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Egypt jails high-profile political activist after others released

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian authorities transferred prominent publisher and political activist Hisham Kassem to a prison on Wednesday awaiting trial on slander and verbal assault charges, his lawyer told Reuters. Kassem is a leader of al-Tayar al-Hurr, or Free Current, a liberal group formed in June in opposition to the government of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who …

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South Africa’s Eskom says transmission company to be operational by 2025

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s state power utility Eskom said in a presentation on Thursday that its transmission company will be operational by the first quarter of fiscal year 2025. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in 2019 that the debt-laden utility would be split into three divisions – generation, transmission and distribution – to improve management …

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Putin to BRICS: Russia is ‘reliable partner’ for Africa on food, fuel supplies

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told the BRICS summit in South Africa on Thursday that Moscow intends to deepen ties with African countries, and that it would remain a reliable partner for food and fuel supplies. In a video link address, Putin said Russia was interested in developing “multi-faceted ties” with Africa, which …

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UN’s Guterres: today’s global governance structures reflect yesterday’s world

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on Thursday that “today’s global governance structures reflect yesterday’s world” and that for multilateral institutions to be universal they needed to reform. “They were largely created in the aftermath of World War II when many African countries were still ruled by …

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Brazil’s Lula supports inclusion of African Union in G20

(Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday said the BRICS countries support the inclusion of the African Union in the Group of 20 nations. He spoke during a news conference in Johannesburg. (Reporting by Sergio Goncalves, editing by Inti Landauro and John Stonestreet)

Who is Nelson Chamisa and can he win Zimbabwe’s election?

HARARE (Reuters) -Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, is trying to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the governing ZANU-PF party in presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday. Although many voters say they are hungry for change from relentless economic chaos, analysts warn the odds are heavily skewed against Chamisa, who narrowly lost to Mnangagwa in …

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BRICS expansion faces eleventh hour hurdle as divisions persist

By Carien du Plessis and Krishn Kaushik JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A deal to expand the BRICS group of leading developing countries appeared stuck in eleventh hour negotiations at a leaders summit on Wednesday, threatening to undermine the bloc’s ambition to give the “Global South” more clout in world affairs. Agreement to expand BRICS – currently Brazil, …

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