PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa’s cash-strapped state defence firm Denel will need around 3 billion rand ($170 million) to cover a funding gap for a restructuring plan it is aiming to execute over the next 12 to 18 months, company executives told Reuters on Thursday. Once a cornerstone of South Africa’s defence industry, Denel, which …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – A 48-hour strike planned by some staff of French-speaking West Africa and Madagascar aviation safety agency ASECNA starting on Friday, could impact some flight operations in the region, the agency said in a statement on Thursday. ASECNA said two of its six flight information regions could be affected by the strike despite …
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YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon’s national oil refining company, SONARA, has reached a deal with oil trader Vitol to restructure its commercial debt towards the Dutch energy and commodity trading company, the country’s finance minister said on Thursday. The deal could be a step towards improving liquidity and guarantee supply of refined products to Cameroon, which …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday that Spain supports a “mutually acceptable political solution” regarding Western Sahara. “We fully support the work of the UN Secretary Special Envoy, work that we deem to be absolutely crucial,” Sanchez said during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly. “Spain will …
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By Daphne Psaledakis NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of Sudan’s ruling council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told Reuters late on Thursday that no fixed date had been set for elections, but the military would not wait forever. Burhan, who derailed a political transition 11 months ago by dissolving a civilian-led government, had previously indicated …
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda has confirmed seven cases of Ebola including in a man who died this week, and seven other deaths are being investigated as suspected cases of a strain for which the authorities do not yet have a vaccine, officials said on Thursday. The 24-year-old man who died had developed a …
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By Loucoumane Coulibaly AZAGUIE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – As deforestation reduces the natural habitat of the giant African snail, entrepreneurs like Bernus Bleu are carving out a profitable niche market with farms for the delicacy whose slime is also in demand for cosmetics. Bleu has been breeding the molluscs and teaching others how to raise …
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By Loucoumane Coulibaly AZAGUIE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – As deforestation reduces the natural habitat of the giant African snail, entrepreneurs like Bernus Bleu are carving out a profitable niche market with farms for the delicacy whose slime is also in demand for cosmetics. Bleu has been breeding the molluscs and teaching others how to raise …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s economy is expected to grow by 4.2% in 2022, interim President Assimi Goita said during an address to the nation on Thursday. The West African country was under stiff economic and financial sanctions for the first half of this year due to the ruling military junta’s failure to hold promised elections. …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian judge on Wednesday put off a terrorism hearing against the main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi until November, and said he would not be held in pre-trial detention, his lawyer said. Police had questioned Ghannouchi for more than 12 hours overnight over accusations that he had helped Tunisians travel to Syria …
