By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo will visit South Africa next week, a Treasury spokesperson told Reuters, where he will seek to advance the economic relationship between the two countries even as ties have been marked by tensions. The spokesperson said Adeyemo will discuss issues such as illicit finance, …
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By Garba Muhammad and Hamza Ibrahim KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped more than 200 school pupils in the northern town of Kuriga on Thursday, a teacher, local councillor and parents of the missing children said, in the biggest mass abduction from a school since 2021. Police in Kaduna state did not respond to …
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa’s Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, will retire after this year’s general elections on May 29, he told Reuters on Friday. Gordhan oversees state entities including struggling power utility Eskom and logistics firm Transnet, whose poor performances have dragged down economic growth in Africa’s most industrialised economy. An anti-apartheid veteran, …
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By Diadie Ba and Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegalese presidential candidates faced a shortened race to election day on Thursday after the constitutional council confirmed the delayed vote would be held on March 24, kick-starting a competition that remains wide open. Uncertainty over the date of the vote has gripped the West African country since …
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By Garba Muhammad KADUNA (Reuters) – A Nigerian Air Force Super Mushshak trainer aircraft was involved in “a minor mishap” on Thursday, but the two pilots on board survived the crash, the Air Force said. The incident occurred at about 1335 GMT near a military airfield in the northern city of Kaduna as the plane …
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By Nyasha Nyaungwa WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibian communities whose ancestors were massacred by German colonial forces and had their property seized more than a century ago are calling for fresh talks with Berlin to negotiate the return of ancestral land. Germany agreed in May 2021 to fund projects worth 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) over …
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By Diadie Ba and Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled a delayed presidential election for March 24, the government said on Wednesday after a top court ruled that a proposal to hold the vote after his mandate expires on April 2 was unconstitutional. The announcement caps a dramatic evening that saw …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged the warring parties in Sudan to agree to halt hostilities during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a move the Security Council is also considering. “This cessation of hostilities must lead to a definitive silencing of the guns across the country, and …
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(Reuters) – Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled a delayed presidential election for March 24, bringing a month of confusion to an end. WHAT WAS THE CRISIS ALL ABOUT? Sall initially delayed the Feb. 25 election due to disputes over the list of candidates. Parliament then voted to hold the vote on Dec. 15 and …
ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana’s Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah has died, the finance ministry’s spokesperson said on Thursday. There was no additional information on the circumstances of 45-year-old’s death. Kumah, a lawyer by training and a father of six, assumed office as deputy finance minister in 2021. (Reporting by Christian AkorlieWriting by Sofia ChristensenEditing by Bate …
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