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IMF approves disbursement of $60.7 million to Mozambique

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s executive board has completed the third review of Mozambique’s three-year loan program, allowing for an immediate disbursement to Maputo of about $60.7 million, the fund said. The review brings total disbursements under the $456 million Extended Credit Facility program approved in 2022 to about $273 million, the IMF …

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Gambian ex-minister faces rape, torture charges in long-awaited Swiss trial

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -A former Gambian minister under ousted dictator Yahya Jammeh went on trial in Switzerland on Monday for crimes against humanity in a milestone case where a serial rape victim will testify after a multi-decade wait for justice. Former interior minister Ousman Sonko becomes the highest-ranking official to be tried in …

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Niger tribunal grants ousted president’s son provisional release from house arrest

NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s military tribunal granted the son of ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, Mohamed Bazoum Salem, provisional release from house arrest in the capital Niamey on Monday, it said in a statement. Salem, 23, has been in detention at the presidential residence with his parents since his father was toppled during a military coup …

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Congo governor tells security forces to leave home of presidential runner-up Katumbi

KINSHASA (Reuters) -Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday ordered security forces to leave the home of main opposition politician Moise Katumbi, which they had surrounded in what the provincial governor called a “faux pas”. A spokesman for Katumbi, who came second in disputed presidential elections last month, said earlier on Monday that …

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