the paramilitary …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed a commission of inquiry into the deaths of more than 100 people believed to have starved themselves to death, while a court ordered that their alleged cult leader remain in prison. Kenyan authorities say the dead were members of the Good News International Church led by Paul …
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ROME (Reuters) – The United Nations food agency’s world price index rose in April for the first time in a year, but is still some 20% down on a record high hit in March 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s military government on Friday set a new date for a delayed constitutional referendum meant to pave the way for presidential elections next year. The vote, initially scheduled for March 19, is the first in a series of polls meant to restore democracy in the West African country after two military takeovers …
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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund expects to disburse the next tranche of its $1.3 billion financing program with Zambia “soon”, the managing director of the fund said. The southern African nation, which was the major sovereign casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic and has been in default since 2020, is seeking …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Data provider rain entered South Africa’s mobile market for the first time on Friday by launching a 4G mobile network, pitting it against the country’s three other players in voice calls. Rain, in which African Rainbow Capital Investments holds a 20.3% interest, has until now primarily focused on the home internet market. …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – The Ugandan shilling was unchanged on Friday against the dollar in subdued activity, traders said. At 0857 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 3,713/3,723, the same level as Thursday’s close. (Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by George Obulutsa)
