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            <description><![CDATA[The South African rand was under pressure early on Tuesday as uncertainty surrounding the Iran war hung over markets ahead of the release of domestic mining figures and key US inflation data. At 0632 GMT, the rand traded at 16 4575 against the dollar, a whisker away from its previous close, and teetering near a more than two-week low.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration on Monday said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to the US on commercial flights, according to a White House official. The order, which is being taken under a transportation authority known as Title 49, will place US citizens in Congo or those who have recently left on a “do-not-board” list until they have spent at least 21 days in a third country, the person said.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The EU announced on Monday new sanctions against Sudan by targeting the country's gold trade, which it said was being used to finance the military conflict in the country. "The decision introduces a ban on the purchase, import or transfer of gold originating in Sudan. It also bans the sale, supply, transfer or export of mercury and cyanide to Sudan," said a statement by the Council of the EU.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of Oxford has launched the first human trial of a vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, seeking to accelerate efforts to combat an outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The early-stage trial, known as BD-Ebov, will evaluate the safety and immune response of the ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine in 50 healthy adults aged 18 to 55 in Oxford, the university said on Monday.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[China on Friday said it would step up cooperation with Namibia in the Southern African state's energy, farming, infrastructure, and minerals sectors during talks in Beijing between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Nandi-Ndaitwah has been on a seven-day visit to China since Sunday, seeking investment from the world's top lender and second-largest economy to help implement election pledges to create jobs and diversify the Namibian economy.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A US citizen working for a humanitarian organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, the US CDC said on Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with the patient's employing organization, other federal agencies and partners in the DRC to help prevent further transmission and identify high-risk contacts, it said.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A recent escalation of hostilities between the US and Iran could upend the International Energy Agency's (IEA's) forecast of a significant oil market surplus next year, it said on Friday, as global supply jumped in June when the Strait of Hormuz reopened but still lagged pre-war levels. Global oil markets received some respite last month as a peace agreement between the US and Iran facilitated the opening of the Strait, the effective closure of which had taken out as much as 14-million barrels per day of crude flows during the peak of the largest oil supply crisis in history.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged governments and international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps to help tackle a worsening education financing crisis, warning that 113 countries now spend more on servicing debt than on educating their populations. The UNESCO launched new guidance on debt swaps at a global education summit in Paris on Friday, arguing that the mechanism could help heavily indebted countries redirect scarce resources towards schools, teacher training and student support.]]></description>
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