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Dollar drops as inflation comes in below economists’ expectations

By Rédaction Africanews with Agencies The US dollar suffered a sharp decline on Wednesday following the release of data that revealed consumer prices in the United States rose less than anticipated in March. The unexpected result has prompted experts to speculate that the Federal Reserve may halt its rate-hiking efforts, possibly after a rate increase…

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Parents and school draw awareness to autism in The Congo

By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Lucia is a 7-year-old bubbly girl. She is playing with her mother in their living room in The Congo’s capital, Brazzaville. Ngouembe Laskine Chalvee has progressively learnt to help her autistic daughter thrive. The family discovered Lucia’s condition when she was 4. “At the beginning it was difficult for me…

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Will France be able to continue exporting its wheat to Africa?

By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Will France still be able to export cereals to Africa on April 25? The government wants to be reassuring, while producers and traders fear that they will no longer be able to use an insecticide (phosphine) in direct contact with the grains, which would close the door to their historical…

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Comoros, France spar over Mayotte expulsions

By Africanews with AFP The Comoros government asked France on Monday to abandon a planned operation of evictions, destruction of illegal housing and arrests in Mayotte, a French department in the Indian Ocean facing a galloping crime rate, against the backdrop of a migration crisis. The operation, named “Wuambushu” (“takeover”, in Moroccan) and conceived by…

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Prolonged high inflation dims economic outlook – IMF

By Rédaction Africanews The outlook for the world economy this year has dimmed in the face of chronically high inflation, rising interest rates and uncertainties resulting from the collapse of two big American banks. That’s the view of the International Monetary Fund, which on Tuesday downgraded its outlook for global economic growth. The IMF now…

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China says US avoiding responsibility in Africa debt relief

By Africanews China on Monday urged the United States to earnestly shoulder its responsibilities and make greater efforts to address debt issues in African countries. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin made the call at a press conference in Beijing when responding to accusations from some U.S. and World Bank officials that China is an…

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UK halts active recruitment of health workers from Nigeria to combat brain drain crisis

By Rédaction Africanews with Agencies The United Kingdom government has announced its decision to halt the recruitment of health workers from Nigeria, placing the country on the red list of nations not to be targeted for recruitment. The move comes after the World Health Organisation (WHO) identified Nigeria as one of 55 countries with significant…

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Guyana celebrates cowboy lifestyle with festival

By Rédaction Africanews and AP Loud country music came through the speakers as cowboys entered the arena to kickstart this year’s Rupununi Ranchers Rodeo in Lethem Guyana. Since the mid-eighties, the Rupununi Ranchers’ Rodeo ground in the country’s southwest has hosted one of the nation’s main cowboys fest. Thousands of visitors travelled from the capital…

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US eyes aid to stop violence spilling into coastal West Africa

Staff Writer, Agence France-Presse (AFP) April 9, 2023 The United States is preparing long-term assistance for the Ivory Coast, Benin and Togo as concerns rise that jihadist violence in the Sahel could spill into coastal West Africa, officials said. Speaking to AFP, the officials said Western support was also critical to halting Russia’s Wagner mercenary…

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Pope Francis condemns ‘stumbling blocks’ to peace in Easter message

By Africanews Ukraine, Middle East, international terrorism: Pope Francis condemned on Sunday the numerous “stumbling blocks” to peace in the world during his traditional message “Urbi et Orbi” for Easter. In front of some 100,000 faithful massed in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, the Argentine Jesuit expressed his “deep concern” because of the attacks…