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Afreximbank plans $1.5 billion economic package for Botswana
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OPEC oil output falls by 20,000 bpd in October -Reuters survey
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IMF, Niger reach staff-level agreement on $51 million loan
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Grocery retailer Pick n Pay to start accepting cryptocurrency payments
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South Africa still has space to raise rates – central bank
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Democratic U.S. senator wants probe into Saudi firm’s stake in Twitter
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Toyota profit to rise but eyes will be on its shaky supply chain, EV strategy
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Nigeria’s Buhari backs central bank on new banknotes
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Tunisia to start difficult economic reforms soon – central bank governor
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia will soon enact difficult economic reforms that have been delayed for years, the central bank governor…