WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia has declared an outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) after one person died of the disease in the capital Windhoek, the government said on Tuesday. The patient was suspected of having the virus when he was first treated at a clinic in the eastern city of Gobabis on May 16. He …
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By America Hernandez PARIS (Reuters) – French energy company TotalEnergies will make good on an action plan to address the rights of residents near its Mozambique LNG project over the summer, the oil major said on Tuesday, taking a step closer towards a restart. “At this time there is no date for a restart, although …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -International securities watchdog IOSCO unveiled on Tuesday the first global approach to regulating cryptoasset and digital markets, drawing on lessons from last year’s collapse of the FTX exchange that fuelled concerns over consumer protection. The industry, which typically only has to comply with anti-money laundering checks, has been calling for …
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By Catherine Schenck HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africans on Monday blamed their local government for failing to provide clean water as deaths from cholera rose to 15 in the country’s most populous province. The health department in Gauteng province declared a cholera outbreak on Sunday in Hammanskraal, an area about 50 kilometres (31 …
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the country’s former president, faces being dragged into a $400 million London lawsuit brought by Angolan telecoms operator Unitel. Unitel sued dos Santos’ Dutch company Unitel International Holdings (UIH) in 2020 over loans that were provided to fund UIH’s acquisition of shares …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand was broadly flat on Tuesday, a day after staging a mini-recovery on relief the country’s credit rating was not downgraded and bets on a large interest rate hike from the central bank this week. At 1510 GMT, the rand traded at 19.2075 against the dollar, about 0.1% stronger than …
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By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund staff and Kenya have reached an agreement that could unlock more than $1 billion of new financing, which could help relieve pressure on government finances in East Africa’s largest economy. Kenya’s finances have been under strain from rising debt repayments and the effects of the worst …
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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday told the trial of a Malian Islamist rebel he was a key figure in the “blatant persecution” of the residents of Timbuktu and was an enthusiastic participant in war crimes. Prosecutors say Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz was …
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By Ngouda Dione and Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) -The delayed rape trial of Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko resumed in his absence in the capital Dakar on Tuesday as defence lawyers withdrew from the case and his party called for public protest. Security forces patrolled crossroads and enforced a temporary ban on motorcycles as authorities …
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By Thomas Newey CANNES (Reuters) – For Mohamed Kordofani, being at the Cannes Film Festival is bittersweet: He directed the first Sudanese film to be included in the festival’s official selection as weeks of fighting in Sudan have driven nearly 1.1 million people from their homes. “I feel immensely honoured and very happy that the …
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