GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s 2021/22 budget deficit has widened to 5.1% of GDP as the country uses funds to finance its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Peggy Serame said on Monday, adding however the economy’s rebound remained strong. While the 10.1 billion pula ($869 million) deficit was lower than the 16 billion pula …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria has received 2 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from Finland, Greece and Slovenia, with more EU donations set to arrive in the coming weeks, government officials said on Monday. The delivery is part of a donation pledge by the European Union to African countries via the …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African state power utility Eskom said on Monday that scheduled power cuts would resume from 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) after more breakdowns at its ailing coal-fired power stations. Eskom had only suspended outages on Sunday evening, when it said its generation capacity had recovered. But, highlighting the fragility of the country’s power …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s health regulator said on Monday it had approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinopharm, although a senior health official said the government was not planning to procure doses for now. South Africa, the country worst-hit by the pandemic in Africa in terms of reported COVID-19 infections and deaths, has used the …
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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s eastern-based parliament said on Monday there would be no elections this year and it would choose a new interim prime minister on Thursday, potentially setting up a new factional struggle over control of government. The parliament, which has been working on a political roadmap since the collapse in December of …
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By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s government has asked the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to lift sanctions that will have severe consequences for the population, it said on Monday. West Africa’s 15-nation ECOWAS bloc and the UEMOA regional monetary union both imposed sanctions on Mali on Jan. 9 after the military …
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DOUALA (Reuters) – Cameroon has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in its West region, the government said. The H5N1 diagnosis followed a significant number of bird deaths at a poultry farm in Kongso, in the area of Bamoungoum, said a statement by the regional governor dated on Sunday. Culling is under …
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will host a high-level delegation from Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region this week, the government said on Monday, as the island pursues diplomacy in Africa in the face of Chinese pressure to limit its international footprint. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but has not gained widespread international recognition for its …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s police and intelligence services failed to anticipate and disrupt days of arson and looting last year in which more than 300 people died, a report into the unrest commissioned by the president and released on Monday found. The violence was sparked by the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma for …
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday demanded punishment for perpetrators of torture in Uganda after images of a recently detained author circulated in domestic media showing marks on his body, eliciting public outrage. Last week, media published images and accounts of award-winning author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, 33, who told of what …
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