By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that it was too late for Nigerian claimants to sue two Shell subsidiaries over a 2011 offshore oil spill they say had a devastating long-term impact on the coastal area where they live. The case was one of a series of legal …
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By Adam Makary and Dina Sakr CAIRO (Reuters) – Since fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15, Khartoum resident Omar says he and his father have not left their home and believe they are the only civilians left in the neighbourhood. They have limited themselves to one meal a day, hoping their dwindling food …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. negotiators taking part in talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at extending a ceasefire between rival armed forces in Sudan are “cautiously optimistic,” U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday, as she faced criticism from senators over the administration’s handling of issues in …
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By Rachel Savage and Tannur Anders JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand plunged to a three-year low on Wednesday after a steep drop in the previous day, while international and domestic government bonds also fell, as fears grew of scheduled blackouts known as loadshedding worsening during winter. At 1530 GMT, the rand was trading at …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation in April slowed to 30.6% from 32.7% in March, data from the state statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Wednesday, lower than analysts had expected. Month-on-month, urban inflation slowed to 1.7% from 2.7% in March and 6.5% in February. Inflation had steadily crept up over the last year after …
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s earnings from coal exports jumped seven times in dollar terms in the year to the end of March from the previous year, central bank data showed, as the Ukraine war drove buyers to hunt for new sources of the fuel. Tanzania used to sell thermal coal only to neighbouring …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Egypt’s annual core inflation eased to 38.6% in April from 39.5% in March, data from the central bank showed on Wednesday. Month on month, it dropped to 1.7% in April from 2.5% in March, the data showed. (Reporting by Muhammad Al Gebaly, Nadine Awadallah, Alaa Swilam; Writing by Muhammad Al Gebaly)
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities recovered 14 bodies and rescued 21 people after a boat accident in northwestern Sokoto state, a local police spokesperson said on Wednesday. The wooden boat was carrying 36 people, mostly women, when it capsized on Tuesday while crossing a river in Shagari district, Sanusi Abubakar, the Sokoto police spokesperson …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of Congo is in discussions with neighbouring Uganda for possible use of the east African country’s planned crude oil pipeline to export petroleum, Congo’s hydrocarbons ministry said. Uganda is developing the $3.5 billion 1,445-kilometer East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) that will start from oil fields in its Albertine …
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LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Wednesday and asked Macron to use his country’s influence to speed up Zambia’s delayed debt restructuring talks. Hichilema’s office said in a statement that Macron wanted Zambia’s restructuring conclusively dealt with before the June 22-23 Summit for a New Global …
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