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IMF approves revival of massive Pakistan loan programme
IMF approves revival of massive Pakistan loan programme
World
by  AFP

The IMF has approved an agreement to revive a massive loan programme for Pakistan, the finance minister said Monday, as the country grapples with devastating monsoon flooding that has worsened an economic crisis. The government reached an agreement with IMF staff last month to restart the suspended aid package.

Joao Lourenco: Angola's ex-general gets 2nd stint at the helm
Joao Lourenco: Angola's ex-general gets 2nd stint at the helm
Africa
by  AFP

A senior military officer who became a graft buster and turned on his political patron upon seizing power, Angolan President Joao Lourenco has won a second term, but the victory was not a walk in the park. - Political purgatory - Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco was born in 1954 in Lobito, in western Angola.

Angola ruling party wins vote, president secures second term
Angola ruling party wins vote, president secures second term
World
by  AFP

Angola's MPLA party was on Monday declared the winner of a closely fought election, extending its decades long rule in the oil-rich country and handing President Joao Lourenco a second term. Lourenco, a former general educated in the Soviet Union, was first elected in 2017.

Engine issue forces NASA to scrub launch of giant Moon rocket
Engine issue forces NASA to scrub launch of giant Moon rocket
World
by  AFP

NASA scrubbed a test flight on Monday of its largest-ever rocket in a setback to the ambitious program to send humans back to the Moon and eventually to Mars. And since humans have already visited the Moon, Artemis has its sights set on another lofty goal: a crewed mission to Mars.

Clashes in northern Ethiopia despite peace pleas
Clashes in northern Ethiopia despite peace pleas
Africa
by  AFP

Fighting was reported in a volatile area of northern Ethiopia on Monday, local sources said, despite urgent international appeals for a halt to the renewed hostilities between government forces and Tigrayan rebels.