(Reuters) – Two Russian sailors being held in the Mozambique port of Maputo are financial hostages in a dispute between the ship’s owner and its local customer, Russia’s foreign ministry told the state RIA news agency in remarks published on Sunday. Russia’s SHOT news outlet reported last week on its Telegram that two Russians, a …
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By Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal’s constitutional council on Saturday released a final list of 20 candidates for February’s presidential election that excluded opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade. President Macky Sall will hand over power after ruling out a third term in July, ending lengthy speculation …
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Leaders of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries on Friday denounced Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and demanded an immediate ceasefire there, during the annual summit of the 120-member bloc. Dozens of heads of state and other senior officials from the NAM, formed officially in 1961 by countries opposed to joining …
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By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in for a second five-year term on Saturday after a landslide victory his opponents have refused to recognise due to widespread irregularities over the December general election. Authorities have acknowledged there were issues but dismissed allegations the vote was stolen. The …
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YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – A pipeline owned by Shell’s subsidiary in Nigeria has spilled crude oil in the Niger Delta following a leak, the country’s spills agency and an environmental group said on Saturday. The Obolo-Ogale pipeline in southern Rivers State feeds the 180,000 barrel-per-day Trans Niger line, one of two conduits to export Bonny …
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By Michelle Nichols and Maggie Michael UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO (Reuters) -Between 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed in one city in Sudan’s West Darfur region last year in ethnic violence by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militia, according to a United Nations report seen by Reuters on Friday. In the report to …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An International Monetary Fund team is currently in Cairo to discuss Egypt’s $3 billion IMF loan and reform program, an IMF spokesperson said on Friday amid discussions about additional funding to ease the country’s Gaza war-related stresses. The spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters that the team, …
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By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices settled slightly lower on Friday but recorded a weekly gain as Middle East tensions and disruptions to oil output offset concerns about the Chinese and global economies. Brent futures settled 54 cents lower at $78.56 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 67 cents to settle …
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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tech shares helped power the S&P 500 to its first record high close in two years on Friday to confirm a bull market, while European stocks registered weekly declines amid fading expectations for central bank interest rate cuts. Treasury yields inched lower, while supply concerns arising from simmering …
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LUSAKA (Reuters) – Sandra Nyendwa used to drink unfiltered water in Zambia’s capital Lusaka without concern, until she and her seven-year-old son got cholera in an outbreak sweeping the country. Both fell badly ill last week, joining more than 10,000 people infected by the disease that has killed at least 432 since October, according to …
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