South Africa January car sales figures
GLOBAL MARKETS
Asia's stockmarkets steadied on Wednesday, with signs of a
slowdown in U.S. wages bolstering hopes that the Federal
Reserve could hint at an end to interest rate hikes at its
meeting later in the day. WORLD OIL PRICES
Oil prices rose on Wednesday as signs of slowing inflation
in the United States eased fears that the world's largest
oil user may face a recession because of further interest
rate hikes and a weaker dollar supported some buying
interest. EMERGING MARKETS
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The South African rand was little changed on Tuesday as the
country continued to struggle with rolling power outages. KENYA MARKETS
Kenya's shilling slipped to a new low on Tuesday, as
persistent dollar demand from oil importers continued to
weigh, traders said. POPE AFRICA
Pope Francis denounced the "poison of greed" driving
conflicts in Africa as he began a visit to Democratic
Republic of Congo on Tuesday, saying the rich world had to
realise that people were more precious than the minerals in
the earth beneath them. GHANA DEBT
Ghana has extended the deadline to register for its domestic
debt exchange programme for a fourth time to Feb. 7 to allow
for new agreed terms to be finalised and finish discussions
with other bondholders, the finance ministry said on
Tuesday. ETHIOPIA CONFLICT CHINA
One Chinese citizen was killed in an attack on Monday in
Ethiopia's Oromiya region, the Chinese embassy in the
country said, and it warned other citizens in Ethiopia to
exercise caution and build up safety awareness. BOTSWANA DIAMONDS
Rough diamond sales by Debswana Diamond Company reached
record levels in 2022, data showed on Tuesday, as Western
buyers shunned Russian stones and Botswana profited from
steady global demand for diamond jewellery. ZAMBIA ENERGY
Zambia plans to import electricity from Mozambique and the
Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) to ease power rationing
in Africa's second-largest copper producer. NIGERIA BORROWINGS
Nigeria's lower house of parliament has approved President
Muhammadu Buhari's request to borrow an extra $2.2 billion
in temporary advances from the country's central bank to
help plug gaps in last year's budget, lawmakers said on
Tuesday. KENYA INFLATION
Kenya's inflation slowed to 9.0% year-on-year in
January from 9.1% a month earlier, the statistics office
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