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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian authorities on Tuesday banned meetings at all offices of the opposition Ennahda Islamist party and police closed the headquarters of the Salvation Front main opposition coalition, party and official sources said. Ennahda fears the move will pave the way for banning the party and comes a day after police detained Ennahda …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African business confidence fell further in March, with power blackouts, rising interest rates and lower share prices on the Johannesburg bourse among factors weighing on sentiment, data showed on Tuesday. The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) business confidence index dropped to 111.3 in March from 111.9 in February. …

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By Rachel Savage and Chris Mfula LUSAKA (Reuters) – The Comesa market in Zambia’s capital Lusaka appears to be bustling, but traders say business is suffering as a weak local currency pushes up prices, adding to the hardships of a population already struggling with soaring living costs. “The dollar is killing us,” said Ben Mwandila, …

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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police on Monday detained Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi, the most prominent critic of president Kais Saied, his party said, a move marking an escalation of a campaign of arrests that has targeted many high-profile opponents of Saied. Hours after Ghannouchi’s arrest, police raided the party ‮ headquarters‬ and evacuated all …

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major U.S. trade preference program for Sub-Saharan Africa has been successful for developing the region’s apparel sector in selected countries, but its benefits are not widespread throughout all countries and sectors, a new report to the U.S. Congress showed on Monday. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) said …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday said Egyptian troops held in Sudan were merely there to conduct exercises with their Sudanese counterparts and not to support any of the warring parties. After clashes erupted across Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army on Saturday, the RSF shared …

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