Pascal Fletcher

Africa investors looking beyond negative headlines -World Bank

August 25, 2021 at 5:08 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Investors in Africa are increasingly able to see beyond negative headlines of violence in nations like South Sudan, Nigeria and Kenya, but they also seek more protection...

Nigeria can handle Boko Haram, part of ‘raw democracy’, says minister

August 25, 2021 at 4:23 a.m.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria is preparing a special development plan for its poor, violence-hit northeast and increasing spending to counter an Islamist revolt there that could dent growth in Africa's...

Nigeria: surging bloodshed strains ‘marriage of irreconcilables’

August 25, 2021 at 4:25 a.m.

UNGWAN GATA/ABUJA Nigeria (Reuters) - When Fulani raiders carrying rifles, machetes and clubs stormed his village one night last month, Pius Nna was stunned to see his teenage nephew among...

Africa still rising, but needs economic discipline: AfDB

August 25, 2021 at 3:19 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan Africa's economy will grow more than 6 percent this year, the African Development Bank said on Tuesday, but its president urged governments to build resilience to...

Analysis: Nairobi mall attack strikes at Africa’s boom image

August 24, 2021 at 8:35 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - When Islamist fighters from Somalia's al-Shabaab group stormed a Nairobi mall at the weekend, they knew they were hitting a high-profile symbol of Kenya's economic power in...

BRICS chafe under charge of “new imperialists” in Africa

August 24, 2021 at 6:36 a.m.

DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - "BRICS, Don't Carve Africa" reads a banner in a church hall in downtown Durban where civil society activists have gathered to cast a critical eye...

Insight: Mending Mali poses political and ethnic puzzle

August 24, 2021 at 5:31 a.m.

BAMAKO (Reuters) - When former colonial power France sent warplanes and troops to Mali on January 11 in a historic intervention, it did not just halt a menacing advance on...

French general urges EU to equip “impoverished” Mali army

August 24, 2021 at 4:41 a.m.

BAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) - The European Union should complement a mission to train Mali's army, routed by rebels last year, by providing equipment from uniforms to vehicles and communications technology,...

French general urges EU to equip “impoverished” Mali army

August 22, 2019 at 2:04 p.m.

U.S. could resume direct Mali military aid if elections successful

August 24, 2021 at 4:29 a.m.

BAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) - The United States is likely to eventually resume direct support for Mali's military, but only after full restoration of democracy through elections, the head of a...

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