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Niger coup makes the troubled Sahel region yet more fragile
One of the few democracies left in the Sahel, Niger now faces military rule just like its neighbours. More »
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France, Niger propose to postpone G5 Sahel meeting to early 2020
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron and Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou agreed on Thursday to propose a postponement to early 2020 of a meeting of Sahelian country leaders due to take place in France this month, the French presidency said. Th... More »
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Rapinoe and Lavelle give U.S. fourth World Cup title
LYON, France (Reuters) – The United States won a record-extending fourth women’s World Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands on Sunday as second-half goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle confirmed their status as the leading power in the women’s gam... More »
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Senegal opens new art museum honoring black civilization
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal has opened one of Africa’s largest art collections, one of a series of new museums on the continent that could eventually receive thousands of artefacts from European museums that were looted during the colonial era. President Macky S... More »
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SpaceX defends rocket performance after loss of U.S. spy satellite
Elon Musk, founder, CEO and lead designer at SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla, speaks at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II in Hawthorne, California, U.S., August 27, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) – SpaceX on Tuesday defended the performance of one of ... More »
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As militant threats shift, U.S. Senate revives war authorization debate
U.S. lawmakers will grill top Trump administration officials on Monday about a new authorization for the use of military force for the campaign against Islamic State and other militant groups, Congress' most significant step in years toward taking back control... More »
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France holds migrant summit seeking European unity
Getting Europe's migrant crisis under control will be the main focus of a summit of Europe's 'big four' continental powers hosted on Monday by French President Emmanuel Macron, who has invited three African nations to the talks in Paris. More »
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Suicide bombers in northeast Nigeria`s Maiduguri kill 17: police
Suicide bombers killed 17 people and injured 21 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the police commissioner of Borno state said on Wednesday. More »
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Millions at risk from African famine worsened by Boko Haram: U.N.
Children attend a class at a primary school in Muna Garage IDP camp, Maiduguri, Nigeria November 7, 2016. UNICEF/Naftalin/Handout via REUTERS Aid agencies must get food to close to 3 million people by July to avert a famine in Africa’s Lake Chad region caused ... More »
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Gabonese man pleads guilty in U.S. hedge fund bribery case
A Gabonese man who prosecutors say acted as a “fixer” for a joint-venture involving the hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC pleaded guilty on Friday to U.S. charges that he engaged in a foreign bribery scheme. More »
Och-Ziff to pay $412 million to settle U.S. foreign bribery charges
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission logo adorns an office door at the SEC headquarters in Washington, June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC will pay $412 million and CEO Daniel Och will pay $2.17 million to resolve... More »
Tall tale: study reveals that giraffes are four species, not one
Nubian giraffes are seen in Murchison Falls, Uganda in this undated handout picture. Courtesy Julian Fennessy/Handout via REUTERS Genetic research on the world’s tallest land animal has found that there are four distinct species of giraffe, not just one as lon... More »
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Togo slaughters 11,500 chickens after H5N1 bird flu outbreak
Togolese authorities said on Saturday they had slaughtered 11,500 chickens in response to an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu at two farms in the capital Lome and the town of Adetikope, about 25 km north of Lome. More »
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Scientists hope new test could help contain meningitis outbreaks
By Umberto BacchiLONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A test has been developed that could help diagnose bacterial infections including meningitis i More »
NASA’s new mission: improving food security in West Africa
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A drive by NASA to stream climate data to West African nations using its earth-observing satellites could boost crop production in a region hit hard by climate change, experts say. NASA last week launched a hub in Niger’s c... More »
