DAKAR (Reuters) – West Africa’s Central Bank, BCEAO, will raise its main lending rate by 25 basis points to 3.00% from March 16 to bring inflation within its target range, it said on Wednesday. The bank said in a statement that inflation decreased to 6% in January from 7% in December but the rate hike …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s electoral commission said on Wednesday ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu had won last week’s presidential election. The major opposition parties have complained of irregularities and rejected the result as fraudulent. There have been reports of violence and intimidation, although not on the scale of previous elections. Here are details of the …
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By Tim Cocks LAGOS (Reuters) -For much of his political career, Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu has exerted power from behind the scenes, widely regarded as a “godfather” who uses an extensive patronage network to back candidates for office. Tinubu’s support helped outgoing leader Muhammadu Buhari win two terms in office, in 2015 and 2019. And …
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BERLIN/HAMBURG (Reuters) -Volkswagen’s supervisory board will discuss plans to build a new U.S. factory at a meeting on Friday, two sources close to the matter said, with one adding the board was expected to approve the project. The factory is a new plant for the Scout brand, according to one of the sources, which Volkswagen …
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WASHINGTON, 1 mar (Reuters) – El sector manufacturero estadounidense se contrajo por cuarto mes consecutivo en febrero, pero hubo indicios de que la actividad de las fábricas empezó a estabilizarse, con un indicador de nuevos pedidos que se recuperó de su mínimo de más de dos años y medio. El Instituto de Gestión de Suministros …
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Neu-Delhi/Berlin (Reuters) – Die Europäische Union dringt vor Beginn des G20-Außenminister-Treffens in Indien auf eine Verurteilung des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine. “Ich bin sicher, dass die Fähigkeit der indischen Diplomatie dazu genutzt wird, Russland klar zu machen, dass dieser Krieg enden muss”, sagte der EU-Außenbeauftragte Josep Borrell am Mittwoch. “Dieser Krieg muss verurteilt werden.” …
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By Alessandro Parodi and Vittorio Maresca di Serracapriola (Reuters) – European Union exports to Ukraine rose to pre-war levels in December, recovering from the trade disruption caused by Russia’s invasion, data from the bloc’s statistics agency Eurostat showed on Wednesday. The bloc’s trade with Ukraine initially slumped between February and March 2022 in the war’s …
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BRASILIA, 1 mar (Reuters) – El ministro de Hacienda de Brasil, Fernando Haddad, afirmó el miércoles que los elevadas tasas de interés del país son el principal obstáculo para el crecimiento económico, y añadió que las recientes medidas gubernamentales, como el restablecimiento de los impuestos sobre los combustibles, allanarían el camino hacia una relajación monetaria. …
LONDON (Reuters) – A British debt advisory charity said on Wednesday that demand for its services jumped by almost a third in January due to the cost-of-living crisis and it urged the government to reverse its plan to scale back its energy price support for households. StepChange said the number of new clients seeking full …
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WASHINGTON, 1 mar (Reuters) – El Comité de Relaciones Exteriores de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos votó el miércoles a favor de otorgar al presidente Joe Biden el poder de prohibir la aplicación de redes sociales de propiedad china TikTok, así como otras similares. Los legisladores votaron 24 a favor y 16 en …
