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Agriculture, health, energy top EAC pitches to Americans

US President Joe Biden speaks with African leaders during the US-Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre in Washington, DC, on December 15, 2022. Photographer Brenden Smialowski /AFP By The East Africa East African Community partner states say the US-Africa Summit last week was occasion to pitch investments in agriculture, health and

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Tunisia’s political experiment threatens economic collapse

A tank is seen next to the portrait of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on a street in Tunis, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. Despite an election debacle, Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian president appears determined to upend the country’s political system, threatening to unravel the fragile democracy and collapse the economy in the North

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Top Russian official calls EU gas price cap ‘non-market measure’

By Anadolu Agency Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called the EU gas price cap a “voluntarist, non-market measure.” In a statement on Telegram, Medvedev said like in the case of the oil price cap, the decision on the gas price cap “was dictated by zoological hatred to Russia, proceeding from the maniac thesis that ‘Russians

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Massive winter storm brings rolling blackouts, power outages

Rows of headstones at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery are blanketed by drifting snow Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Mandan, N.D. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP) By The Associated Press Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said

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Gunman in Paris kills three people in attack on Kurdish community

By Reuters A gunman killed three people at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, prompting violent protests in nearby streets as night fell. President Emmanuel Macron said France’s Kurdish community had been the target of a heinous attack. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the suspected assailant had

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We’ll reopen Facebook when they stop playing games – Museveni

President Museveni addressing editors from different media houses in the country at state lodge Nakasero, Kampala on December 23, 2022. By Daily Monitor President Museveni said on Friday that Facebook will be fully reopened in Uganda if “they stop playing games.” Facebook remains blocked from Uganda two years after its operations were suspended ahead of

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Air travellers warned of delays as UK passport control staff strike

Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union take part in a border force workers strike action near Heathrow Airport, in London, Britain December 23, 2022. Photographer Peter Nicholls By Reuters Passengers at British airports were warned of delays after passport control staff walked out on Friday on the first day of a strike

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Kenya to spy on accounts of ministers, judges in IMF deal

IMF deputy managing director Antoinette Sayeh By Business Daily Africa Kenya plans to track the financial dealings of high-ranking politicians, including the President, and their allies from next year in fresh commitments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at preventing the country from being locked out of the global financial system for money laundering.

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Turkey says no ‘concrete development’ from Sweden on extradition of terrorists

By Anadolu Agency Sweden has not taken any concrete steps to address Turkey ’s security concerns, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday. “There is no concrete development regarding the extradition of terrorist-related criminals and the freezing of terrorist assets,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a news conference with his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billstrom in the

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French president says Europe should limit dependence on US for security

By Anadolu Agency France’s president said European countries should be more decisive in the NATO alliance and reduce their “reliance on the US,” according to reports on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters aboard the French presidential plane on his return from an international summit in Amman, Jordan, Emmanuel Macron said “he doesn’t see his push to

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