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Tripoli official says Libya closer to holding presidential election – Russia’s RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Mohammed Takala, head of Libya’s Tripoli-based High State Council, has said the country is getting closer to holding presidential elections, according to the Russian state news agency RIA. Efforts to bring together Libya’s rival factions to hold an election have been the main focus of diplomacy for years, but there has been …

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Kenya to begin privatisation drive, offers stakes in 11 companies

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya will start its privatisation drive by offering stakes in 11 companies including the state oil pipeline, the finance ministry said on Monday. The 11 firms are among more than 35 companies that are slated for sale to partially help the government raise revenue in the face of growing debt …

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Mozambique fine tunes new $80 billion energy transition blueprint

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Mozambique has approved an ambitious new energy transition plan until 2050, hoping to attract investments of some $80 billion to boost renewable energy capacity and increase electricity availability, a senior energy official said on Monday. Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi is expected to officially present the energy strategy to international partners and …

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Ivory Coast tourist haven battles coastal erosion and rogue waves

By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Coulibaly Media ASSINIE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – On a shrinking strip of beach in southeast Ivory Coast, hotel owner Habib Hassan Nassar has to stack thousands of sandbags each week to protect his property from the rising sea. Thanks to the metres-high sandbag barricade, the Kame Surf Camp hotel clings to …

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Zhaojin offer for Tietto materially undervalues gold miner – expert

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Zhaojin Mining’s $404.57 million bid for Tietto Minerals vastly undervalues the West African gold miner, according to an independent expert report on Monday. The China gold miner, Tietto’s second biggest shareholder with about a 7% holding, last month made an offer to buy the remaining 93% stake for A$0.58 per share. That …

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Sierra Leone president says calm restored, most leaders of barracks attack detained

By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) -Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio said most of the leaders of an attack on a military barracks in the capital Freetown earlier on Sunday had been arrested, adding that security operations and an investigation were ongoing. “We will ensure that those responsible are held accountable,” Bio said on national …

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Church official says kidnapped German priest freed in Mali

BAMAKO (Reuters) – German missionary Father Hans Joachim Lohre who was kidnapped in Mali’s capital Bamako last year has been freed by his captor, a church official told Reuters on Sunday. Patient Nshombo of the Missionaries for Africa told Reuters by telephone that Lohre had been released. “Yes, he has been freed, but we have …

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Death toll from flooding in Somalia climbs to nearly 100

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The number of people killed by floods from heavy rains in Somalia has climbed to 96, state news agency SONNA said on Saturday. “Somalia’s flood death toll climbs to 96,” SONNA said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, adding the figure had been confirmed by Mahamuud Moallim, the head of the …

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Kenyan parliamentary committee call for reforms to electoral body

By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) – A committee set up by the Kenyan parliament has called for reforms to the country’s electoral body and a review of tax policy, public spending and social security, a copy of their report seen by Reuters on Sunday shows. The bipartisan committee formed to study opposition grievances wants the …

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Sierra Leone aviation authority urge airlines to reschedule flights

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s civil aviation authority on Sunday urged airlines reschedule flights after a nationwide curfew imposed by the government in response to an attack on a military barracks by unidentified gunmen. The aviation authority said in a statement that passengers should be placed on the next available flights after the curfew is …

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