By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Countries including India and China on Monday voiced concern that a series of proposed reforms to the World Trade Organization leaves blank a section on rebooting its top appeals court, trade sources said, with time running out before a major meeting. WTO members are reviewing a draft proposal deemed …
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PARIS (Reuters) – TotalEnergies reaffirmed its commitment to business interests in Nigeria, the French company said, adding that its head Patrick Pouyanne had met Nigeria President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Monday. TotalEnergies said it had signed a co-operation agreement with Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC Ltd to carry out methane detection and measurement campaigns …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday filed charges against Nigerian businessman Dozy Mmobuosi and three companies of which he is CEO, alleging they inflated the financial performance of the companies and key subsidiaries to defraud investors. The SEC said in a statement that it filed charges in U.S. District …
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By Karin Strohecker, Jorgelina do Rosario and Rodrigo Campos LONDON (Reuters) – Ethiopia is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to borrow around $3.5 billion under a reform programme, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. A group of Ethiopia officials and their advisors told international bondholders in a call last Thursday …
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By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – A commercial vessel hijacked by unknown assailants remains off the coast of Somalia raising fears of further instability for global shipping as attacks escalate in the Red Sea, maritime security sources said on Monday. A Spanish navy ship was dispatched at full speed on Friday towards the Maltese-flagged Ruen …
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By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -An explosion at an oil terminal in Guinea’s capital Conakry killed at least 13 people and injured 178 on Monday, the government said, as firefighters worked through the afternoon to fully extinguish the blaze. The blast at the West African nation’s main oil terminal rocked the Kaloum administrative district in …
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By Nelson Banya (Reuters) – South Africa’s Impala Platinum on Monday said operations ground to a halt at its recently acquired Bafokeng Rasimone platinum mine after more than 2,000 workers staged an underground protest over unspecified demands. The protest action began on Monday morning, Impala said in a statement. “As at 15h00 (1300 GMT), approximately …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya and the European Union moved closer to sealing an Economic Partnership Agreement that will grant the East African nation’s exports duty-free status and unlimited access to the bloc, officials said on Monday. Both sides had initialled a draft deal in June after seven months of negotiations. The EU is one of …
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) -Morocco’s tourism industry looks set to have had a record year, boosting the wider economy, despite September’s earthquake and what sector professionals see as some disruption to winter bookings due to the war in Gaza. Tourism accounts for 7% of gross domestic product and is a key source of foreign …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Monday began hearing a challenge to an anti-LGBT law that carries the death penalty for certain same-sex acts and 20 years in prison for “promoting” homosexuality. The Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni in May, prompting U.S. and World Bank sanctions. In a brief …
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