JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African utility Eskom said it would implement “Stage 2” scheduled power cuts from 9 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) on Saturday until 5 a.m. on Monday, after units failed at three of its coal plants and the return to service of another unit was delayed. “These constraints, together with higher demand …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Dutch health authorities said on Saturday the final tally of passengers on two flights from South Africa last week who had tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant was 18. The Netherlands’ Institute for Health (RIVM) added in a statement that its investigation on passengers on the two flights has now …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Militants killed at least 31 people in central Mali on Friday when they fired upon a bus ferrying people to a local market, local authorities said – the latest deadly attack in a region racked by violent insurgency. The bus was attacked by unidentified gunmen as it traveled its twice-weekly route from …
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By Chris Mfula and Karin Strohecker LUSAKA (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund and Zambia on Friday reached a staff level agreement on a $1.4 billion, three-year extended credit facility, which could bring the heavily indebted country one step closer to a comprehensive debt overhaul. Zambia, one of the world’s largest copper producers, became Africa’s first …
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By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) – Severe flooding has hit South Sudan’s northern state of Unity, cutting off communities from accessing supplies of food and other vital commodities, a state official said on Friday. More than 700,000 people have been affected by the worst flooding in the country for nearly 60 years, the U.N. refugee …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Unidentified armed men attacked a convoy belonging to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali on Friday, killing one civilian worker and wounding another, the mission said. The convoy was travelling from the northern city of Kidal to Gao and came under fire about 100 km (62 miles) northeast of the town …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday sent 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries in Africa and another 2 million doses to other nations, the White House said. “Today, we are shipping 9 million vaccine doses to Africa and another 2 million worldwide. We need every country to step up with …
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(Refiles headline to fix variant spelling) GABORONE (Reuters) -Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi said some of the four diplomats who first tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant in the country had come from Europe, calling for a reversal of widespread travel bans imposed against southern African countries. Omicron, dubbed a variant of concern by the …
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By Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics’ governing body who was convicted of corruption last year, died at home in Senegal on Friday at the age of 88, his son said. Diack led the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 1999 to 2015, making him one of the …
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday the country could manage the fourth COVID-19 wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant without invoking stricter lockdown restrictions. “We can manage this fourth wave, we can manage Omicron. The basic tools we all know. We can still have a reasonably …
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