By Dicksy Obiero MALINDI, Kenya (Reuters) – A Kenyan judge on Wednesday ordered cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 associates to undergo mental health evaluations before being charged with the murder of 191 children whose bodies have been exhumed since last April from the Shakahola forest. Authorities say Mackenzie, the head of the Good News …
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By Seun Sanni IBADAN, Nigeria (Reuters) -At least two people were killed and dozens injured when explosives stored at a private residence detonated in Nigeria’s Oyo state, its governor said on Wednesday. A Reuters witness saw several collapsed houses and wrecked cars from the impact of Tuesday’s blast, which sent panicked residents into the streets. …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African retail sales fell 0.9% year on year in November after falling by a revised 2.3% in October, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday. On a month-on-month basis, sales increased 0.4%. Sales in the three months to the end of November were down 0.7% compared with the same period last …
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By Divya Chowdhury and Kopano Gumbi DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – South African central bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, said on Wednesday that the disinflation process had begun and that he expected inflation to average 5% this year. Speaking to the Reuters Global Markets Forum in Davos, Kganyago said inflation was still a concern as both global …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will continue to firmly support Togo in safeguarding its sovereignty, security and development interests, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said while visiting the African country, according to a ministry statement on Wednesday. China’s top diplomat made the remarks as he visited several African countries over the past few days. Wang will …
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LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigerian rescuers searched for injured people on Tuesday night after a huge blast in Oyo state shook buildings and sent panicking residents onto the streets. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear while local media reported that some buildings had collapsed. The explosion was heard in the Oyo state capital Ibadan, …
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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks retreated on Tuesday while the dollar gathered strength amid warnings that markets might have gotten ahead of themselves with respect to the timing and extent of central bank policy cuts. A broad sell-off pulled all three major U.S. stock indexes lower while the greenback advanced and …
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By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar jumped in a volatile session on Tuesday as investors dialed back expectations for a March rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve, fueled in part by comments by Board Governor Christopher Waller. Markets are pricing in a 66.9% chance of a rate cut of at least …
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KIGALI (Reuters) -Rwanda said on Tuesday it had killed a soldier from Democratic Republic of Congo and captured two others on its territory in the latest sign of friction on their border. The Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) said in a statement the Congolese soldiers crossed at Rubavu town, with one shot dead when he fired …
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MORONI (Reuters) -Comoros’ President Azali Assoumani won a fourth five-year term after being declared by the country’s electoral body on Tuesday as the winner of Sunday’s election in which he contested against five opponents. Assoumani has been ruling the Indian Ocean archipelago nation since 1999 when he first came to power through a coup. He …
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