(Reuters) – South African private sector activity expanded at a faster rate in June, helped by growth in demand and employment, a survey showed on Tuesday. The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 52.5 in June from 50.7 in May, posting its highest reading in just over a year. Anything above …
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KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – A Nigerian Catholic priest was abducted from his rectory in the town of Zambina in the northern state of Kaduna in the early hours of Monday, the local Catholic diocese said on Monday. It said parishioners went to look for Father Emmanuel Silas after waiting in vain for him to conduct …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s top court has overturned the convictions of two alleged drug kingpins in connection with the country’s largest-ever narcotics seizure, a copy of the ruling showed on Monday. Braima Seidi Ba, a citizen of Guinea-Bissau, and Ricardo Ariza Monje, a Colombian national, were sentenced in 2020 to 16 years in prison following …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – The European Union (EU) and its development finance institutions will provide Nigeria with 1.29 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to help Africa’s most populous country diversify its economy away from oil, a document from the bloc showed on Monday. Nigeria has been trying to broaden its economy and exports outside the oil sector, …
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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Armed assailants killed at least 22 civilians in northwest Burkina Faso on Monday, a local official said, the latest deadly attack in an area marred by militant activity. The attackers raided a rural commune in the province of Kossi, around 55 kilometres from the border with Mali, in the hours between late …
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By Stanis Bujakera and Clement Uwiringiyimana KINSHASA/KIGALI (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi will meet his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame for talks in Angola this week, officials said on Monday. There were no details on what they would discuss, but the neighbours have been at diplomatic loggerheads since a surge of attacks in …
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By Rachel Savage, Karin Strohecker and Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) – Now is the wrong time to remove Nigeria’s costly fuel subsidy, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Monday, noting many other nations were introducing measures to help citizens cope with high oil energy prices. Africa’s largest oil exporter, which still has to import …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame will meet for talks in the Angolan capital Luanda this week, two Congolese officials and one Rwandan official said on Monday. The meeting is likely to take place on Tuesday or Wednesday, said the officials, who did not wish …
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By Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfali TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) – When the power cut out in Libya’s Benghazi last week, Haitham al-Ghoul dashed into the street with his five-year old son Othman to find somewhere to plug in a respirator the child needs to ease asthma attacks. A photograph of Ghoul hugging Othman on the street …
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By Sisipho Skweyiya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Over four decades after they became extinct locally, rhinos are roaming again the wilds of Mozambique, which is bringing the endangered species from South Africa in efforts to breathe new life into its parks and boost local tourism. A group of rangers captured, sedated and moved black and white …
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