Ammu Kannampilly
East Africa Bureau Chief at Reuters
East Africa bureau chief, @Reuters. Views expressed are my own. Links & re-tweets are not endorsements.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Ammu Kannampilly |Nuzulack Dausen
By Ammu Kannampilly and Nuzulack DausenNAIROBI/DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu survived being shot 16 times in 2017 and has been arrested on multiple occasions, but now faces an even more grave challenge after being charged with treason, a capital offence, following his calls for electoral reform.
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businesslive.co.za | Ammu Kannampilly |Abdi Sheikh
Nairobi — Somalia is prepared to offer the US exclusive control of strategic airbases and ports, its president said in a letter to President Donald Trump seen by Reuters on Friday. In the March 16 letter, authenticated by a regional diplomat with knowledge of the matter, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the assets included airbases in Balidogle and Berbera as well as the ports of Berbera and Bosaso.
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timeslive.co.za | George Obulutsa |Ammu Kannampilly
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame. Rwanda is asking Britain for a 50 million-pound ($63.62 million) payment over a cancelled asylum deal, a source close to the government in Kigali said on Tuesday, after London paused some bilateral aid to the African country over the war in Congo. On taking office last July, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped the prior Conservative government's asylum plan, under which Rwanda would have been paid to take in migrants who had illegally arrived in Britain.
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gmanetwork.com | Ammu Kannampilly
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marketscreener.com | Ammu Kannampilly
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Authorities in the French overseas territory of Reunion on Friday morning issued a "purple alert", the highest level of threat warning, as a cyclone with gusts exceeding 200 kph (124 mph) approached the Indian Ocean island. French President Emmanuel Macron urged residents to be vigilant and respect safety instructions on Thursday as cyclone Garance headed for the island, which lies off the coast of Madagascar.
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The clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Nairobi has been rationing supplies since the US govt froze foreign aid. Meanwhile, millions of doses sit in a nearby warehouse, unused and unreachable. By @aaronross6, @timcocks & @vee_wandera https://t.co/lgXClSyZSF
As fast-aging countries around the world search for workers to keep their economies afloat, some African nations without enough jobs for their rapidly growing populations are moving to take advantage. Terrific piece by @aaronross6 and @MariaRomar https://t.co/izjhloHeyC @Reuters
A journalist's murder highlights risks of reporting in small-town India https://t.co/Zyxqkyw1dZ #journalism
