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OPEC Shrugs Off Threat Trump’s America Will Cut Oil Imports

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – OPEC’s two biggest suppliers to the U.S. shrugged off a vow by President Donald Trump to end dependence on the group’s oil, saying the world’s biggest economy would continue to need crude from abroad. The U.S. is “closely integrated in the global energy market,” Saudi Arabia’s Energy and Industry Minister Khalid Al-Falih said, while his Venezuelan counterpart Nelson Martinez said he expects his country’s crude exports to the world’s top consumer to remain stable. “The…

Trump Takes Reins of Nation as Divisions Deprive Him a Honeymoon

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WASHINGTON (Capital Markets in Africa) Washington Donald Trump takes the oath of office Friday, a celebration of American unity in a country that is anything but unified. Other presidents have been sworn in on the Capitol steps facing war, economic calamity or domestic social strife. Trump, the only president elected with no prior experience in public or military service, confronts a more fundamental challenge to his leadership. He’s the first president since the dawn of national…