WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) – Africa’s economic outlook is particularly vulnerable to higher food and fuel prices prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as to reduced tourism revenues and diminished access to financial services. “A recalibration of policies appears inevitable in many countries,” Georgieva said in remarks to …
Read More »Sudanese protesters face tear gas at Women’s Day rally
KHARTOUM, March 8 (Reuters) – Sudanese protesters marching against military rule on International Women’s Day were met with tear gas as they approached the presidential palace on Tuesday, a Reuters reporter said. Women’s rights groups had called the protest along with neighbourhood resistance committees that have been organising street demonstrations …
Read More »U.N. Libya adviser aims for elections agreement this month
TUNIS, March 9 (Reuters) – A senior United Nations Libya official is seeking agreement this month on election laws and constitutional arrangements, she told Reuters on Wednesday, with rival factions locked in a dangerous stand-off. Stephanie Williams said she wanted the talks between members of the parliament and High State …
Read More »Russia-Ukraine talks yield no progress
LVIV, Ukraine, March 10 (Reuters) – Russia’s war in Ukraine entered the third week on Thursday with none of its stated objectives reached, despite thousands of people killed, more than two million made refugees and thousands cowering in besieged cities under relentless bombardment. The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine …
Read More »Sisi and Putin discuss developments in Ukraine
CAIRO, March 9 (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke on Wednesday, the Egyptian presidency said, to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine. Sisi and Putin also discussed enhancing strategic cooperation frameworks between their countries through joint development projects confirming “historic ties” between …
Read More »S.Africa risks destroying 100,000 vaccine doses
OHANNESBURG, March 4 (Reuters) – About 100,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine (PFE.N) are at risk of being destroyed by the end of this month due to slow uptake by citizens, South African health authorities said on Friday. South Africa has recorded the most coronavirus infections and deaths on the African continent, …
Read More »U.N. Libya adviser seeks joint committee on constitution
(Reuters) – The United Nations Libya adviser Stephanie Williams said on Friday she had invited the parliament and High State Council to each nominate six members for a joint committee on Libya’s constitutional arrangements. Libya’s political process fell apart in December with the collapse of a scheduled election, with major …
Read More »U.N. investigating dozens of deaths in central Mali
BAMAKO, March 4 (Reuters) – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said on Friday it was investigating allegations that dozens of people were massacred in the centre of the country. A video circulating on social media since Thursday shows dozens of badly-burned bodies with their eyes blindfolded and their …
Read More »Burkina Faso appoints interim government
OUAGADOUGOU, March 5 (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s interim president Paul-Henri Damiba has approved a new government that includes the same defence minister as served under former president Roch Kabore before his ouster in a military coup, an official decree showed on Saturday. Damiba was inaugurated on Wednesday as transitional president …
Read More »Libya crisis worsens with rival government preparing to take oath
March 3 (Reuters) – A standoff between two rival governments in Libya looked set to worsen on Thursday as the administration newly chosen by parliament accused the incumbent prime minister of using force to try to stop it being sworn in. Fathi Bashagha was due to take the oath of …
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