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LISBON (Reuters) – Isabel dos Santos has yet to be notified of an international arrest warrant reportedly issued by global police agency Interpol, an official source representing the billionaire daughter of Angola’s former president said on Saturday. In a statement sent to Reuters, dos Santos’ official source said her lawyers had “consulted the Interpol database …

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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – COP27 climate talks dragged into the weekend after negotiators failed to agree on a final deal at the close on Friday, and African activists tried to hold on to dimming hopes that the event could bring meaningful changes to their continent. “Global north countries… need to send the $100 billion …

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LISBON (Reuters) – Global police agency Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for Angolan billionaire and daughter of the country’s former president Isabel dos Santos, Portugal’s Lusa news agency reported on Friday. According to Lusa, citing an official document, the INTERPOL warrant was issued after Angola’s public prosecutors requested the agency to “locate, arrest” …

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(Corrects headline to show Kenyan former president Kenyatta, not Kenya, requested ceasefire and withdrawal) NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame have agreed on the need for M23 rebels to cease fire and withdraw from captured territories in east Congo, the East African Community (EAC) bloc said on Friday. …

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GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. official on Friday said she hoped that a shipment of Russian fertiliser exports to Malawi would lead to a further easing of a 300,000 tonne backlog in European ports, as the global body works to address Russian concerns that have threatened a Black Sea grains export deal. A deal aimed …

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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s transitional government late on Thursday signed into law a new state-owned mining company, part of the government’s bid to increase revenues from the mining industry, a key engine of the West African country’s economy. The company, Société de Recherche et d’Exploitation Minière du Mali (Sorem SA), will be fully funded by …

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By Djaffar Sabiti GOMA (Reuters) – Cups in hand, dozens of children stood patiently in line for porridge and a slice of bread distributed at a camp for people fleeing the latest M23 rebel offensive in east Democratic Republic of Congo. Over 280,000 people have been displaced in North-Kivu province since the group staged their …

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