By Vining Ogu LAGOS (Reuters) – When artificial intelligence (AI) apps started spreading in Nigeria’s music industry, Eclipse Nkasi thought his days as a producer were numbered. Then he took a step back, saw there were opportunities as well as threats and used the technology to generate a whole new Afrobeats album in his studio …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization’s director-general said on Tuesday she discussed measures, including support from the agency, with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu that could help cushion the impact of ending a subsidy on petrol that has increased the cost of living in Africa’s largest economy. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is on a private visit …
(Reuters) – The Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Osama Rabie announced on Tuesday the success of an operation to recover a sunken tugboat, according to a statement. A Suez Canal tugboat sank on Saturday and one of its crew was missing after it collided with a Hong Kong-flagged LPG tanker though shipping traffic in …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Gabon moved forward with Africa’s first debt-for-nature swap on Tuesday in a deal that saw the country buy back a nominal $500 million of its international debt and price an equal size eco-friendly blue amortizing bond that will mature in 2038. Buying bonds back at a discount, Gabon accepted a total of $436 …
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By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it had resumed distributing food aid in parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region after a three-month pause. WFP paused food aid to the northern region in May following reports of widespread theft of donations. It then suspended aid to all …
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PARIS (Reuters) – A cross-border investigation into West African criminal groups scamming internet users has resulted in more than 100 arrests and the seizure of over 2 million euros, Interpol said on Tuesday. The investigation, dubbed “Operation Jackal”, was led by law enforcement agencies in May across 21 countries in six continents and targeted cybercrime …
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By Abdel-Kader Mazou and Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) -West African leaders scheduled a summit for Thursday to discuss the Niger junta’s rejection of an ultimatum to reinstate the ousted president, as the United States sent a top official to Niamey to push for a return to democracy. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir (Reuters) -Sudan’s army on Tuesday intensified efforts to gain ground in the capital Khartoum in some of the heaviest fighting since the start of a conflict with a rival military faction that has caused a growing humanitarian crisis. The army has launched air strikes and used heavy artillery since …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand slipped again on Tuesday as weak economic data from China kept investors away from risk-sensitive currencies. At 1506 GMT, the rand traded at 19.0025 against the dollar, down around 1.6% from its previous close. The currency has lost more than 6% against the greenback this month. The dollar last traded …
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By Aaron Ross NAIROBI (Reuters) – When Ethiopia’s government and rebellious forces from the Tigray region agreed in November to end their conflict, diplomats hailed the peace deal as a new dawn for Africa’s second most populous nation. For many in the Amhara region, which neighbours Tigray and fought in support of federal forces during …
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