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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 government has been battling rebel groups seeking to overturn a Dec. 27 vote in which President Faustin-...

Congo's 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 members, gives Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba 48 hours to resign or face a no-confidence...

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, particularly copper,” chief executive Gao Xiaoyu told a results call. “Momentum will continue p...

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.