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South African rand buoyed by higher gold prices as local data disappoints

1 Dec 2025

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 1 (Reuters) – South Africa’s commodity-linked rand edged up on Monday, helped by higher gold prices despite a disappointing local manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) survey and softer-than-expected vehicle sales figures for November. At 1448 GMT, the rand traded at 17.0950 against the dollar, roughly up 0.1% on Friday’s close. The greenback last …

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Cameroonian opposition figure Ekane dies in detention, lawyer says

1 Dec 2025

By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Cameroonian opposition leader Anicet Ekane, who supported a bid for president by a rival to the country’s long-serving leader in October, died in detention on Monday, his lawyer and family said, a development that may worsen political tensions. Ekane, 74, leader of the African Movement for …

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Iran seizes Eswatini-flagged vessel for smuggling fuel

30 Nov 2025

DUBAI, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Iran seized on Sunday an Eswatini-flagged vessel carrying 350,000 litres of smuggled fuel, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. “We seized a vessel carrying smuggled fuel in the form of gasoil and flying Swaziland’s (Eswatini) flag. It was brought to Bushehr’s coast following a judicial order and its content will …

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Ousted Guinea-Bissau President Embalo arrives in Brazzaville

30 Nov 2025

DAKAR, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the Republic of Congo’s capital Brazzaville on Saturday, days after the military seized power, a source close to him told Reuters. Soldiers toppled Embalo’s government on Wednesday before the results of weekend presidential and legislative elections could be announced, continuing a pattern …

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Tunisian police arrest opposition figure Chaima Issa to enforce 20-year jail term

29 Nov 2025

By Tarek Amara TUNIS, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Tunisian police arrested prominent opposition figure Chaima Issa at a protest in the capital Tunis on Saturday to enforce a 20-year prison sentence, her lawyers said. An appeals court handed jail terms of up to 45 years to opposition leaders, business leaders and lawyers on Friday on …

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South Africa arrests four men suspected of planning to fight for Russia

29 Nov 2025

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 29 (Reuters) – South African police said they arrested four men en route to Russia who are suspected of having been recruited to fight in the military there. The men were stopped at the boarding gate in Johannesburg on Friday, police said, weeks after reports another 17 South African men were stuck in …

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Abductors kill priest in Nigeria after a month in captivity, church leader says

29 Nov 2025

ABUJA, Nov 29 (Reuters) – An Anglican priest kidnapped in northwest Nigeria last month has been killed in captivity, the head of the Church of Nigeria said, as the country reels from a surge in abductions and killings that has drawn condemnation from Washington. Archbishop Henry Ndakuba said Venerable Edwin Achi, seized with his wife …

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Senegal prime minister calls Guinea-Bissau coup a ‘sham’

29 Nov 2025

By Ngouda Dione DAKAR/BISSAU (Reuters) -Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Friday said this week’s coup in neighbouring Guinea-Bissau was a sham and demanded its disrupted election be allowed to continue, adding to a chorus of regional anger over the latest power grab. Despite the criticism, the junta appeared to be taking steps to consolidate …

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Congo, Rwanda presidents to sign peace deal in Washington next week, sources say

29 Nov 2025

-The presidents of Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda will travel to Washington next week to sign a peace deal and meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, three sources told Reuters, as the U.S. tries to broker peace in war-hit eastern Congo and attract Western mining investments to the region. Two diplomatic sources and Tina …

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