LUSAKA (Reuters) -Rescue workers in Zambia have pulled out the first survivor of a Dec. 1 landslide that inundated an open-pit copper mine and trapped at least 38 people who were working there without a permit, the disaster management unit said on Wednesday. The rescue team also retrieved two bodies, which were yet to be …
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By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) – There is plenty of hand-wringing on display at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai about the slow pace of reducing the consumption of fossil fuels to fight climate change. But one positive that delegates can point to is the growing fleet of electric vehicles worldwide that is already making a …
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By Tannur Anders JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday likened restrictions the Taliban has placed on women in Afghanistan to the treatment of Black people under apartheid in a lecture in South Africa organised by Nelson Mandela’s foundation. Yousafzai survived being shot in the head when she was 15 in …
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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya is likely get a fresh $1 billion loan from China in this financial year and it could use the cash to partly settle a Eurobond that is maturing next June, if it comes in time, the governor of the central bank said on Wednesday. The loan was first announced …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s government on Wednesday denounced the United States’ expansion of visa restrictions against its officials, accusing Washington of pushing an “LGBT agenda” in Africa. The new visa restrictions announced on Monday target unidentified officials the U.S. deems responsible for undermining democracy and repressing marginalised groups in Uganda, including the LGBTQ community. Uganda …
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KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda’s central bank kept its policy rate unchanged on Wednesday, saying that although it thought inflation had bottomed out there were still significant uncertainties on the horizon. The decision to keep the rate at 9.5% was the second “hold” decision in a row. In August, the Bank of Uganda cut its lending rate …
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WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia’s central bank left its policy rate unchanged on Wednesday, citing a projected slowdown in inflation next year, continued slack in the economy and slow credit growth. The decision to keep the rate at 7.75% is the third “hold” decision in a row, after the Bank of Namibia raised it by 50 …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi and U.S.-brokered talks aimed at halting fighting between Sudan’s warring parties have faltered again, and the country’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have pressed on with military campaigns that have caused a major humanitarian crisis. The lack of progress at the talks in Jeddah …
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By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – The EU should join forces with African countries to reform the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) subsidy rules as a way to counter Chinese market distortions and diplomatic influence, the German Economic Institute (IW) argued in a paper on Wednesday. The IW, which is financed by prominent German business associations …
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By Felix Onuah and Garba Muhammad ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ordered a thorough investigation into a weekend military drone attack that killed at least 85 people, including women and children, in northern Kaduna. Nigerian army chief Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja visited Tundun Biri village and apologised for the air strike. At …
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