PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's new finance minister, Malusi Gigaba, signaled a swing to the left on Saturday, saying "we need to radically transform the South African economy" while pledging to maintain fiscal stability.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi left Cairo for Washington on Saturday where both sides will seek a renewed relationship after tensions over Sisi's crackdown on opponents.
PRETORIA (Reuters) - New South African Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Saturday he would not be "reckless" when it came to funding for controversial plans to add more nuclear power to the energy mix of Africa's most industrialised economy.
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's finance minister, Malusi Gigaba, signalled a swing to the left on Saturday, saying "we need to radically transform the South African economy" while pledging to maintain fiscal stability.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The retail price of petrol and the wholesale price of diesel in South Africa will fall from April 5, the energy department said on Saturday.
BURAO, Somalia (Reuters) - Deadly cholera is spreading through drought-ravaged Somalia as clean water sources dry up, a top aid official said, deepening a humanitarian crisis in a country that is on the verge of famine.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Recent acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the killing of foreign United Nations experts, could constitute war crimes, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Friday.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Friday cut the troop cap by 18 percent for its peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo after reaching a compromise with the United States, which wanted a bigger cut to the largest and most expensive operation.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Agricultural ministers have agreed on a plan to fight the red palm weevil which ravages coconut, date and oil palms, experts said on Friday, describing it as "a global threat".
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