By Dawit Endeshaw and Karin Strohecker ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia will hold a call with its international bondholders on Thursday, a senior finance ministry official said, as the country is careening toward default, having said last week that it could not pay a $33 million bond coupon due on Monday. The finance ministry said on …
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By Farah Saafan and Amina Ismail SUEZ, Egypt (Reuters) -Egyptians, some arriving on buses or stationed waving national flags outside polling stations, voted on Monday in the second of three days in a presidential election in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to sweep to a third, six-year term. Many have shown little interest or …
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By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) -Frontera Energy and CGX Energy expect to make a final investment decision by 2026 on developing a promising Guyana offshore block, with first oil output potentially by 2030, executives from the companies said on Monday. The Frontera-CGX joint venture could become the next group to advance an oil and gas …
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BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – At least 14 people died in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rains battered the city of Bukavu overnight, causing landslides and houses to collapse, a local official said on Monday. The victims were all killed in the Bukavu commune of Ibanda, where many people live in …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso are eyeing a political and monetary alliance, Niger’s military leader said on national television of a move that could mark a further break with the West African regional bloc. Niger’s General Abdourahamane Tiani did not give a timeline or details about the project, but said it was …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A recent crackdown on migrant smuggling and human trafficking throughout the Americas turned up migrants from 69 countries, an indicator of the steep growth in Asians and Africans who are crossing oceans and continents to reach the United States. Coordinated by the international police organization Interpol, the fifth annual Operation …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Niger expects to export its first barrels of crude oil through a new Niger-Benin pipeline in January, the country’s military leader Abdourahamane Tiani said on state television. The PetroChina-backed export pipeline project was officially launched on Nov. 1, linking Niger’s Agadem oilfield to the Benin port of Cotonou. Storage tanks in Cotonou …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will on Monday publish a summary of its legal advice on draft legislation aimed at reviving a policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson said. Sunak is struggling to maintain his authority as politicians on both the left and the right of his Conservative …
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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South African national oil company PetroSA is confident it will not fall foul of Western sanctions after choosing Russia’s Gazprombank Africa as preferred investment partner to restart their refinery at Mossel Bay, senior officials said on Monday. Sweeping Western sanctions have hit Russia’s financial sector since the invasion of …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The Sudanese army and the rival paramilitary force it has been fighting for eight months have both cast doubt on an announcement by regional mediators that they had committed to a ceasefire and political dialogue. IGAD, a grouping of East African nations, has sought along with the United States and Saudi Arabia …
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