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TUNIS (Reuters) – The European Union disbursed on Monday 150 million euros to Tunisia as budget support for financial stability and economic reforms, the European Commission said, as the North Africa country faces financial crisis. “The EU continues its commitment alongside Tunisia … This is an important step as part of our agreement concluded last …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt is studying further expansions of the Suez Canal to extend and complete a second channel of the waterway, the canal’s head said on Monday, a move that could allow for higher volumes of shipping and prevent blockages from halting traffic. The comments come as the canal is seeing a sharp fall …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday terminated a Zimbabwe sanctions program and reimposed curbs on nine people and three entities, including the country’s president, over their alleged involvement in corruption or serious human rights abuse. WHY IT MATTERS Washington is seeking to make clear that the sanctions are not intended to target the …

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By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) – Africa will be $2.5 trillion short of the finance it needs to cope with climate change by 2030, a U.N. official said on Monday, adding that the continent has contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions while seeing some of the worst impacts. Africa attracts only 2% of global …

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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday ruled that prosecutors can bring a hearing on charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony in his absence on Oct. 15. Kony, the founder and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), is the ICC’s longest standing fugitive. …

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By Mahamat Ramadane N’DJAMENA (Reuters) -Chad’s interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby said on Saturday he plans to run in this year’s long-awaited presidential race. Deby’s confirmation came at the end of a chaotic week in which opposition politician Yaya Dillo was shot and killed in the capital N’Djamena, prompting the European Union to express its …

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