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OPEC+ tipped to make big cut in oil output
OPEC+ tipped to make big cut in oil output
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Major oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia are expected to make this week their biggest output cut since the start of the Covid pandemic in efforts to buttress prices. He said Saudi Arabia was currently producing 11 million barrels per day.

W. African bloc flies envoys to Burkina Faso after latest coup
W. African bloc flies envoys to Burkina Faso after latest coup
Africa
by  AFP

Envoys from the West African bloc ECOWAS were heading to Burkina Faso on Monday after the jihadist-torn Sahel state underwent its second military coup in less than nine months. ECOWAS -- the Economic Community of West African States -- issued a statement welcoming "a peaceful settlement of their differences" and announced it would dispatch a delegation to Ouagadougou on Monday.