By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The humanitarian situation in Yemen is a “catastrophe”, and cholera cases could reach a million by the end of the year, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday. Warring parties in Yemen – including the western-backed Saudi-led coalition – are all using disproportionate force, leading to […]
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LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s copper production is expected to exceed the 770,000 tonnes the southern African nation produced last year, Finance Minister Felix Mutati said on Friday. Mutati said in a budget speech that copper production in Africa’s No.2 producer of the metal stood at 510,369 tonnes at the end of August. (Reporting by Chris […]
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan government watchdog said on Friday it was investigating whether police had assaulted students during protests this week at the University of Nairobi over the detention of an opposition lawmaker. Police fired tear gas on Thursday at the protesting students. Video footage posted on social media later in the day showed […]
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LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia plans to start building two power generation plants that will add 550 megawatts (MW) of electricity to its national grid once completed, Finance Minister Felix Mutati said on Friday. Mutati said in a budget speech one investor planned to build a 300 MW thermal power station in southern Zambia and another […]
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Lusaka (Reuters) – Zambia plans to trim its fiscal deficit to 6.1 percent of GDP in 2018 from 7 percent this year, Finance Minister Felix Mutati said in a budget speech on Friday. Presenting the 71.6 billion kwacha ($7.4 billion) budget for 2018 to parliament, Mutati said the economy of Africa’s No.2 copper producer should […]
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – At least five Ugandan lawmakers received hospital treatment for injuries sustained while being dragged out of the parliament by plain-clothes security guards that opposition MPs said were really soldiers from President Yoweri Museveni’s special forces. The clashes erupted in the chamber on Tuesday and Wednesday over a motion to […]
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By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African power utility Eskom has suspended its chief financial officer pending a disciplinary hearing, the firm said on Friday, the latest fallout from allegations of influence- peddling in government by close friends of President Jacob Zuma. The suspension of Anoj Singh was announced as the […]
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s trade surplus retreated to 5.94 billion rand ($440 million) in August from a revised 9.33 billion rand surplus in July, data from the revenue agency showed on Friday. Exports rose 11 percent to 103.4 billion rand on a month-on-month basis in August, while imports were up 16.3 percent to 97.4 […]
Read More By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) – An armed group in the Libyan smuggling hub of Sabratha is being targeted because it began stopping migrant boats leaving for Italy, leading to heavy clashes with groups benefiting from the trade, the head of the group said. The fighting over the past two weeks has caused dozens of […]
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POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (Reuters) – Dean Elgar posted his highest test score and Hashim Amla scored a 27th century as South Africa continued to put Bangladesh’s bowlers to the sword and reached lunch at 411 for one at lunch on the second day of the first test on Friday. Elgar, who was 128 not out […]
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PORT LOUIS (Reuters) – Mauritius’ economy grew by 4.1 percent year on year in the second quarter, up from 2.6 percent in the same period of 2016, the statistics office said on Friday. It attributed the increase to a 7 percent rise in investments and strength in the construction sector. It maintained a June forecast […]
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s economic growth will be significantly hampered by increasing political uncertainty in the run-up to the ruling African National Congress’s leadership contest in December, Fitch’s BMI research unit said on Thursday. In a report, BMI said a turn to more “radical rhetoric and policy positions by the traditionalist wing of the […]
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