By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s two-test series success over Sri Lanka on Monday catapulted them to first place in the World Test Championship and put them firmly on course for next year’s final in what would have been unthinkable less than a year ago. Five test wins in a row, made …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand jumped on Monday at the start of a week packed with economic data releases, as gold prices climbed after China’s central bank resumed purchases of the bullion. At 1413 GMT, the commodity-driven rand traded at 17.8050 against the dollar, about 1.2% stronger than its previous close. “Developments in the Middle …
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco received a record 15.9 million tourists in the first 11 months of this year, surpassing the total in the entire previous year, the tourism ministry said on Monday. Tourism accounts for about 7% of the North African country’s gross domestic product and is a key source of jobs …
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THE HAGUE – Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court asked judges on Monday to find two men accused of leading Christian-dominated militias in attacks on Muslims in Central African Republic in 2013 and 2014 guilty of all the charges against them. In their closing arguments, prosecutors said they had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Patrice-Edouard …
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GQEBERHA, South Africa (Reuters) -Spinner Keshav Maharaj took five wickets as South Africa secured a 109-run victory over Sri Lanka on the last day of the second test at St George’s Park on Monday and a 2-0 sweep of the series. Maharaj finished with figures of 5-76 as South Africa took 70 minutes to dismiss …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Armed attackers on motorcycles killed at least 21 civilians in the West African nation of Niger, the army said. The attack last Thursday near the town of Tera, about 175 km (108 miles) west of the capital Niamey and close to the border with Burkina Faso, came at a time of heightened …
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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Bate Felix ACCRA (Reuters) – John Dramani Mahama, who is returning as Ghana’s president eight years after losing power, achieved his political comeback on a promise to mend the West African country’s economy. His main rival conceded defeat on Sunday after partial results showed Mahama, 66, was on course to …
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PORT LOUIS (Reuters) – The state of Mauritius’ economy is “much worse than we imagined”, its new prime minister said, as an audit he launched into the Indian Ocean archipelago’s public finances neared completion. Navin Ramgoolam announced the audit days after his coalition won a resounding election victory in November, alleging the previous government had …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – A mystery disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading mainly among children and putting severely malnourished people at risk, according to the World Health Organization, which sent experts to the region to investigate the outbreak. In an update published on Sunday evening, the WHO said 406 cases of the undiagnosed …
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OSLO (Reuters) – Equinor has closed the planned sale of its assets in Nigeria and Azerbaijan for a total consideration of up to $2 billion, completing exits from the two countries after some 30 years, the Norwegian oil and gas firm said on Monday. The divestments, first announced in 2023 and completed in recent weeks, …
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