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Climate activists sue Total Energies, demand sale details of Nigerian SPDC oil stake
12+ hour, 44+ min ago (530+ words) By America Hernandez and Isaac Anyaogu PARIS/LAGOS, July 1 " Several nonprofits including Friends of the Earth France sued oil major Total Energies in a French civil court on Wednesday, seeking to obtain environmental documents related to an onshore Nigerian oil…...
Google has exceeded $1 billion Africa investment target
9+ hour, 7+ min ago (271+ words) JOHANNESBURG, July 1 (Reuters) " Google has exceeded a five-year target to invest $1 billion in Africa, it said on Wednesday, as it "made public initiatives on infrastructure and development of "AI to accelerate the continent's digital growth. They follow on from Google's…...
Thousands seek way out as South Africa braces for anti-immigrant protests
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (605+ words) By Rogan Ward and Siyabonga Sishi DURBAN, South Africa, June 26 (Reuters) " Thousands of Malawian migrants queued for processing at a makeshift camp in the South African city of Durban this week while hundreds of Zimbabweans slept on the pavement outside…...
South African president seeks to stop impeachment probe over "Farmgate" scandal
2+ week, 5+ day ago (240+ words) JOHANNESBURG, June 12 (Reuters) " South African President Cyril Ramaphosa filed an urgent court application on Friday to try to stop a parliamentary "impeachment process from starting to probe "allegations related to his "Farmgate" scandal, court documents showed. " Ramaphosa wants the high…...
Zimbabwe moves to regulate cryptocurrency sector
2+ week, 5+ day ago (330+ words) HARARE, June 12 (Reuters) " Zimbabwe's government said on Friday it will require cryptocurrency businesses to register and pay annual fees, as it "seeks to bring the largely informal market under regulatory "oversight. Businesses involved in buying, selling, transferring or safeguarding virtual…...
US announces additional $20 million for Ebola response
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (116+ words) 104. 1 WIKY US announces additional $20 million for Ebola response June 10 (Reuters) " The U. S. State Department said on "Wednesday it would provide an additional $20 million to help fight the Ebola outbreak in "Africa, "bringing its total "direct support to more than $220 million. The…...
South African parliament schedules next stage of president's impeachment process | 104. 1 WIKY | Adult Contemporary Radio
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (187+ words) JOHANNESBURG, May 28 (Reuters) " South Africa's parliament has scheduled for Monday a meeting of an impeachment committee that "will further probe allegations surrounding "President Cyril Ramaphosa's "Farmgate" scandal, the Democratic Alliance party said on Thursday. The meeting is the next stage…...
Eswatini quickly embraced Trump’s deportee program despite doubts over legality | 104. 1 WIKY | Adult Contemporary Radio
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (627+ words) By Tim Cocks MBABANE, May 21 (Reuters) - Upon learning through the U. S. embassy that President Donald Trump was looking for African nations to take in deported third-country migrants, Eswatini was one of the first to volunteer despite questions over th. .....
All passengers on hantavirus-hit ship considered high-risk contacts, EU health agency says | 104. 1 WIKY | Adult Contemporary Radio
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (40+ words) May 9 (Reuters) - All passengers on the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are considered high-risk contacts as a "precautionary measure, Europe's public health agency said ahead of the ship's expected anchoring on Sunday off the Spanish. .....
KLM flight attendant tested negative for hantavirus infection, WHO says | 104. 1 WIKY | Adult Contemporary Radio
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (40+ words) AMSTERDAM, May 8 (Reuters) - The World "Health Organisation on Friday said a Dutch KLM flight "attendant "who had "been in contact with a woman "who died from "a "hantavirus infection "in Johannesburg "had tested negative for a possible infection. T. .....