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Tunisian president’s supporters protest against UGTT union amid rising tensions

7 Aug 2025

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Hundreds of supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied staged a rally outside the headquarters of the powerful UGTT union on Thursday and urged Saied to suspend the union following a transport strike last week that paralysed the country. The rally highlights growing fears among activists and opposition supporters of a …

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Zambia denies health risks flagged by US embassy over acid spill

7 Aug 2025

LUSAKA (Reuters) -Zambia denied on Thursday that an acid spill in its copper-mining region six months ago still posed a serious health risk, a day after the U.S. embassy restricted travel to the area for U.S. officials citing widespread contamination. The spill occurred in February, when a tailings dam failed at a Chinese-run copper processing …

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Ghana’s finance minister made acting defence minister after fatal crash

7 Aug 2025

ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has asked Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson to also act as defence minister after a military helicopter crash in which the defence minister was among those killed, the president’s office said on Thursday. The helicopter was flying to gold mining town Obuasi with five officials including Defence Minister Edward …

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Exclusive-Angola gets back $200 million collateral from JPMorgan after bond rebound

7 Aug 2025

By Duncan Miriri LUANDA (Reuters) -Angola got back $200 million of collateral in May that it had to post to JPMorgan earlier in the year, the finance ministry said, after the price of its bond rebounded, easing pressure on its finances. JPMorgan and Angola agreed in December a $1 billion, one-year derivative contract known as …

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A journey to belong: migrants describe ten years in Europe

7 Aug 2025

(Updates photo essay link) By Zohra Bensemra, Edward McAllister, Amina Ismail and Riham Alkousaa (Reuters) -Ten years ago, one million migrants poured into Europe, fleeing conflict and poverty. Many had travelled for years in search of peace, prosperity or stability, and went on to find it in countries like Italy, Germany and Belgium.  But the …

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Ghana defence minister among eight killed in helicopter crash

7 Aug 2025

ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana’s Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah died in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday along with four other officials and three airforce crew, the government said. Julius Debrah, President John Mahama’s chief of staff, told a press conference that the crash in which Boamah, Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed and …

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France to tighten visa rules for Algerian diplomats as deportation dispute escalates

6 Aug 2025

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday has asked his government to tighten visa requirements on Algerian diplomats as a dispute about deportation of Algerian nationals escalates. In a letter to his Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, which was seen by Reuters, Macron said the growing difficulties that France is encountering in terms of migration …

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Sudan says UAE bars Sudanese planes from landing at its airports

6 Aug 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has banned Sudanese planes from landing at its airports, Sudan’s state news agency quoted its Civil Aviation Authority as saying on Wednesday, in the latest sign of tension between the two countries. The UAE also barred a Sudanese airliner from taking off from Abu Dhabi airport, the Sudanese …

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Sudan says UAE bars Sudanese planes from landing at its airports

6 Aug 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates has banned Sudanese planes from landing at its airports, Sudan’s state news agency quoted its Civil Aviation Authority as saying on Wednesday, in the latest sign of tension between the two countries. The UAE also barred a Sudanese airliner from taking off from Abu Dhabi airport, the Sudanese authority …

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South African rand gains on weaker dollar but tariff concerns linger

6 Aug 2025

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand gained against a weaker dollar on Wednesday as traders ruminated over last week’s weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data, while awaiting tariff updates before Washington’s deadline. At 1451 GMT, the rand traded at 17.80 against the dollar, roughly up 0.5% on Tuesday’s close. This week’s major focus for South Africa is …

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