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By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African corruption inquiry pointed to systemic graft during former President Jacob Zuma’s tenure in the first part of its report published on Tuesday, after more than three years of investigations involving more than 300 witnesses. The inquiry chaired by senior judge Raymond Zondo was established in 2018 …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African Breweries (SAB), part of Anheuser-Busch InBev, said on Tuesday it was looking at making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for staff across its operations, the latest company in South Africa to consider such a move. South African firms including telecoms provider MTN Group, insurers Discovery and Old Mutual, and Dis-Chem Pharmacies have …

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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed legislation allowing some workers early access to a portion of their pensions savings to help them absorb the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Hit hard by almost two years of sweeping anti-coronavirus measures, including two episodes of total lockdowns, Ugandan …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) said Abdalla Hamdok’s resignation as prime minister was a direct result of the military coup, the Sudanese Congress Party said on a statement on Monday. The resignation also ended the Nov. 21 agreement, which the FFC had refused, the statement added. Hamdok said on Sunday …

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MAPUTO (Reuters) – Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi and his wife Isaura have tested positive for COVID-19 and are isolating, the president’s office said on Monday. Nyusi and his wife took rapid tests and were asymptomatic but immediately decided to isolate while awaiting their PCR results, the presidency statement said. Mozambique’s coronavirus infections are at their …

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BARCELONA (Reuters) – More than 4,400 migrants, including at least 205 children, were lost at sea trying to reach Spain in 2021, a monitoring group said on Monday – more than double the figure from the previous year and the most since the group began counting in 2018. The group, Walking Borders, or Caminando Fronteras, …

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