NAIROBI (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Monday that it foresaw $12 billion of support to Kenya over the next three years, potentially a major boost to the East African country’s strained finances. The bank said in a statement that the total amount was subject to the approval of its executive directors and other …
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By Nelson Banya (Reuters) – South African state-owned logistics company Transnet said on Monday it was suspending processing trucks carrying coal to its Richards Bay terminal in order to restore order after unprecedented traffic coming into the port. The company is struggling to provide sufficient freight rail and port capacity to transport bulk minerals coal, …
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By Alphonso Toweh MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberian President-elect Joseph Boakai, who defeated President George Weah in the Nov. 14 presidential runoff, says his administration will take a close look at mining concessions to ensure they benefit the country. Boakai, 78, a former vice president who lost to Weah in the 2017 runoff and campaigned on …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday he was completely committed to his government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after the UK’s top judges last week ruled it was unlawful. “I’m completely committed to doing what is necessary to get those flights off and that scheme up and running,” …
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(Reuters) – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, including Russia, are known as OPEC+ and will meet in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 26 to discuss their joint output policy. Below are key facts about OPEC+ and its role. What are OPEC and OPEC+? OPEC was founded in 1960 in Baghdad …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Cargo rail services to Kenya’s Mombasa port have resumed after floods damaged a section of track over the weekend, Kenya Railways said on Monday. Heavy rains linked to the El Nino phenomenon, followed by flash floods, have submerged towns across East Africa, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless. In Kenya, the …
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By Carielle Doe and Edward McAllister MONROVIA/DAKAR (Reuters) -When Joseph Boakai won a place at Liberia’s prestigious College of West Africa in the 1950s, he helped pay his fees by working as the school janitor, cleaning floors and toilets at night and studying by day, his spokesman Amara Konneh told Reuters. Now Boakai, a 78-year-old …
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By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s incumbent President Andry Rajoelina has cemented his lead in an election marked by low turnout and an opposition boycott, and appeared poised to secure a third term on Monday, with over a third of voting centres reporting results. Rajoelina, a 49-year-old entrepreneur and former DJ who first rose …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo on Sunday dropped his presidential bid and said he would back a joint opposition candidate following recommendations of four opposition candidates that met in South Africa this week. In a speech posted on his X social media account, Matata Ponyo said he …
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By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi launched his re-election bid on Sunday in a packed-to-capacity stadium in the capital Kinshasa, urging voters to give him another mandate to consolidate his achievements. More than 43 million registered voters are eligible to take part in the general election and presidential polls …
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