By Edward McAllister and Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso’s new military leader Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba said on Thursday that the West African country return to constitutional order when conditions are right. Damiba spoke for the first time on national television since leading a mutiny that ousted President Roch Marc Kabore on Monday. “When …
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand weakened on Thursday as the central bank raised interest rates by the expected margin and suggested it would only increase rates gradually in the future. By 1610 GMT, the rand traded at 15.3850 against the dollar, 0.3% weaker than its previous close. The South African Reserve Bank called the decision …
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By Silke Koltrowitz and Maytaal Angel ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) -Nestle said on Thursday it will start paying cocoa farmers cash if they send their children to school rather than out to tend crops as part of a push to purchase all of its cocoa through a fully traceable, directly sourced supply chain by 2025. Chocolate makers …
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By John Irish and Tiemoko Diallo PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) – France needs to stop interfering in Mali’s affairs and keep its “colonial reflexes” to itself, the transitional junta government’s spokesman said, rejecting claims Mali had wrongfully asked Denmark to pull its troops from the country. Relations between France and its former colony have soured since the …
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By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and John Irish COPENHAGEN/PARIS (Reuters) -Denmark will start pulling its troops out of Mali after the West African country’s transitional junta government this week insisted on an immediate withdrawal, a blow to France as its counter-terrorism operations in the Sahel begins to unravel. The decision comes amid tension between Mali and its …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark will start pulling its troops out of Mali, after the African country’s transitional junta government this week insisted on an immediate withdrawal, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on Thursday. “We can see that the Malian transitional government, or the coup generals, last night sent out a public statement where they again reiterated …
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(Removes from paragraph 5 a reference to the “cessation of support from financial partners” wrongly sourced to Ghannouchi) TUNIS (Reuters) -The speaker of Tunisia’s suspended parliament, who also heads the main opposition party, warned on Thursday of a social situation that “threatens to explode” six months after what he calls a coup by the president. …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Princess Charlene of Monaco will miss Thursday’s annual Sainte Devote national festival in Monaco as she is still recovering from earlier health issues, said the Monaco Royal Palace. The palace added on Thursday that the South African-born Princess Charlene would still need a few weeks of recovery, and that she was also …
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By Mahamat Ramadane KALAMBARI, Chad (Reuters) – Heavily pregnant Fatime Eliane journeyed for three days by foot and dugout canoe last month to flee violence in northern Cameroon between herders, farmers and fishermen. Upon arriving in neighbouring Chad, an equally daunting test awaited her. Three weeks later, the 32-year-old mother of seven gave birth to …
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BLANTYRE (Reuters) – Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed several new ministers in a rejigged cabinet, a statement from his office showed, after the old cabinet was dissolved over corruption scandals. Chakwera dissolved his entire cabinet this week, saying some ministers as well as other public officials had to account for graft accusations made against …
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