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Burkina Faso national conference approves 3-year military-led transition

1 Mar 2022

By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -A national conference in Burkina Faso has authorised the ruling junta to hold power for three years, potentially setting the West African country on a collision course with international partners who have urged a speedy return to constitutional order. The junta seized power in a January coup against President Roch …

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Hundreds killed in violence in South Sudan between June-Sept 2021, UN says

1 Mar 2022

NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least 440 people were killed in violence between warring parties in the South Sudanese county of Tambura between June and September last year, the United Nations said in a new report on Tuesday. The killings were also accompanied by other atrocities, including the gang rape of a 13-year-old girl, the report …

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AU decries reports of ill treatment as Africans try to flee Ukraine

1 Mar 2022

DAKAR (Reuters) – The African Union (AU) said on Monday that it was disturbed by reports that African citizens in Ukraine are being refused the right to cross borders to safety as they try to flee the conflict in Ukraine. Thousands of African and other foreign nationals, particularly students, have been scrambling to leave Ukraine …

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De Beers returns diamond sights to Gaborone as travel opens up

24 Feb 2022

GABORONE (Reuters) – De Beers is bringing its sales activities back to Botswana’s capital Gaborone, it said on Thursday, almost two years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to be held in cities including Antwerp and Dubai. The Anglo American subsidiary had moved its pre-sale viewings – a marketing exercise to showcase its new batch …

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Omicron BA.2 sub-variant more infectious but no more severe – Africa CDC

24 Feb 2022

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The Omicron BA.2 sub-variant of COVID-19 appears to be more infectious than the original BA.1 sub-variant, but does not cause more severe disease, the head of Africa’s top public health body said on Thursday citing data from South Africa. “South Africa is reporting that it is more transmissible than the BA.1 variant, but …

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S.Africa building giant WBHO quits Australia, blames ‘hardline’ COVID response

24 Feb 2022

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – South Africa’s biggest construction firm Wilson Bayly Holmes – Ovcon Ltd (WBHO) said it is pulling out of Australia, saying the country’s “hardline” COVID-19 response had impacted its property market and created business uncertainty. The move amounts to one of Australia’s most visible corporate casualties linked to the pandemic …

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J&J says it nears vaccine licensing deal with S.Africa’s Aspen

24 Feb 2022

ABUJA (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Johnson & Johnson is close to a vaccine licensing deal with South African group Aspen Pharmacare, a senior J&J executive told a conference in Nigeria on Wednesday. “We are at the advanced stages of a potential licensing agreement with Aspen and we are really hopeful it will be finalised,” said …

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