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Wall Street indexes end split amid mixed earnings, crude slides as trade deadline looms reuters.com/world/china/gl…
Japanese shares led an Asian share market rally on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Japan and fuelled hopes of more to come, offsetting mixed U.S. earnings that highlighted the drags from higher tariffs. reuters.com/business/autos…
Morocco and Nigeria will meet on Saturday to decide the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after both came through gritty semi-final encounters on Tuesday. reuters.com/sports/soccer/…
A platinum price rally and increased mining royalties should ease the pressure on South Africa’s fragile coalition government ahead of its October budget, Old Mutual Investment Group, one of the country's largest institutional investors, said on Tuesday. reuters.com/world/africa/p…
US became net exporter of crude to Nigeria for the first time, EIA says reuters.com/business/energ…
Wall Street indexes end split amid mixed earnings, crude slides as trade deadline looms reuters.com/world/china/gl…
The dollar slid on Tuesday, with the yen one of the major gainers versus the greenback, as investors tracked talks ahead of an August 1 deadline that could bring steep tariffs on products of U.S. trading partners that fail to strike deals. reuters.com/world/africa/u…
Egypt's current account deficit narrowed to $2.1 billion in January to March 2025 from $7.5 billion in the same period a year earlier, the central bank said on Tuesday. reuters.com/world/africa/e…
The South African rand was slightly stronger on Tuesday after the second-biggest party in the coalition government said it would vote in support of the last major piece of budget legislation. reuters.com/world/africa/s…
Nigeria's central bank kept its monetary policy rate at 27.50% for the third consecutive time this year, pledging on Tuesday to maintain its current stance until inflation risks recede. reuters.com/world/africa/n…
Nigeria has partnered with S&P Global Commodity Insights to develop a regional pricing benchmark for refined petroleum products in West Africa, the country's downstream regulator said on Tuesday. reuters.com/sustainability…
Portugal joined other Western countries in expressing a positive view of Morocco's autonomy proposal for the disputed Western Sahara region, after Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said on Tuesday the plan had a "serious and credible basis". reuters.com/world/africa/p…
A platinum price rally and increased mining royalties should ease the pressure on South Africa’s fragile coalition government ahead of its October budget, Old Mutual Investment Group, one of the country's largest institutional investors, said on Tuesday. reuters.com/world/africa/p…
US became net exporter of crude to Nigeria for the first time, EIA says reuters.com/business/energ…
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a proposed class action by eight Malian citizens who sought to hold Hershey , Nestle and five other companies liable for child labor on Ivory Coast cocoa farms. reuters.com/sustainability…
Wall Street wavers amid mixed earnings, crude slides as trade deadline looms reuters.com/world/china/gl…
The dollar slid on Tuesday, with the yen one of the major gainers versus the greenback, as investors tracked talks ahead of an August 1 deadline that could bring steep tariffs on products of U.S. trading partners that fail to strike deals. reuters.com/world/africa/u…
Ibex Investment Holdings Ltd., formerly known as Steinhoff International, sold its entire 28% stake in South Africa's clothing retailer Pepkor for $1.5 billion via an accelerated book-building process. reuters.com/world/africa/i…
Nigeria's central bank kept its monetary policy rate at 27.50% for the third consecutive time this year, pledging on Tuesday to maintain its current stance until inflation risks recede. reuters.com/world/africa/n…
Egypt's current account deficit narrowed to $13.2 billion in the nine months through March 2025, from $17.1 billion in the same period a year earlier, Egypt's central bank said on Tuesday. reuters.com/world/africa/e…