By Brian Benza GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s state-owned Okavango Diamond Company plans to start contracted gem sales in September, managing director Mmetla Masire said on Friday, as it diversifies its sales channels under the government’s new marketing deal with De Beers. ODC, whose allocation in the production of Debswana – its 50-50 joint venture with …
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By Ahmed Kingimi ABUJA (Reuters) -At least 117 people have died and several others are still missing after heavy flooding destroyed thousands of homes in Nigeria’s Niger state, an emergency official said on Friday. The death toll is a sharp rise from Thursday’s figure of 21 people, Ibrahim Hussaini, head of the Niger State Emergency …
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By Ope Adetayo ABUJA (Reuters) -The Nigerian military has detained over two dozen soldiers and members of the police force over sales of weapons from military stockpiles to armed groups, including Islamist insurgents, a spokesperson said. Africa’s most populous country and biggest energy producer, Nigeria is battling insecurity on many fronts, including a long-running insurgency …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s inflation fell to 3.8% year-on-year in May from 4.1% a month earlier, the statistics office said on Friday. In month-on-month terms inflation was 0.5% in May from 0.3% a month earlier, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement. The office said the food and non-alcoholic beverages index was up …
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By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -Celebrated Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong’o, whose sharp criticisms of post-independence elites led to his jailing and two decade in exile, has died at the age of 87, Kenya’s president said. Shaped by an adolescence where he witnessed the armed Mau Mau struggle for independence from Britain, Thiong’o …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Three suspects have been detained for allegedly storming the Libyan state oil firm’s headquarters in Tripoli, the country’s attorney general said on Thursday, a day after its rival government in the east threatened to declare force majeure on oil fields and ports citing assaults on the firm. The National Oil Corporation is …
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By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -At least 21 people were killed in north central Nigeria on Thursday when their homes were destroyed by heavy rains and nearly a dozen were missing, the local emergency agency said. Ibrahim Hussaini, head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency told Reuters that 50 houses were submerged in …
By Siyanda Mthethwa JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A South African mother and two accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for trafficking her then-6-year-old daughter, in a case that gained nationwide attention since the child went missing last year. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno Van Rhyn were convicted of kidnapping and …
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PRETORIA (Reuters) -Below are some quotes from South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago at a news conference to announce the central bank’s latest interest rate decision. INFLATION “Inflation was below 3% again in April. The undershoot of the target mainly reflects falling fuel costs, but underlying inflation is also well contained.” “We have revised …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Libya’s eastern-based government said on Wednesday it may announce a force majeure on oil fields and ports citing “repeated assaults on the National Oil Corporation (NOC).” The government in Benghazi is not internationally recognised, but most oilfields in the major oil producing country are under the control of eastern Libyan military leader Khalifa …
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