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Angola to quit OPEC over oil production quotas disagreement
Angola to quit OPEC over oil production quotas disagreement
Economy
by  AFP

Angola said on Thursday it would leave OPEC over a disagreement on production quotas following the oil cartel's decision last month to further slash output next year. Azevedo told state broadcaster TPA that Angola is unhappy with OPEC's decision last month to further slash production next year in an effort to prop up volatile prices.

Italian MPs vote against reform of eurozone rescue fund
Italian MPs vote against reform of eurozone rescue fund
Economy
by  AFP

Italy's lower house of parliament, including members of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's party, rejected an opposition motion to approve a reform of the eurozone's bailout fund on Thursday. Meloni's post-Fascist Brothers of Italy party voted against the opposition motion on Thursday, as did the far-right League party of Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.

Benin's president urges renewal of ties with coup-hit Niger
Benin's president urges renewal of ties with coup-hit Niger
Economy
by  AFP

Benin President Patrice Talon on Thursday called for relations to be swiftly re-established between his country and neighbouring Niger, which is now controlled by military rulers after a coup. In his annual address to the nation before parliament, Talon expressed the "wish to see relations between Benin and the countries where coups have happened quickly re-established".