By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – The prospect of peace in Sudan appears remote, with the next, tangible step towards ending the war between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army difficult to identify, Norway’s international development minister said. Â Â Â The conflict erupted in April 2023 over a plan for political transition away …
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s political opposition held its first major protest in years on Wednesday to demand constitutional changes to reduce presidential powers and reform of the electoral commission ahead of a general election due next year. President Samia Suluhu Hassan last year lifted a ban on most political rallies that her predecessor …
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By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African police have arrested a man suspected of starting the fire that killed more than 70 people in a hijacked building in downtown Johannesburg in August. The 29-year-old man confessed to an inquiry tasked with determining responsibility for the blaze that he was involved in starting it, the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday met Chadian leader Mahamat Idriss Deby in the Kremlin, courting a country that had previously maintained a pro-Western policy and spurned Russia’s recent outreach in Africa’s Sahel region. Russia has been moving to edge out the influence of France, the former colonial power in West Africa …
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ABUJA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the United States is determined to remain a strong security partner for Nigeria, whose military is backed by the U.S., Britain and other allies in a long war against Islamist insurgents. Blinken also discussed challenges to democracy and security in the region during his …
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By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s deal to lease a port in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted concern it will further destabilise the Horn of Africa region. Under a memorandum of understanding signed on Jan. 1, landlocked Ethiopia would lease 20 km (12 miles) around Somaliland’s …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa expects the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule this Friday on whether it will grant emergency measures to stop the war in Gaza, South African news website News24 reported on Wednesday, citing two sources close to the matter. In response to the news report, South Africa’s justice ministry spokesperson Chrispin …
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African fashion retailer TFG on Wednesday reported slower sales growth in its third quarter, hurt by a softer Black Friday, power cuts and delays at ports that have affected supplies for the industry. TFG, owner of the Foschini and Markham clothing stores, said the Black Friday discount event in South Africa …
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By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian economic growth will be slower than previously expected as its pound weakens, inflation cuts into purchasing power and fallout from the Gaza crisis eats into the country’s main sources of foreign currency, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. Revenue from the Suez Canal fell 40% in early January …
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By Sinéad Carew and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -MSCI’S global equities index gained very slightly as investors digested a mixed crop of earnings reports and waited for key economic releases due later in the week while the yen fell after the Bank of Japan left monetary policy unchanged. While the dollar index climbed to …
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