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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s cabinet has approved a supplementary budget of 2.176 trillion naira ($2.8 billion) to fund “urgent issues” including defence and security, budget minister Atiku Bagudu said on Monday. Bagudu said the money was part of the 2023 spending plan. “This supplementary budget is to fund urgent issues, including 605 …

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By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Dozens of civilians have been killed this month by drone strikes and house-to-house searches in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, where authorities have touted security gains since conflict erupted in July, a state-appointed human rights commission said on Monday. The fighting between state forces and local militiamen, who accuse the …

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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s main opposition leader Atiku Abubakar said on Monday last week’s Supreme Court decision affirming President Bola Tinubu’s election win would erode trust in elections and called for changes to the electoral laws to improve transparency. The country’s top court rejected a challenge by Atiku and Peter Obi, who came second and …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand rose on Monday at the start of a data-heavy week that includes the government’s midterm budget statement. At 1505 GMT, the rand traded at 18.8000 against the dollar, more than 0.3% stronger than its previous close. Meanwhile, the dollar last traded down 0.4% against a basket of global currencies. …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s central bank is expected to keep its overnight interest rates steady at a policy meeting on Thursday, as the government targets stability ahead of a presidential election scheduled for December and amid the ongoing crisis in Gaza. The median forecast in a poll of 16 analysts is for the bank to …

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By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa on Monday called for the United Nations to deploy a rapid protection force to protect civilians in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza from further bombardment as Israel steps up its retaliation for a deadly attack by militant group Hamas. South Africa has long been an advocate for …

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KAMPALA (Reuters) – The European Union plans to invest 60 million euros ($63 million) in upgrading one of the Uganda’s largest hydropower plants, helping partially plug a financing gap for the country’s ageing energy infrastructure, a top diplomat said on Monday. The Nalubaale and Kiira hydropower plant complex located at the source of River Nile …

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By Aaron Ross KERICHO, Kenya (Reuters) – When the then-Princess Elizabeth visited Kenya in 1952, Kibore Cheruiyot Ngasura was among a group of young men chosen to sing for her at an event near Lake Victoria. The men planned to use the occasion to petition Elizabeth to relocate their parents from a detention camp in …

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