ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s year-on-year inflation edged down to 34.5% in January from 35.1% in the previous month, the statistics office said on Tuesday. Inflation in the Horn of Africa nation has soared since the second half of last year, partly due to fighting in the north between federal troops and Tigrayan forces. On …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said the Russian state had nothing to do with Russian military contractors working in Mali, adding that the African country had the right to work with private Russian firms. Putin, speaking at a news conference after talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, said there were no complaints from …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Thousands of Sudanese marched against military rule on Monday in Khartoum and other cities, a Reuters reporter said, with some voicing concern about the return to government of members of the ousted regime of ex-president Omar al-Bashir. In the capital, security forces firing repeated rounds of tear gas blocked protesters trying to …
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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s police have shut the Supreme Judicial Council building, its head told Reuters on Monday, as President Kais Saied vowed non-interference a day after he dissolved the council, accusing its members of bias and corruption. Saied has been consolidating his powers https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tunisia-politics-timeline-idUSKCN24G2SU since last summer when he suspended parliament, dismissed …
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By Alkis Konstantidinis and Christophe Van Der Perre MANANJARY, Madagascar (Reuters) -Residents of a coastal town in Madagascar that was battered by Cyclone Batsirai over the weekend were left picking through the wreckage of their homes on Monday, collecting soaking wet clothing and anything else worth salvaging. The cyclone killed 21 people and displaced more …
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GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s 2021/22 budget deficit has widened to 5.1% of GDP as the country uses funds to finance its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Peggy Serame said on Monday, adding however the economy’s rebound remained strong. While the 10.1 billion pula ($869 million) deficit was lower than the 16 billion pula …
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By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria has received 2 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from Finland, Greece and Slovenia, with more EU donations set to arrive in the coming weeks, government officials said on Monday. The delivery is part of a donation pledge by the European Union to African countries via the …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African state power utility Eskom said on Monday that scheduled power cuts would resume from 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) after more breakdowns at its ailing coal-fired power stations. Eskom had only suspended outages on Sunday evening, when it said its generation capacity had recovered. But, highlighting the fragility of the country’s power …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s health regulator said on Monday it had approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinopharm, although a senior health official said the government was not planning to procure doses for now. South Africa, the country worst-hit by the pandemic in Africa in terms of reported COVID-19 infections and deaths, has used the …
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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s eastern-based parliament said on Monday there would be no elections this year and it would choose a new interim prime minister on Thursday, potentially setting up a new factional struggle over control of government. The parliament, which has been working on a political roadmap since the collapse in December of …
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