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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A woman who fled the violent rebellion in Central African Republic (CAR) sits with her family as they wait for their identification process in the border town of Garoua Boulai, Cameroon January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Joel Kouam/File Photo GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of people fleeing violence in the Central African Republic has doubled in just a week to nearly 60,000, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, as post-electoral violence intensifies. CAR’s gove...

Congos President Felix Antoine Tshilombo Tshisekedi. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A majority in Democratic Republic of Congo’s lower house of parliament filed a motion of no confidence in the prime minister on Friday, a move likely to force the government’s collapse and hand President Felix Tshisekedi a major political victory. The motion, which lawmaker Chérubin Okende said carried the signatures of more than 300 of the National Assembly’s 500 ...

Rebel fighters in Central African Republic attacked and partially occupied a diamond-mining town on Sunday, four security and humanitarian sources said, a day before authorities are due to declare results of the presidential election.

By Reuters Staff (Updates with details, comments) Jan 22 (Reuters) - Copper prices are likely to rise further after pushing above $8,000 a tonne this month, supported by China’s strong economy and government stimulus efforts after the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of Hong Kong-listed MMG Ltd said on Friday. Prices of copper have nearly doubled from last year’s lows and the red metal was one of 2020’s stand out performers. “We have strong confidence in fundamentals of our core commodities,...

Africa's coronavirus case fatality rate has risen alarmingly to 2.5%, higher than the global level of 2.2%, the head of the continent's disease control body said on Thursday.

The number of people fleeing violence in the Central African Republic has doubled in just a week to nearly 60,000, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, as post-electoral violence intensifies.

The world has lost tropical forest equivalent to the size of California over a 13-year period, green group WWF said on Wednesday, calling for COVID-19 recovery plans to revitalise conservation efforts.

* China’s GEM signed a 1-year deal to buy ERG’s cobalt -sources LONDON/JOHANNESBURG, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Swiss-based commodity trader Telf AG will sell cobalt produced by Eurasian Resources Group’s operation in Democratic Republic of Congo, equivalent to 10% of global supply in 2021, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Under the deal, expected to run from 2021 to 2023, Telf will market 18,000 tonnes of cobalt for ERG this year - worth some $657 million at London...

national what diligence officer ezra vogel discuss is leader deng xiaoping. its a little over an hour. >> welcome to the cambridge forum discussing deng xiaoping and the transformation of china with harvards ezra vogel. i am michael sony professor of chinese history at harvard and i will serve as the moderator for the forum. its a great pleasure to introduce ezra vogel. hes the henry ford ii professor of the science emeritus at harvard, expert on both japan and china. hes visited asia ...