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Sudan’s warring generals extend theoretical truce but keep fighting

By Mohamed Noureldin KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s warring military factions agreed to a new and longer seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, neighbour and mediator South Sudan said, even as more air strikes and shooting in the Khartoum capital region undercut their latest supposed truce. Previous ceasefire pledges have ranged from 24 to 72 hours but there …

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Syrians in Sudan flee war for second time

By Yazan Kalach and Orhan Qereman CAIRO/QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – Radwan Hisham Wahba fled Syria in 2012 for Sudan, hoping to build a new life after being shot when his country collapsed into civil war. Now, as violence engulfs his adopted home, he and many other Syrians living there are on the move once more. …

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Sierra Leone approves president’s candidacy for second term

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s electoral commission on Tuesday approved President Julius Maada Bio’s candidacy for the June general elections in which he will seek a second term. The commission has also approved the main opposition party’s nominee Samura Kamara, the runner-up in the last presidential vote in 2018. Bio will be running after a …

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Oil slumps 5% to five-week low amid US debt default fears

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices sank about 5% to a five-week low on Tuesday on concerns about the economy as U.S. politicians discuss ways to avoid a debt default and investors prepare for more rate hikes this week. Brent futures fell $3.99, or 5.0%, to settle at $75.32 a barrel, while West …

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Last UK evacuation flights out of Sudan to leave Wednesday -minister

LONDON (Reuters) – British nationals who want to leave Sudan should go to Port Sudan where final evacuation flights will depart on Wednesday, the British government said. Foreign minister James Cleverly urged Britons to continue to follow the government’s travel advice for Sudan, where military factions are in their third week of fighting each other. …

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Sudanese fleeing north face arduous crossing into Egypt

(This May 1 story has been refiled to fix a typographical error in paragraph 17) By Maggie Michael ARQEEN, Egypt (Reuters) – Eight months pregnant, Malaz Omar left behind everything to flee with her husband, two toddlers and an elderly aunt from the fighting that has swept across Sudan’s capital for more than two weeks. …

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Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged

KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed one of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ bills mostly unchanged, including provision for long jail terms and the death penalty, after the president requested some parts of the original legislation be toned down. The new bill retains most of the harshest measures of the legislation adopted in March, which …

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South African rand slips with focus on local PMI, Fed this week

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand slipped on Tuesday, with market attention this week likely to hinge on a local purchasing managers’ index (PMI) survey and a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate meeting. At 1525 GMT, the rand traded at 18.4925 against the dollar, around 0.56% weaker than its previous close. The U.S. currency was …

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S.Africa’s Harmony Gold reports fatality at Kusasalethu mine

(Reuters) – South Africa’s Harmony Gold on Tuesday reported a fatality at its Kusasalethu mine, 90 kilometres west of Johannesburg. The company said the accident occurred on April 30 and that it had temporarily ceased work in the affected section, pending an internal investigation. This is the sixth fatality reported in Harmony’s current financial year, …

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Zambia’s GDP forecast to grow 4.2% in 2023 -finance ministry

By Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s economy is projected to expand 4.2% in 2023, Secretary to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa said on Tuesday, with growth dipping compared to last year as the southern African country battles to wrap up a long-delayed debt restructuring. Preliminary data indicated that the economy grew by 4.7% in 2022, …

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