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Feb 08, 2023

United Nations chief ‘deeply regrets’ Mali’s decision to expel senior rights official

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday he deeply regrets Mali’s recent decision to declare the top UN human rights representative as persona non grata.
The transitional Government of Mali had made the announcement on Sunday, in effect, barring the Director of t...

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Announcing a New Series of Taking Apart Terror: The West Africa Edition

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Business Day

Feb 08, 2023

Gold rises as US dollar weakens after Fed chair’s inflation remarks

Bengaluru — Gold prices ticked higher on Wednesday as the dollar retreated from a one-month peak after US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell did not revert to a more hawkish stance, despite last week’s stronger-than-expected jobs report.

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E&T Minerals is looking for long-term partnerships

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KATE THOMPSON DAVY: ChatGPT was just the beginning, now Google ups the ante with Bard

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JUSTICE MALALA: Will Ramaphosa opt for action or apathy in his Sona?

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JSE faces subdued Asian markets despite Wall Street rally

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Business Day

Feb 08, 2023

HELMOED RÖMER HEITMAN: Underfunded SANDF left on shelf until someone somewhere is in hot water

It may not seem that way, but the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is always on our government’s mind. The proof is that every time something goes wrong it turns to the military to fix things.

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EDITORIAL: Offside, Mr Khumalo

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ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: War is war no matter who calls it and what they call it

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Oil rises as investors await US inventory data

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EDITORIAL: Myopic municipalities kill the golden goose

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Business Day

Feb 08, 2023

EDITORIAL: Much to read in Spar CEO’s painless exit

What’s the board to do when its CEO is at the centre of a small but reputation-sapping scandal about questionable accounting practices? Fire him, of course — or so you’d think. But that was a step too far for the board of Spar, one of the country’s biggest grocery retailers and f...

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