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IMF approves final Angola loan tranche

YoopyaMar 29, 20120

By Shrikesh Laxmidas LUANDA (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved the release of a final loan disbursement to Angola under the country’s

Militia clashes in southern Libya kill 50

YoopyaMar 28, 20120

By Taha Zargoun TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Three days of clashes between rival militias in southern Libya spread to the centre of the country’s fourth largest

UN Council ‘deeply alarmed’ by Sudan, S.Sudan clashes

YoopyaMar 28, 20120

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council expressed alarm on Tuesday at recent clashes between Sudan and South Sudan along their

Mali neighbours threaten force to reverse coup

YoopyaMar 28, 20120

By Loucoumane Coulibaly and David Lewis ABIDJAN/BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s neighbours threatened on Tuesday to use sanctions and a readiness to use military force to

US nominee to head World Bank goes on tour

YoopyaMar 27, 20120

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jim Yong Kim, the U.S. pick to take over at mid-year as head of the World Bank, launches a world tour on

African Union endorses Okonjo-Iweala for World Bank

YoopyaMar 27, 20120

(Reuters) – African Union finance leaders on Monday unanimously endorsed Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy to lead the World Bank and urged an open

US extends trade benefit program to South Sudan

YoopyaMar 27, 20120

By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday added oil exporter South Sudan to a U.S. trade program for developing countries, allowing

Sudan, S. Sudan armies clash, Bashir suspends trip

YoopyaMar 27, 20120

JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Clashes erupted between Sudan and South Sudan’s armed forces on Monday, both sides said, prompting Sudan’s president to suspend a planned meeting

Oil shutdown pushing S. Sudan to end row: Sudan

YoopyaMar 26, 20120

By Alexander Dziadosz and Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – South Sudan’s shutdown of its crude production in a damaging row with Sudan over oil payments

S.Africa’s Malema to challenge ANC expulsion in court

YoopyaMar 26, 20120

By Siphiwe Sibeko TZANEEN, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa’s ANC youth rebel Julius Malema upped the stakes in his political wrangling with the ruling