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Montevideo, Nairobi
As seen in: Agence France-Presse (AFP), Business Insider, Yahoo News, Yahoo News France, Yahoo News Malaysia, Yahoo News UK, Yahoo Singapore, Clarín (Argentina), Yahoo Finance France, Yahoo Finance UK, France 24 and
AFP editor and journalist for Latin and Central America based in Montevideo. Previously Paris, Nairobi, Dakar, South Africa

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Kenya's locust hunters on tireless quest to halt ancient pest

Kenya's locust hunters on tireless quest to halt ancient pest

As dawn breaks in central Kenya, a helicopter lifts off in a race to find roosting locusts before the sun war…

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Tanzania's 'Sham' Election Leaves Democracy Reeling

Tanzania's 'Sham' Election Leaves Democracy Reeling

Tanzanian President John Magufuli's landslide re-election has been dismissed as a sham by the opposition and …

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In Kenya, Alarm Over Rise In Teen Pregnancies During Pandemic

In Kenya, Alarm Over Rise In Teen Pregnancies During Pandemic

Sixteen-year-old Linnet covers her face bashfully, mumbling into her hands as she recounts how she met the yo…

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'Starve or get sick': Africa's lockdown dilemma

'Starve or get sick': Africa's lockdown dilemma

Women and children fell to the ground, bloodied and trampled in a desperate surge for food being handed out i…

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Somalia's Shabaab ends bloody decade resurgent and unbowed

Somalia's Shabaab ends bloody decade resurgent and unbowed

In the past decade, Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab has lost territory, suffered defections and faced mounti…

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Forsaken in terror war, Kenyan islands await doctors by boat

Forsaken in terror war, Kenyan islands await doctors by boat

Kiangwe, Kenya: Laden with medicines, the speedboat sets off before dawn, its path lit only by the full moon …

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New gold rush threatens indigenous havens in Brazil’s Amazon

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By Fran Blandy 
| The Japan Times
Indigenous chief Bepdjo Mekragnotire is once again preparing to lead a group of warriors to chase wildcat gold miners away from his people’s territory in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Wearing a red feather headdress, Bepdjo spoke of rising tensions with intruders in the Bau Indigenous Territory in Para state, four years after his people expelled almost 200 prospectors. “The miners are stubborn. They enter by any means.
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Nova corrida do ouro ameaça terras protegidas da Amazônia

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By Fran Blandy 
| O Povo
O cacique indígena Bepdjo Mekragnotire se prepara mais uma vez para liderar um grupo de guerreiros para expulsar garimpeiros ilegais do território de seu povo, na floresta amazônica brasileira. Com um cocar de penas vermelhas, Bepdjo contou à AFP que aumentaram as tensões com invasores na Terra Indígena Baú, no estado do Pará, quatro anos depois de seu povo kayapó expulsar quase 200 garimpeiros. "Os garimpeiros são teimosos. Entram de qualquer jeito.
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Brésil: une nouvelle ruée vers l'or menace les terres indigènes

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By Fran Blandy 
| Yahoo News France
Le chef indigène Bepdjo Mekragnotire se prépare une nouvelle fois à mener un groupe de guerriers pour chasser des orpailleurs du territoire de son peuple, au coeur de la forêt amazonienne brésilienne. Cet homme de 45 ans, qui arbore fièrement une coiffe de plumes rouges, s'inquiète de ces incursions de plus en plus fréquentes dans le territoire Bau, dans l'Etat brésilien du Para (nord). Il y a quatre ans, il avait déjà expulsé près que 200 orpailleurs. "Les mineurs sont têtus.
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