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Africa news: U.N. Security Council blacklists Boko Haram leader, splinter group

YoopyaJune 26, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 26, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council sanctioned the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram and a splinter group on Wednesday, the first individual and entity...

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Environmental crime: Surging environmental crime funds conflicts, hurts growth: U.N.

YoopyaJune 25, 2014May 31, 2023

by YoopyaJune 25, 2014May 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Surging environmental crime, from illegal logging to elephant poaching, is worth up to $213 billion a year and is helping to fund armed...

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Africa news: South Africa miners return to work after longest platinum strike

YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of South African platinum miners returned to work on Wednesday after wage deals ended the longest and most damaging strike...

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Africa news: Libyans vote for new parliament in test for transition

YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Libyans started voting for a new parliament on Wednesday, in an election that officials hope will ease the turmoil that has gripped the...

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Africa news: South Africa platinum union, mines sign wage deal but job cuts loom

YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – The world’s three biggest platinum firms signed a wage deal with South Africa’s AMCU union on Tuesday but said that fallout from a...

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Africa news: South African officials arrested over Mandela memorial fraud

YoopyaJune 24, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 24, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Six senior South African government officials were arrested on Monday for alleged fraud relating to the memorial service in December of former president...

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Africa news: South Africa mining union includes ‘back to work arrangements’ in rally programer

YoopyaJune 24, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 24, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – South Africa’s striking AMCU mining union on Monday handed its members a program that included sections titled reading of agreements and back to...

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Africa news: Mauritanian President Abdel Aziz easily re-elected in boycotted vote

YoopyaJune 23, 2014September 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 23, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has won another five-year term with 82 percent of the vote, officials said on Sunday, after an...

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Africa news: South Africa says Zuma ‘fine’, plays down report of poor health

YoopyaJune 23, 2014June 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 23, 2014June 25, 20230

(Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma’s health is fine, his spokesman said on Sunday, playing down a newspaper report that heart problems, diabetes and...

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Europe: Ukraine rebels speak of heavy losses in battle against government troops

YoopyaJune 20, 2014June 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 20, 2014June 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday and a rebel commander acknowledged big...