PARIS (Reuters) – The French foreign ministry on Tuesday said it had received a letter from the Burkinabe authorities in December requesting the departure of Frances’s ambassador from Burkina Faso – a move the ministry called “not standard practice.” The Burkinabe government has declined to comment officially on reports it sent this request to Paris …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Unidentified assailants killed five people in an attack on a civil defence post near the Malian capital Bamako late on Monday, a security ministry statement said on Tuesday. It did not say who was responsible for the attack, which occurred around 80 km (50 miles) from Bamako in an area in southwestern …
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -The bodies of 28 men killed by gunfire have been found in the northwestern Burkina Faso town of Nouna, prosecutors said on Monday. An investigation has been launched into the killings which were discovered on Dec. 30 and 31, prosecutors said in a statement that did not provide any details on the possible …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand was flat on Tuesday, as investors awaited minutes from the last U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting in December for clues on its interest rate path for 2023. At 1538 GMT, the rand traded at 16.9850 against the dollar, little changed from its previous close of 16.9775. The minutes of the …
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By Nuzulack Dausen DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted a ban on political rallies on Tuesday, six-and-a-half years after her predecessor John Magufuli imposed the measure which caused frequent run-ins between opposition leaders and police. Under the policy, which came into force in 2016, elected politicians were allowed to conduct …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – In pink trousers and a matching puffer jacket, Grammy-nominated Kenyan musician Bien-Aime Alusa gyrates on stage as he sings to a bank of swaying fans, many capturing the moment on their mobile phones. When the curtain drops on the concert in Nairobi, Alusa keeps making connections and profit through a digital streaming …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian government offered projects to produce 1,700 megawatts of renewable energies during 2023-2025, with investments worth 5 billion dinars( $1.60 billion), the energy minister Naila Nouira said on Tuesday. Tunisia also plans to raise phosphate production from 3.7 million tonnes in 2022 to 12 million tonnes in 2025, she added. (Reporting …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – A court in Senegal sentenced two lawmakers on Monday to six months in jail for assaulting a pregnant colleague on Dec. 1 during an acrimonious parliamentary session that degenerated into a full-blown brawl. The men, Amadou Niang and Massata Samb of the opposition PUR party, were also ordered to pay a total …
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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria will pay 1.8 trillion naira ($4 billion) extra interest in 2023 if parliament rejects a loan-to-bond swap request on the central bank’s overdrafts to the government, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday after signing the 2023 budget into law. The Senate last week delayed a decision on the president’s …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Offshore investors sold a net 1.70 billion rand ($100.10 million) of South African stocks last week, data from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange showed on Tuesday. Settlement data on bonds showed net sales of 2.23 billion rand, while trading data showed net purchases of 0.18 billion rand. ($1 = 16.9832 rand) (Reporting by …
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