By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) – Children account for most of the 109 bodies so far recovered in mass graves linked to a cult in Kenya, the interior minister said on Friday, the latest details in a case that has shocked the country and prompted calls for tighter regulation of religious fringe groups. Followers of …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz, Nafisa Eltahir and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Alarmed that movements of rival military factions in Sudan could bring bloodshed, a group of mediators pushed for last-ditch talks between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo two weeks ago. But neither of Sudan’s two most powerful men showed …
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GEORGETOWN (Reuters) – Guyana’s government on Friday announced it approved a production license for a consortium led by Exxon Mobil to develop its fifth and most expensive oil project in the country, Uaru, the Natural Resources ministry said. The 20-year license came after Guyana’s environmental agency authorized the $12.7 billion project. A field development plan …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand was little changed against the dollar on Friday, as local budget and trade data failed to offer much relief to investors in Africa’s most industrialised economy. At 1527 GMT, the rand traded at 18.2875 against the dollar, near its previous close of 18.2975. The dollar was last up about …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday Britain’s plan to send illegal migrants to Rwanda was a deal between two free nations which are safeguarding the safety of the people, adding it was wrong to call it a deportation. Meloni, who heads a right-wing government in Rome, was talking to reporters …
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GABORONE (Reuters) – Rough diamond sales by Debswana Diamond Co dropped slightly in the first three months of the year, data released by the Bank of Botswana showed on Friday, as the market was more cautious about the current uncertain global macroeconomic outlook. Debswana, a joint venture between Anglo American Plc unit De Beers and Botswana’s government, …
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By Summer Zhen, Carolina Mandl and Nell Mackenzie HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) – Five hedge funds interviewed by Reuters this week each gave details of a trading idea they think could result in a profit from the most significant turmoil to have roiled the banking sector since the 2008 financial crisis. The hedge funds said they …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Uncertainty over the economic outlook and the banking sector prompted investors to move money back into cash and gold in the week to Wednesday, according to BofA Global Research. But the current environment is tricky to trade, as evidenced by a push into perceived risky assets such as tech stocks and the …
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(This April 25 story has been corrected to rectify the name of the firm to Morgan Stanley Investment Management, not Morgan Stanley Asset Management, in paragraph 14) By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks sold off, closing deep in negative territory, and Treasury yields dropped on Tuesday as disappointing earnings and soft economic …
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By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) – Thanasis Pagoulatos kept the family-run Acropole Hotel in Khartoum open throughout all the coups, wars and uprisings that Sudan has periodically endured – until the war that tore through the capital this month finally forced him out. “It’s as if a part of mine is taken from us,” said …
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