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By Nellie Peyton and Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Six years after South Africa’s scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma was pushed out of office, he is backing a new party against his longtime political home the African National Congress (ANC) in Wednesday’s national election. Zuma’s political return as the leader of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), …

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s oil and gas minister resumed work on Tuesday after a suspension for two months pending a legal investigation, the ministry said in a brief statement. Mohamed Oun, oil and gas minister in the Government of National Unity in Tripoli, was temporarily suspended in March by the Administrative Control Agency amid an …

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By Farah Saafan CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced former presidential hopeful Ahmed Tantawy on Monday to one year in prison with labour on charges of forging election documents, and barred him from standing in elections for the next five years, his lawyer Khaled Ali said. Tantawy was the most prominent politician to challenge …

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Egypt has to increase the prices of bread, an essential commodity that is heavily subsidised in one of the world’s biggest wheat importers, but it will still “largely be subsidized”, Prime Minsiter Mostafa Madbouly said on Monday. Egypt will also look to into “balancing” prices of petroleum products by the end of …

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By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – On paper, South Africa’s election this week should present a golden opportunity for the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and its leader John Steenhuisen. The African National Congress (ANC) – the party of Nelson Mandela in power for the last 30 years – has little to boast about. The economy …

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By Tannur Anders and Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The leader of South Africa’s biggest opposition party urged voters to back his party in Wednesday’s election to avoid a “doomsday” scenario of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) forming a coalition with radical parties. Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen said the election would go down …

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