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JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- South African motorists and consumers face another economic blow this week as the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources announced major monthly fuel price increases on Monday, set to take effect this Wednesday. Driven by ongoing conflict in the Middle East and rising global crude costs, with Brent crude climbing above 100 U.S. dollars a barrel during September, the department confirmed that petrol prices will increase by between 3.12 rand (about 0.19 U.S. dollars) and 3.33 rand per liter, while diesel will rise by 2.84 to 3.24 rand per liter. In its statement, the department highlighted that average Brent crude oil prices rose from 87.89 to 101.00 dollars per barrel over September as U.S.-Iran tensions escalated and threatened oil transit throug...

BEIJING, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Partnerships between China and African countries strengthen community resilience and build capacity for sustainable development over the long term, a humanitarian official has said. "We see this engagement as constructive and look forward to further strengthening and expanding this cooperation into more areas," said Asha Mohammed, permanent representative of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to the African Union and International Organizations. Mohammed, who also heads the IFRC Delegation for Ethiopia and Djibouti, made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua on the sidelines of a seminar on resilient community building for Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies under the China-Africa Cooperation Framework in Bei...

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South Africa’s petrol, diesel prices for October set to rise sharply-Xinhua

Interview: China partnership constructive in strengthening Africa’s community resilience, development, says IFRC official-Xinhua