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Ivory Coast’s unseasonal rains expected to strengthen cocoa crop

Unseasonal rains in the Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions last week are expected to help the October-to-March main crop finish strongly, farmers said on Monday.

Botswana to open embassy in Moscow, open up to Russia in rare earths and diamonds

Botswana plans to open an embassy in Moscow soon and has invited Russian investors to co-operate on rare earths and diamonds, Russia’s TASS State news agency quoted Botswana’s Foreign Minister as saying on Sunday.

UN Security Council holds emergency meeting over US rendition of Venezuela President

The United Nations (UN) Security Council convened an emergency session in New York to address the United States’ (US) rendition of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas.

Funding crisis pushes Yemen’s humanitarian response to the brink

Yemen’s already fragile humanitarian response is being pushed to breaking point as deep funding shortfalls force aid agencies to scale back life-saving services, the United Nations (UN) has warned.