KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda has discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital, a senior health official said on Friday, raising hopes that an outbreak which has killed at least 56 people could be coming to an end. Officials first confirmed the outbreak in September and said it was the Sudan strain of the disease, …
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LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia will start rationing electricity supply to domestic consumers from Dec. 15 following a big drop in water levels in lake Kariba, threatening hydropower generation, Energy Minister Peter Kapala said on Friday. Water levels in the lake have dropped to 4.1% of usable storage for the Kariba North Bank Power Station in …
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By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo (Reuters) – South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana told Reuters he thought President Cyril Ramaphosa should continue with his job, doing whatever he could to defend himself, over the panel report that found evidence he may have violated the constitution. The inquiry centres on the theft of an estimated $4 million from …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo’s armed forces on Thursday said M23 rebels and their allies killed 50 civilians in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe this week, which the M23 denied. Congo’s army and the M23, a Tutsi-led militia, have been locked in fighting for months in the country’s restive east, with …
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By Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Cyril Ramaphosa’s future as South African president hung in the balance on Thursday, as his office said he was exploring options after a report found evidence he may have committed misconduct over a stash of cash stolen from his game farm. The report by a panel …
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(Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has “all options on the table” regarding a report by a panel of experts that found preliminary evidence that he may have violated the consitution and committed misconduct, Ramaphosa’s spokesman said on Thursday. At a briefing to reporters, Ramaphosa’s spokesman said Ramaphosa was still consulting about the report’s …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali forces killed about 40 al Shabaab fighters in the Middle Shabelle region, the government said on Thursday, the latest clashes in a months-long offensive that aims to weaken the grip of the Islamist militant group. Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda franchise that is seeking impose its interpretation of Islamic law across …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The anticipated release on parole of far-right extremist Janusz Walus, who killed South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani in 1993, has unleashed a wave of emotion in the still deeply divided country. Walus, 69, a Polish national who emigrated to South Africa in 1981, was granted parole by the Constitutional Court last …
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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been under mounting pressure since an inquiry found evidence he may have committed serious misconduct in relation to a large amount of cash stolen from his game farm. Ramaphosa has denied any wrongdoing. But the inquiry’s findings, and questions over how the …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Cyril Ramaphosa’s future as South African president was in question on Thursday, a day after a panel report found preliminary evidence he may have committed serious misconduct. The president has denied any wrongdoing. Following are reactions from politicians and market analysts: NALEDI PANDOR, SOUTH AFRICA FOREIGN MINISTER “I think it’s a very …
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