BERLIN (Reuters) – German troops have started to withdraw from Mali as Berlin aims to wind up by May next year a mission that has been hampered by disputes with the ruling military junta in Bamako and the arrival of Russian forces. Berlin has deployed some 1,000 troops to Mali, most near the northern town …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s economy grew 4.8% in 2022, down from 7.6% a year earlier, as a severe drought hurt agricultural output, the statistics office said on Wednesday. Like other countries in East Africa, Kenya is emerging from the worst drought in four decades that has pushed up the price of basic commodities. It is …
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(Reuters) – Sudan, which has been in the grip of a bloody power struggle between the army and a paramilitary group for three weeks, has a history of civil wars, military takeovers and rebellions. Â Â Â The commanders of the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who shared power as part of an internationally backed transition …
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RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 12.9% in the first three months of 2023 from 12.1% in the same period last year as the farming sector continues to shed jobs amid the worst drought in decades, Morocco’s statistics agency HCP said on Wednesday. The unemployment rate was higher among young people at …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Two senior economic advisers to Kenya’s president are among a shortlist of six who will be interviewed for the job of central bank governor, which will become vacant in June. Kamau Thugge, who served as the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance in 2013-2018, has been short-listed for the job, alongside …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s current account turned a surplus for the first time in years in the October-to-December quarter as imports dropped and exports rose, the central bank said in a statement on Wednesday. Egypt imposed import restrictions during most of 2022 and continues to suffer an acute shortage of foreign currency. The current account …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Economic growth in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia regions will slow in 2023, underlining the need to accelerate structural reforms, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday. Real GDP growth in the Middle East and Central Asia is forecast to fall to 2.9% in 2023, from 5.3% last …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police fired tear gas at a small group of protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday as the opposition took to the streets again in anti-government demonstrations following a one-month pause. Police said they had arrested 46 people “engaging in acts of criminality” and said the protests were unlawful. The Azimio La …
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By Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A conflict in Sudan that erupted on April 15 has killed hundreds of people, driven more than 100,000 to flee across the borders and displaced hundreds of thousands inside the country where many already relied on international aid before fighting began. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tension had been building …
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(Reuters) – South Africa’s Gold Fields said on Tuesday it was setting up a joint venture with Osisko Mining to develop the Windfall gold mining project in Canada. The investment gives Gold Fields an entry point into the Canadian mining sector, which it has coveted for years. Gold Fields said it would pay an initial …
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