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Eleven more Trump deportees arrive in Eswatini from the United States, lawyer says
Eleven more migrants deported by the Trump administration under a policy of sending them to third countries arrived in Eswatini from the United States on Wednesday, a U.S. lawyer...
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UN probe says mass killings, rapes, abductions, starvation by Sudan force amount to genocide
Sudan's RSF forces carried out mass killings, abductions of women and girls, mass gang rapes and forced starvation in a city they besieged and captured last year, as part of an in...
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Ghana delays South Africa meetings over anti-migrant violence
Ghana has postponed bilateral meetings with South Africa that were planned for next month because of a surge in anti-migrant violence in the country, Ghana's government spokespers...
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Egypt June inflation seen climbing to 15.1%, Reuters poll shows
Egypt's headline inflation rate is expected to have climbed to 15.1% in June from 14.6% in May, a Reuters poll found, as unfavourable base effects and firmer food prices offset a ...
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Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa signs law extending his presidency to 2030
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law legislation that extends his term in office by two years to 2030, government spokesperson Nick Mangwana said on Tuesd...
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Senegal seeks financial adviser to help manage debt, sources say
Senegal has formally kicked off a selection process to hire a financial adviser on debt matters, two sources told Reuters, as investors closely watch how the country plans to tac...
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French shipping group CMA CGM signs deal with Syria
French shipping group CMA CGM signed a partnership deal with Syria, said President Emmanuel Macron's office on Tuesday, as Macron undertook a trip to Damascus to meet Syrian Pr...
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Zimbabwe begins blueberry shipments to China
Zimbabwe has started blueberry exports to China, an industry body said on Tuesday, after the two countries agreed a protocol on phytosanitary standards last September.
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Draft Egyptian law expands military-linked economic body's powers under presidential oversight, copy shows
A draft Egyptian law would elevate the Future of Egypt Authority from a military-linked body focused on agricultural and industrial development and commodities imports into an o...
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South African police say death of Nigerian man not linked to anti-migrant violence
South African police said on Tuesday the death of a Nigerian man in custody late last month had nothing to do with a surge in anti-migrant violence and that he collapsed after be...
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Ebola outbreak in Congo still in 'expansion phase', WHO says
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has not yet stabilised and is still expanding, with transmission fuelled by population movement, a World Health Official said on Tuesday.
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New fault discovery adds risk factor to South Africa's shale gas ambitions - UCT study
Scientists at South Africa's University of Cape Town on Tuesday called for heightened monitoring of the Karoo Basin after uncovering evidence of a previously unknown fault that co...
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South African rand softens after foreign reserves fall
The South African rand softened in early trade on Tuesday after central bank data showed a decline in the country's foreign reserves last month.
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Senegal's Faye plans to form his own political party
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is planning to set up his own political party, a coalition supporting him said, the latest evidence of a durable split with his recently...
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Congo sees no major threat from Middle East crisis to copper, cobalt output
Democratic Republic of Congo does not expect significant disruptions to copper and cobalt production this year due to chemical supply constraints stemming from conflict in the Mid...
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Morocco prevents attacks by cell loyal to Islamic State in Sahel
Morocco's counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attack plots targeting sensitive sites and public security by a cell loyal to Islamic State's affiliate in the Sahel...
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Nigeria says two citizens killed as anti-migrant violence surged in South Africa
Nigeria said two of its citizens were killed in South Africa, one of them by police, during a surge in anti-migrant violence, and threatened to take unspecified action if authoriti...
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UN rights council orders urgent inquiry into Sudan's al-Obeid
The U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday passed a motion condemning the escalating violence committed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan's al-Obeid and setting...
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