CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday his government wants to expand its nascent domestic cannabis industry as it looks to tap global demand and grow local production and exports. (Reporting by Wendell Roelf, Alexander Winning, Emma Rumney and Tim Cocks; Editing by James Macharia Chege)
TRIPOLI (Reuters) -A source close to Libya’s interim prime minister said early on Thursday that the premier had survived an assassination attempt overnight, but authorities made no public statement on the matter. The source said the incident happened as Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah was returning home, describing it as a clear assassination attempt. The source …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -The European Union has earmarked over 150 billion euros ($170 billion) for investments in Africa under a global fund launched to offer an alternative to Chinese money, the European Commission said on Thursday. The investment would take up half of the EU’s 300-billion-euro Global Gateway scheme, which that was launched in December with …
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By Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide bomber targeting a minibus full of delegates involved in Somalia’s parliamentary elections killed at least six people in Mogadishu on Thursday, the ambulance service said, while Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack The blast occurred early on Thursday while the vehicle …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military said on Thursday it has recovered millions of litres of stolen crude oil and illegally refined petrol after destroying 45 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta. The crude oil thefts and illegal refining have caused a major headache for the oil sector in Africa’s biggest economy, which is facing …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – A French national was among six people killed during an ambush on park rangers in northern Benin on Tuesday, according to three security sources with knowledge of the attack. Five rangers and a soldier were killed and 10 others wounded when unknown militants raided the patrol in W National Park, the South …
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By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Rising government debt levels and global interest rates are increasing the risk of credit rating downgrades in as many as 10 African countries, Fitch has warned, with Kenya, Ghana, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda and Uganda most at threat. In a new report published on Thursday, Fitch forecast that debt-to-GDP ratios …
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By Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) – A move by Libya’s parliament to oust Interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, who had promised not to use his stand-in position for political advancement, is testament to his success in doing just that. A reported assassination attempt on Dbeibah overnight came a day after he vowed not to cede …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The World Health Organization estimates that the number of COVID-19 infections in Africa could be seven times higher than official data suggests, while deaths from the virus could be two to three times higher, its regional head said on Thursday. “We’re very much aware that our surveillance systems problems that we had …
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda said on Thursday it considered as “unfair and wrong” an International Court of Justice ruling asking it to pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo’s resource-rich Ituri province. In Wednesday’s ruling, the court said Uganda must pay the …
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