3+ hour, 39+ min ago  (271+ words) LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) " Britain's government said on Saturday it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands " home to the U. S. -British "Diego Garcia air base " which has been criticised "by U. S. President Donald Trump. The Times…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (377+ words) LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) " Nigel Farage's Reform UK said on Tuesday it was proposing to deny visas to people from countries seeking amends for transatlantic slavery, a move swiftly condemned "by the Caribbean reparations commission as a "legacy of toxic racism....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (356+ words) JOHANNESBURG, March 30 " The risks to Africa's economic growth outlook were skewed to the downside even before the Iran conflict began, the African Development Bank (Af DB) said in a "half-yearly report on Monday, as regional instability and global pressures "cast…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (151+ words) MEXICO CITY, March 28 (Reuters) " A man died in Mexico City's newly renovated "Estadio Banorte on Saturday "after falling from a box seat area shortly before the stadium's reopening match, security officials said. The "accident "occurred just as "the venue, known…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (479+ words) NAIROBI, March 23 " The Nature Conservancy, a U. S. -headquartered global environment group, is in talks with three African nations to seal debt swaps worth a combined $500 million to secure cash for preservation of key ecosystems, its head of Africa told "Reuters. Debt-for-nature…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (121+ words) March 14 (Reuters) " A total of 62 people including eight children "have died since "heavy rains and flooding hit Kenya's capital Nairobi and other areas late "last "week, police "said on Saturday. The "capital was the worst hit with 33 deaths, the force…...

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (901+ words) By Nellie Peyton and Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG, March 11 (Reuters) " Andrew Veitch left South Africa after being held up at gunpoint in his car. But now he feels there are greater threats in the United States, he said, citing mass shootings…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (154+ words) March 2 (Reuters) " Rio Tinto has approved the restart of Richards Bay Minerals" $473 million Zulti "South project in South Africa, "the company said on Monday, six years after halting the venture due to community unrest. Richards Bay Minerals, 74%-owned by "Rio…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (178+ words) JOHANNESBURG, Feb 23 (Reuters) " U. S. President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to South Africa, conservative "activist and writer Leo Brent "Bozell III, on Monday presented his credentials to South Africa's government. South Africa's foreign affairs ministry said in a statement "that "Bozell…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (206+ words) JOHANNESBURG, Feb 23 (Reuters) " The youngest son of Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe appeared in a South African "court on Monday, charged with attempted "murder after a gardener was shot and wounded last week at the Johannesburg mansion where Mugabe's son…...