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Nigeria commissions Dangote refinery, seeks to end fuel imports

By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria commissioned Dangote Refinery on Monday amid hopes of transforming the country into a net exporter of petroleum products, but analysts said securing crude supplies could affect it achieving full production this year. The government of outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari sees the refinery as the answer to Nigeria’s repeated fuel …

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African leaders seek to persuade Russia, Ukraine to cease hostilities

By Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Six African leaders propose that Ukraine accept opening peace talks with Russia even as Russian troops remain on its soil, South Africa’s presidency said on Monday, as South African officials prepare to visit both countries to sell the idea. Ukraine has said Russian troops must withdraw from its …

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Congo leader to visit China this week, minerals trade deal signing expected

BEIJING (Reuters) -The president of minerals-rich Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, will visit China from May 24 to 29 and is expected to meet President Xi Jinping to review and sign several key trade deals. A meeting would pave the way for the two countries to formally overhaul and seal a $6 billion infrastructure-for-minerals …

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Abundant rains in Ivory Coast to boost cocoa mid-crop, farmers say

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The development of the April-to-September mid-crop could finish strong due to above average rains in most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa growing regions, farmers said on Monday.  Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is in its rainy season which runs officially from April to mid-November.  Farmers said that the weather should …

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UN envoy to Sudan warns of ‘ethnicisation’ of conflict, impact on region

CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Nations envoy to Sudan warned on Monday of the growing “ethnicisation” of the military conflict that broke out in Sudan last month and the potential impact on neighbouring states. “The growing ethnicisation of the conflict risks engulfing the country in a prolonged conflict, with implications for the region,” Volker Perthes …

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