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The continent, from a South African vantage.

Lula wins Brazil's presidency back as Ramaphosa calls it a win for the Global South

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won a fourth, non-consecutive term as Brazil's president, overturning a first-round deficit to beat Flavio Bolsonaro by more than 4.4 million votes. Cyril Ramaphosa congratulated him and tied the result to South Africa's multilateral work through BRICS, IBSA and the G20.

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Senegal's ruling party blocks its own budget as debt talks hang on parliament

Senegal's revised budget cuts growth to 2.7% and widens the deficit to 7.6% of GDP, with energy subsidies tripling. Without parliamentary approval, the IMF deal underpinning the country's debt restructuring risks delay.

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