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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded a ceasefire in Eastern DRC after M23 rebels reported to have taken over most of ...

The African Development Bank is developing mechanisms to increase access to local-currency debt that the continent needs to underpin a new drive to bring electricity to 300 million people by 2030, ...