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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – One of South Africa’s largest public sector unions on Monday gave notice of its intention to strike after rejecting a 3% wage offer from the government. The Public Servants Association (PSA), which says it has more than 235,000 members, could embark on a national strike from Wednesday next week, potentially affecting service …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Gold Fields on Monday talked up support for its proposed takeover of Yamana Gold, with shareholders set to vote on the deal in four weeks’ time. “We are making good headway in all conversations,” Gold Fields CEO Chris Griffith said, adding that “the numbers are pointing in the right direction”. …

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By Pulcherie Adjoha GLO-DJIGBE, Benin (Reuters) – On a large factory floor in southwestern Benin, dozens of young people cut, stitch and assemble cotton shirts – part of a major push by the West African country to develop its textile sector. Benin has in the last few years become Africa’s leading cotton producer, with annual …

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(Reuters) -Uganda has reported nine more Ebola cases in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the last two days, the health minister said on Monday. The outbreak began in September in a rural part of central Uganda. It spread earlier this month to Kampala, a city of more …

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa will overhaul its anti-corruption strategy and ensure the independence of prosecutors, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday, responding to recommendations from a state inquiry into alleged corruption under his predecessor. A judicial commission of inquiry was established to examine allegations of high-level graft during former President Jacob Zuma’s nine …

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LAGOS (Reuters) – The United States and Britain on Sunday warned of a possible terrorist attack in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja, especially aimed at government buildings, places of worship and schools, among other targets. Nigeria is fighting an Islamist insurgency mainly in the northeast, but in July the Islamic State claimed responsibility for a raid …

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By Edward McAllister and Jennifer Rigby BUNDUNG, Gambia/LONDON (Reuters) – Clutching an umbrella, medical records and her two-year-old daughter, Kani Fall negotiated the brown puddles lapping at the hospital gate, the final hurdle in a two-hour, rain-soaked journey to her nearest vaccination clinic in western Gambia. Fall waited with dozens of mothers and babies in …

COVID disrupted measles vaccinations in Africa and now cases are surging Read More »