11+ hour, 23+ min ago   (378+ words) NAIROBI, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Burundians flocked to their embassy in Nairobi on Tuesday to get travel documents to return home, saying they feared violence even after Kenya announced a temporary amnesty for undocumented East ​Africans in the country. Many…...

9+ hour, 26+ min ago   (141+ words) LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has written to British Prime ​Minister Andy Burnham, asking ‌him to reopen talks over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a spokesperson said on ‌Tuesday ​in a ⁠statement. The spokesperson said ⁠Muizzu was…...

16+ hour, 43+ min ago   (267+ words) PRETORIA, Sept 8 (Reuters) – South Africa’s economy shrank for the first time in almost two years in the second quarter of 2026, ​official data showed on Tuesday, as the Iran ‌war depressed domestic demand and the mining and manufacturing sectors performed poorly....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1252+ words) SAO PAULO, Aug 31 (Reuters) – When Brazilian customs agents opened jars of dulce de leche aboard a tourist bus arriving from Paraguay in April, they discovered hundreds of vials of tirzepatide, the active ingredient in the popular weight-loss drug Mounjaro, mixed…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (518+ words) DAKAR, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Five people who the U.S. attempted to deport to Liberia this week resisted getting off the plane and were instead transported to Equatorial Guinea, another African country to which the Trump administration is removing migrants it cannot…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (164+ words) LUSAKA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile said on Wednesday that he would challenge this ​week’s presidential election result in ‌court, alleging vote fraud in the contest that handed President Hakainde Hichilema a second term in office. An election…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (224+ words) JOHANNESBURG, Aug 19 (Reuters) – South Africa’s inflation rate slowed for the first time in five months in July, partly due to ​a steep drop in fuel costs, but ‌analysts said it could soon climb again as renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (650+ words) LUSAKA, Aug 18 (Reuters) – After restructuring Zambia’s debt in his first term, Hakainde Hichilema says there is more work to be done in his second and wants to double the size of the economy, create more jobs and expand opportunities for…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (844+ words) MAGOG, South Africa, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Mining lithium for batteries is a growing part of South Africa’s plan to use the global shift towards green energy to revive its economy, but now it faces a challenge from thousands of angry farmers…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) JOHANNESBURG, Aug 3 (Reuters) – South Africa took a step on Monday toward bringing cryptocurrency into its financial rulebook, releasing draft guidelines that for the ​first time spell out when moving crypto across borders ‌becomes a regulated and reportable event. The draft…...