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South Africa: Exclusion from AGOA does not mean end of trade with US

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Trade experts and economists say South Africa’s exclusion from AGOA, a preferential tariff agreement with the United States, will not spell doom for the country. The African Growth and Opportunity Act has been important for agricultural products, manufacturing, and the automotive industry. But they say only about 10 per cent of South Africa’s exports to the US are currently subject… Read More
Africa 

South Africa: Exclusion from AGOA does not mean end of trade with US

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Trade experts and economists say South Africa’s exclusion from AGOA, a preferential tariff agreement with the United States, will not spell doom for the country. The African Growth and Opportunity Act has been important for agricultural products, manufacturing, and the automotive industry. But they say only about 10 per cent of South Africa’s exports to the US are currently subject… Read More
Africa 

Cyril Ramaphosa casts vote in tense municipal elections

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South Africans voted on Wednesday in a closely watched local government election, with parties battling for control of major cities in a contest expected to offer a measure of the national mood before the next national polls. The vote comes as a weary electorate contends with crumbling infrastructure, dry taps, persistent inequality and unemployment above 30 percent, deepening public disillusionment… Read More
Africa 

Cyril Ramaphosa casts vote in tense municipal elections

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South Africans voted on Wednesday in a closely watched local government election, with parties battling for control of major cities in a contest expected to offer a measure of the national mood before the next national polls. The vote comes as a weary electorate contends with crumbling infrastructure, dry taps, persistent inequality and unemployment above 30 percent, deepening public disillusionment… Read More
Africa 

‘This is not about politics. This is about people’: UN warns of impact of deadly drone strikes in Sudan

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Hundreds of aid trucks are stranded due to fuel shortages, while hospitals are struggling to maintain lifesaving services, including dialysis.  Speaking to UN News, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown urged the international community to intervene to end the fighting and provide urgently needed funding, saying: “This is not about politics. This is about people.” UN News: Let me begin by… Read More
Africa 

South Africans vote amid growing discontent over failing services and infrastructure

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South Africans vote on Wednesday in a closely watched local government election, with parties battling for control of major cities in a contest expected to offer a measure of the national mood before the next national polls. The vote comes as a weary electorate contends with crumbling infrastructure, dry taps, persistent inequality and unemployment above 30 percent, deepening public disillusionment… Read More
Africa 

US requires air passengers to attest they haven’t visited Ebola-hit DRC

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US-bound air passengers must sign a statement that they have not travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of a deadly Ebola outbreak, under new rules coming into force on Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Africa’s latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 5,300 people, the vast majority of them in the Democratic… Read More
Europe 

Ukraine: WFP provides hot meals to Oleshky evacuees as UN pushes to restore power before winter

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Many arrived in worrying condition at medical facilities in Kyiv on 31 October after being trapped by fighting, enduring months of severe shortages of food, medical supplies and other basic necessities, the agency said late on Sunday.  Working with its national partner Iskra Dobra – a Ukrainian humanitarian NGO – WFP provided hot meals to evacuees as soon as they arrived… Read More
Africa 

Egypt: 104th anniversary of the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb

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King Tutankhamun’s golden death mask glitters beneath the lights, the star attraction at the Grand Egyptian Museum which opened in Cairo last year. Wednesday marks the 104th anniversary of the discovery of his 3,000 year-old tomb and all its treasures, one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time. Known as the boy king, Tutankhamun was appointed pharaoh at the… Read More
Africa 

UN peacekeeping head meets leaders of rebel coalition in eastern DRC

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The head of the UN peacekeeping mission to Congo, MONUSCO, met with the leaders of the new political and military coalition that was formed last month Tuesday. The Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, or FRN, includes rebel groups formerly united under the Congo River Alliance, among them M23, who control large swaths of land in eastern Congo. It… Read More
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