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Blinken to counter Russian charm offensive in Africa
Blinken to counter Russian charm offensive in Africa
by  AFP

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next month to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the State Department announced Friday, as Washington ramps up diplomacy in Africa to counter a Russian charm offensive.

France charges 5 more of Gabon ex-leader's children: judicial source
France charges 5 more of Gabon ex-leader's children: judicial source
by  AFP

France has charged five more children of former Gabonese president Omar Bongo in a long-running inquiry over ill-gotten wealth, a judicial source said Friday. They have already charged four other adult children, as well as a former Miss France, over receiving Parisian apartments from the late president.

World Bank refuses new funding for bankrupt Sri Lanka
World Bank refuses new funding for bankrupt Sri Lanka
by  AFP

The World Bank said Friday it would not offer new funding to Sri Lanka unless the bankrupt island nation carried out "deep structural reforms" to stabilise its crashing economy. "This requires deep structural reforms that focus on economic stabilisation, and also on addressing the root structural causes that created this crisis."

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