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CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan issued a decree relieving the five civilian members of the sovereign council from their duties, a statement on the council’s telegram account said on Wednesday. Burhan said on Monday the army would not participate in internationally led dialogue efforts to break its stalemate with the …

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By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) – Years-long travel bans and asset freezes against some of Egypt’s most prominent activists are being used to muzzle civil society and are exacting lasting damage on the personal lives of those targeted, according to two reports by human rights groups. Researchers say it is impossible to estimate the number …

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By MacDonald Dzirutwe ABUJA (Reuters) -The secretary general of oil producers group OPEC, Mohammad Barkindo, has died, the boss of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) announced on Wednesday. Barkindo, 63, a veteran of the oil industry, was due to step down at the end of this month after six years in the top job at …

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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian judge has ordered a freeze on the financial assets of the former speaker of the country’s dissolved parliament, Rached Ghannouchi, former prime minister Hamadi Jebali and several other people, an official told Reuters on Tuesday. He added that the list of people included Ghannouchi’s son Moadh Ghannouchi …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the military leader of neighbouring Sudan said on Tuesday they had reached an agreement to peacefully settle all issues, following the most recent flare-up connected to a border dispute late last month. However, the long-running dispute over a contested fertile border region, al-Fashqa, was not mentioned, …

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By Bhargav Acharya and Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s state owned utility Eskom and workers’ unions signed a wage deal on Tuesday, paving way for a possible resolution to its worst power cuts in two years. Struggling Eskom and its three recognised labour unions signed the agreement for a 7% salary increase a week …

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By Karin Strohecker and Rachel Savage LONDON (Reuters) -A staff mission from the International Monetary Fund will visit Ghana from July 6-13 to begin initial discussions about a possible programme, the Fund said in a statement on Tuesday. Ghana, one of West Africa’s largest economies, had said on Friday it would hold formal talks with …

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TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s president said on Tuesday his proposed constitution would not restore authoritarian rule, hitting back at criticism from across the political spectrum and urging people to support it in this month’s referendum. Saied, who ousted the elected parliament last summer to rule by decree in a step his foes call a coup, has …

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