WASHINGTON (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva will visit Rwanda later this month after traveling to Zambia, three sources familiar with the plans said on Friday. Georgieva on Thursday said she would visit Zambia the week after next, but her visit to Rwanda has not been previously reported. Georgieva will travel to Africa …
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu said he will return home this month from exile in Europe, after the government lifted a ban on political rallies. President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted the six-and-a-half-year ban on political rallies last week, part of her reconciliation strategy after taking over …
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By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI – For the first time in years, Arya Rams falls asleep and wakes up each day without a dense knot of fear in her chest. She lives in a room in a safe house deep in Kenya’s Rift Valley, supported by the Dutch non-governmental organisation Trans Rescue. Being transgender in Kenya …
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By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s army said forces from the Amhara region, who fought in support of the federal government during the two-year war in neighbouring Tigray, have withdrawn from a major Tigray city in line with an African Union-backed ceasefire. However, a humanitarian worker in the city of Shire said Amhara forces …
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COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin’s constitutional court on Friday affirmed the ruling coalition’s win in last weekend’s legislative election and the return to parliament of an opposition after boycotts and exclusions in previous elections. The final tally showed the two parties already in power – Union Progressiste le Renouveau and Bloc Republicain – came first and …
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By Kopano Gumbi JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) alluded to a greater focus on job creation by the country’s central bank in resolutions from its recent national conference, but stopped short of calling for its mandate to be changed. ANC officials have for years toyed with the idea of broadening the central …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa wants an investigation into a “disturbing” video allegedly showing one of its soldiers present while bodies were being burned on a pile of rubble in Mozambique, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesman said. South African soldiers are part of a Southern African regional force helping Mozambique fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency that …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns made a rare trip to Libya on Thursday, meeting Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah in Tripoli, the Libyan government said. Dbeibah’s Government of National Unity announced the visit on its Facebook page, posting a picture of Burns and Dbeibah together. Two sources close to eastern …
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s government and trade unions on Thursday agreed to increase all public servants’ salaries by 30% for 2023, they said in a joint statement, as the country struggles to reduce debt and tackle rampant inflation. The West African gold, oil and cocoa producer is battling its worst economic crisis in a generation. …
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By Seun Sanni and Temilade Adelaja AKWA IBOM, Nigeria (Reuters) – For years, Emem Thomas’ body drew snarky remarks from slimmer classmates in southern Nigeria that shattered her confidence and natural affability. As teasing and taunts marred her teenage years, she gave up on dreams like competing in a local beauty pageant. Then she found …
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