By Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa is mulling legal options if Russian President Vladimir Putin, the subject of a war crimes arrest warrant, attends a BRICS emerging economies summit in Johannesburg in August, Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday. The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for Putin related to Russia’s…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African manufacturing activity contracted for the fourth consecutive month in May, with a particularly steep decline in expected business conditions, a survey showed on Thursday. The seasonally-adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) edged down to 49.2 in May from 49.8 in April, moving further below the 50-point mark that separates expansion…
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s army suspended talks with a rival paramilitary force on Wednesday over a ceasefire and aid access, raising fears the six-week-old conflict will push Africa’s third largest country deeper into a humanitarian crisis. The armed forces said in a statement it halted talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah, accusing the other side…
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Wednesday said his government would ensure peaceful, free and transparent elections next year following weeks of fresh opposition unrest over fears he might run for a third term and sideline a key rival. Sporadic violent protests have broken out across Senegal since opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was…
BERLIN (Reuters) – A global employment divide between high-income and low-income countries is worsening as rising debt levels hit developing countries disproportionately, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Wednesday. It urged nations to offer global financial support on job creation and social protection to help narrow the gap. While global unemployment is expected to…
By Seun Sanni and Richa Naidu ALAYIDE, Nigeria (Reuters) – Busari Kasali once lived with the fear that his cassava – a staple crop in his native Nigeria – would spoil before it got to market. Today, the 76-year-old says his main concern is keeping up with growing demand from consumer goods giant Unilever. “Things…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Economic growth in key Sub-Saharan African economies will slow this year as weaker global growth makes the backdrop less favourable and high interest rates deter investment, ratings agency S&P said in a research report. S&P said it now forecast the gross domestic product of eight Sub-Saharan African economies it tracks would expand…
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s central bank has lowered its economic growth projection for this year to 5.5%, a presentation by the bank’s governor Patrick Njoroge showed on Wednesday. The bank had said in March that the economy would expand by 5.8%. Njoroge did not address the new forecast. The economy expanded by 4.8%…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled late on Tuesday that relatives of those killed in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX Ethiopian Airlines crash may seek compensation for pain and suffering of passengers before the plane hit the ground. Boeing in 2021 agreed to acknowledge liability for compensatory damages in lawsuits filed by…
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – Two thirds of Moroccan jobs are now in the grey economy, statistics agency said on Tuesday, giving its first public assessment of a trend that the government says is depriving the economy of $3.4 billion annually. Nearly all the jobs in the agricultural sector, which represents 14% of the…
