THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The prosecutor tasked with finding the last remaining fugitives from the U.N. war crimes court for Rwanda on Tuesday confirmed the death of genocide suspect Aloys Ndimbati, leaving only two people remaining wanted by the Rwanda tribunal. In the last three years the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) has …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -Niger has missed payments on interest and capital totalling 187.136 billion ($304 million) CFA francs since a July coup and its suspension from regional financial markets, data from the West African regional debt management agency showed on Tuesday. The West African monetary union debt management agency UMOA Titres said in a statement on …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s consumer inflation slowed to 35.2% year on year in October from 38.1% in September, the statistics service said on Tuesday. The cocoa, gold and oil-producing country, which faces its worst economic crisis in a generation, is in talks with bilateral and commercial creditors to restructure its debts. (Reporting by Christian Akorlie …
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HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwe opposition activist has been found dead after he was abducted on Saturday during a political campaign just outside Harare, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party said late on Monday, the second abduction in weeks of an opposition party member. Tapfumaneyi Masaya was reportedly bundled into a vehicle by unknown …
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) -The junta that seized power in Gabon said on Monday that it aimed to hold elections in August 2025, two years after the military coup that ousted President Ali Bongo. Army officers seized power on Aug. 30 after Gabon’s election centre announced Bongo had won a third term as head of state in …
By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s president is set to seek re-election on Thursday in the face of weeks of protests by opposition groups who say he is ineligible to run and the vote should be delayed. Andry Rajoelina – a 49-year-old entrepreneur and former DJ – rose to power in a 2009 coup …
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By Koh Gui Qing and Naomi Rovnick LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stocks traded in a narrow range on Monday as the market focused on U.S. inflation data for more clues on whether global interest rates really have peaked. After two weeks of gains, MSCI’s gauge of global equities whipsawed between modest gains and losses, …
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By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar climbed to its highest level in more than a year against the Japanese yen on Monday, near the key psychological level of 152, before falling sharply in a flurry of trading in $3.45 billion of options that come due this week. The dollar later traded little changed …
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(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 struck the area around the border between South Sudan and Uganda on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 8 km (4.97 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Jose Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
By Shariq Khan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Oil prices rose by more than 1% on Monday after OPEC’s monthly market report eased worries about waning demand and a U.S. probe into suspected violations of Russian oil sanctions raised concerns about potential supply disruptions. Brent crude futures rose by $1.09, or 1.3%, to settle at $82.52 a …
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