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Diamond millionaire hopes to rock Lesotho vote
Diamond millionaire hopes to rock Lesotho vote
Africa
by  AFP

Sitting at the desk of a grand office in Lesotho's capital of Maseru, Sam Matekane doesn't attempt to hide his ambition. He does not want to state his worth, but his affluence is on display at his office on the 6th floor of a building in the centre of Maseru, a sleepy city of 350,000 people.

21 inmates dead in separate Ecuador prison clashes
21 inmates dead in separate Ecuador prison clashes
World
by  AFP

Three days of bloody clashes between inmates in Ecuador have left 21 dead and 66 people, including five police officers, injured in the latest bout of gang violence in the country's notoriously brutal prisons, officials said Thursday. The injured included five police members.

OPEC+: a thriving Saudi-Russian marriage of convenience
OPEC+: a thriving Saudi-Russian marriage of convenience
Business and Economy
by  AFP

By ignoring the United States and slashing its oil production, the OPEC+ group of petro-states demonstrated the tightening bond between Saudi Arabia, normally a close US ally, and Russia. "It has survived turbulent periods, including a short but devastating price war between the two heavyweights, Saudi Arabia and Russia in 2020," Varga said, referring to disagreements on production levels.

IMF chief urges action as global recession risks rise
IMF chief urges action as global recession risks rise
World
by  AFP

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva urged global policymakers Thursday to take concerted action to avoid a "dangerous 'new normal,'" as the risks of a worldwide recession are driven ever higher by repeated economic shocks. Policymakers need to act together to "prevent this period of heightened fragility from becoming a dangerous 'new normal,'" Georgieva said.