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Cameroon : Potential Alucam buyer plays wait-and-see

Ten years after Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto pulled out of its shareholding, the ailing Compagnie Camerounaise d’Aluminium (Alucam) is still trying to get back on track. The Cameroonian state, which holds a 93.3% stake in the smelting company (the […] ​Ten years after Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto pulled out of its shareholding, the

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Lebanon’s Emigrants Return to a Battered Homeland After Israel-Hezbollah War

Some who left the country in successive waves of emigration have felt drawn back to aid recovery efforts after the bloody and destructive war between Israel and Hezbollah. ​Some who left the country in successive waves of emigration have felt drawn back to aid recovery efforts after the bloody and destructive war between Israel and

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Some Afrikaners Cheer as Trump Amplifies Claims of Persecution

An executive order from President Trump on Friday put the weight of U.S. influence behind a hotly disputed claim in South Africa that Afrikaners were the “victims of unjust racial discrimination.” ​An executive order from President Trump on Friday put the weight of U.S. influence behind a hotly disputed claim in South Africa that Afrikaners

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