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South African rand steady after inflation print, focus on central bank meeting

19 Nov 2025 19 Nov 2025

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand was little moved on Wednesday after the release of slightly better-than-expected inflation data as traders looked ahead to the central bank’s interest rate decision due on Thursday. At 1408 GMT the rand traded at 17.16 against the dollar, little moved from its previous close. Statistics agency data showed that …

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Chinese premier makes landmark Zambia trip as West vies for investment foothold

19 Nov 2025 19 Nov 2025

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Zambia will host a Chinese premier on Wednesday for the first time in 28 years as the sub-Saharan state emerges from a financial crisis, with Beijing eager to access commodities and develop a bigger market for its exporters. China is Zambia’s largest official creditor, owed $5.7 billion and keen to …

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Putin to meet Togo’s president in the Kremlin

19 Nov 2025 19 Nov 2025

MOSCOW/LOME (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Togo’s president, Faure Gnassingbe, in the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks that will focus on developing ties between Moscow and the tiny phosphate-producing country on the West African coast. Gnassingbe, whose family has ruled Togo since 1967, was invited to visit Russia by Putin, Togo said in …

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Soccer-Morocco extend record run of successive victories

19 Nov 2025 19 Nov 2025

(Reuters) -Morocco extended their record-breaking run of successive victories to 18 as they beat Uganda 4-0 in a friendly international in Tangier on Tuesday. The match was part of their preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations finals, which they host next month. Uganda scored an own goal through defender Herbert Achai in the fourth …

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Nigeria steps up search for 25 abducted schoolgirls in northwestern Kebbi region

18 Nov 2025 19 Nov 2025

By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Nigerian security forces on Tuesday intensified a search for 25 girls abducted by gunmen from a boarding school in northwestern Kebbi, the latest school abduction as widespread insecurity continues to plague the country. Parents who gathered at the school said two girls had managed to escape their abductors on …

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Trump’s empty chair at G20 summit is opportunity for South African hosts

18 Nov 2025 18 Nov 2025

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -An empty chair for Donald Trump at the G20 summit offers an opportunity for South African hosts, determined to set an agenda for global leaders in the face of the U.S. president’s hostility to multilateral diplomacy. Washington says it won’t attend the first G20 summit in Africa, because of allegations …

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Mali army killed 31 villagers in attacks on insurgent area, HRW says

18 Nov 2025 18 Nov 2025

(Reuters) -Mali’s military and allied militias killed at least 31 people in attacks on two villages in the central Segou region where the main insurgent group linked to al Qaeda operates, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Tuesday. The first attack took place on October 2 in the village of Kamona, where the …

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Eswatini received $5.1 million to accept US deportees, minister says

18 Nov 2025 18 Nov 2025

By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Eswatini received $5.1 million from the U.S. government under a deal to accept third-country nationals deported by the Trump administration, its finance minister said on Tuesday. Eswatini is among several African nations that agreed to receive third-country deportees as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Others include …

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Egypt annuls first-round parliament vote in quarter of constituencies over ‘violations’

18 Nov 2025 18 Nov 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt annulled parliamentary votes in over a quarter of first-round constituencies on Tuesday in one of the most significant disruptions to a national election in recent years. Polls opened last week for the first of two rounds to elect the final parliament of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s third term, the last he is …

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UK foreign minister plans sanctions relating to human rights abuses in Sudan

18 Nov 2025 18 Nov 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s foreign minister Yvette Cooper plans to introduce sanctions relating to human rights violations and abuses in war-torn Sudan, she said on Tuesday, stressing the need for sustained efforts for a ceasefire. “I’ve instructed my officials to bring forward potential sanctions relating to human rights violations and abuses in Sudan,” Cooper told lawmakers, …

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