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Senior Tanzanian opposition party official abducted and seriously injured, party says

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Unidentified people abducted, beat and seriously injured a senior Tanzanian opposition party official before dumping her in a forest, her party said on Sunday, a month after a similar abduction and murder of another of its party leaders. The reported cases may taint the reformist image of President Samia Suluhu …

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Kenya’s impeached deputy president says his security withdrawn, safety at risk

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s impeached deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, said on Sunday his security protection team had been withdrawn and that President William Ruto would be responsible if anything happened to him. Gachagua – who has dismissed the charges against him as politically motivated – told journalists his safety was at risk. “It’s the most …

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Egypt cuts 2040 renewable energy target to 40%, keeps focus on natural gas

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has revised its renewable energy target for 2040 down to 40% from a previous goal of 58%, Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi said on Sunday, underscoring that natural gas will remain a key part of the country’s energy mix for years. Before hosting the COP27 climate summit in 2022, Egypt pledged to …

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Gunmen kill two Mozambique opposition figures ahead of election protests

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Gunmen killed a Mozambique opposition lawyer and a party official after firing multiple rounds at a car in which they were travelling on Saturday, rights groups said, ratcheting up tensions ahead of protests against a disputed election result. New opposition party Podemos and its presidential aspirant Venancio Mondlane reject provisional …

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IMF approves $341 million for Ethiopia’s first loan program review

(Reuters) – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved the first review of Ethiopia’s $3.4 billion lending programme, the fund said on Friday, paving the way for a $340.7 million disbursement. The East African nation secured the four-year financing program from the IMF in July after carrying out a series of reforms like …

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U.S. stocks post sixth straight weeks of gains, gold hits all-time high

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tech stocks powered Wall Street stocks to a higher close and crude prices posted their biggest weekly drop in a month on Friday as investors looked past mixed earnings and focused on solid Netflix results and Beijing’s policy steps to boost Chinese demand. Gold, meanwhile, muscled past the $2,700 …

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Tunisia sentences prominent opponent Noureddine Bhiri to 10 years in prison

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian court sentenced on Friday the prominent official in Ennahda opposition party Noureddine Bhiri to 10 years in prison, on charges of attacking state security and inciting Tunisians against each other, a lawyer told Reuters. Bhiri’s lawyer Monia Bouali, said‮ ‬the trial “was marred by many legal violations due to a Facebook …

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US dollar rally pauses, but uptrend intact; set for 3rd weekly gain

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar fell on Friday, taking a breather after five straight days of gains, as risk appetite increased following yet another round of stimulus measures from China that bolstered global equities led by Chinese stocks. Investors cheered the Chinese government’s launch of two funding schemes to help boost …

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Togo suspends Russian ride-hailing app Yango

(Reuters) -Togo’s transport ministry suspended the ride-hailing app Yango owned by Russia’s tech giant Yandex, over security concerns just months after it began operating in the West African nation. In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said that Yango began operating in June without authorization and in violation of the country’s procedures. The ministry said …

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Mpox vaccine rollout in Congo slower than expected, health official says

By Djaffar Al Katanty KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congo needs to do more to raise awareness about mpox and the availability of vaccines, an official with the response team said on Thursday, warning the campaign to distribute the shots would take longer than anticipated Congo’s mpox vaccination campaign launched this month in …

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