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Eswatini next to suspend S.African animal imports after foot and mouth outbreak
Nov 12, 2019 | 19:07 pmMBABANE, Nov 12 (Reuters) - ESwatini has suspended animalimports from neighbouring South Africa for a second time thisyear following another outbreak of foot and mouth disease, themountain kingdom's agricultural ministry said on Tuesday.
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eSwatini's economic growth to sink to 1% without urgent reforms - IMF
Nov 4, 2019 | 17:48 pmJOHANNESBURG, Nov 4 (Reuters) - eSwatini's economy will slowto 1% in 2019 if the tiny landlocked kingdom allows budgetdeficits and state debt to keep growing, the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday.
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REFILE-Athletics-Fitter, happier, healthier: parkrun marks 15th birthday with six million friends
Oct 1, 2019 | 18:49 pmLONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The global running phenomenon that is parkrun turns 15 on Wednesday with six million people worldwide now signed up to a community that began as a meeting of 13 friends for a sociable Saturday run[…]
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Britain agrees post-Brexit trade deal with southern Africa
Sep 11, 2019 | 14:19 pmJOHANNESBURG, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Britain has agreed a dealwith six southern African countries including South Africa, thecontinent's most developed economy, that will ensure continuityof trade conditions after Brexit, the British High Commission inSouth Africa said on Wednesday.
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Soccer-Zimbabwe score late double for great World Cup qualifying escape
Sep 10, 2019 | 21:57 pmJOHANNESBURG, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe scored two last-gasp goals to edge past Somalia and avoid a humiliating exit in World Cup qualification as the last of the African group phase places were decided on Tuesday.
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Soccer-Liberia win on opening day of African World Cup qualifiers
Sep 4, 2019 | 22:27 pmCAPE TOWN, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Liberia needed two penalties and a calamitous defensive error to beat Sierra Leone 3-1 on the first day of 2022 World Cup qualifying in Africa as the continent’s smaller teams enjoyed a rare moment[…]
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Namibia considers withdrawal from wildlife convention unless rhino trade eased
Aug 27, 2019 | 18:11 pmWINDHOEK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Namibia is consideringwithdrawing from the rules that govern the global trade inendangered species, after countries voted last week to rejectproposals to relax restrictions on hunting and exporting itswhite rhinos.
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Africa's biggest bank targets its smallest shops in fintech deal
Aug 27, 2019 | 06:00 amJOHANNESBURG, Aug 27 (Reuters) - South Africa's StandardBank has taken a stake in local fintech firm Nomaninito offer credit to potentially millions of small shop owners andother informal retailers across Africa that have limited accessto banking services.
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Landlocked eSwatini report says ministers must tighten belts to help lift economy
Aug 10, 2019 | 17:04 pmMBABANE, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The Kingdom of eSwatini islooking at cutting cabinet ministers' housing, travel andentertainment allowances as part of attempts to revive theeconomy of the southern African country formerly known asSwaziland.
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After a long journey, 16 rare black rhinos make a new home in eSwatini
Jul 25, 2019 | 13:23 pmMBABANE, July 25 (Reuters) - A group of 16 endangered blackrhinos has been moved over 700 kilometres from poaching hotspotSouth Africa to an "ideal" - and safer - habitat in eSwatini,the eSwatini national wildlife authority said on Thursday.
