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U.S. Lawmakers Ask White House to Punish South Africa for Supporting Russia
By John Eligon | The New York Times
A bipartisan group of American lawmakers has asked the Biden administration to punish South Africa for what it sees as the country’s support of Russia’s war in Ukraine by moving a major trade conference scheduled to be held in South Africa this year to another country.
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Militia in Congo Kills Dozens at Camp for Internally Displaced
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale | Reuters (registration)
Jean Richard Lenga, chief of the Bahema Badjere district in Ituri Province, said members of the Cooperative for the Development of the Congo, or CODECO, massacred 46 people with knives and firearms and burned others in their homes in the middle of the camp.
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Nigeria's Small Businesses Feel Squeeze After Petrol Subsidy Scrapped
By Hamza Ibrahim | Reuters (registration)
In a small factory in Nigeria's northern Kano city, Muhammad Khamis Umar stares at stacks of plastic products that have not been sold for over a week since new President Bola Tinubu scrapped a fuel subsidy, sharply driving up the cost of petrol.
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USAID Cuts Food Aid Supporting Millions of Ethiopians Amid Charges of Massive Government Theft
By Katharine Houreld | The Washington Post (free)
The U.S. government is suspending food aid to Ethiopia after an investigation uncovered a widespread scheme to steal donated food. Officials have been diverting aid from those who need it to feed the military and ex-combatants, and selling it on the open market to millers who reexported the flour, according to an investigation by USAID.
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