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GENEVA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Nigerian differentials dipped again on Monday on the back of ample supplies, bringing total losses since the start of October to more than 50 cents. Traders estimated that around 10-15 cargoes of Nigerian crude oil remained for November just days ahead of the release of the December loading programmes. Offers for the remaining grades were largely unchanged on Monday, although one trader deemed these levels to be "optimistic." Demand has slowed in recent we
ABIDJAN, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked power stations and security facilities in and around Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan in coordinated overnight raids that ended early on Monday, the defence minister said.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between Sudan's army and rebels in the oil-producing state of South Kordofan, both sides said on Monday, a week after the insurgents shelled the state capital near the border with South Sudan.
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police arrested the leader of the separatist Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) and shot dead two supporters in a house raid on Monday, intensifying a crackdown on the movement seeking independence for the country's coastal region.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African gold miners have refused the industry's latest pay rise offer despite an extended deadline to respond, the Chamber of Mines said on Monday, dimming hopes that the illegal strike in the industry will come end anytime soon.
ACCRA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The Bank of Ghana said that the yield on its 91-day bill rose to 23.12 percent at an Oct. 12 auction from 23.11 percent at the last auction.
NIGER (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen kidnapped six people, including four aid workers from Niger and Chad, from the town of Dakoro in central Niger overnight, the aid workers' employers said on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - MTN Group on Monday confirmed that a U.S. court had put on hold the $4.2 billion lawsuit against it by Turkish rival Turkcell, pending a separate U.S. Supreme Court decision.
ALGIERS (Reuters) - North African heavyweight Algeria is worried by the chaos in neighbouring Mali, where Islamist militants have seized vast tracts of the country, but believes foreign intervention will only make things worse.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Two people, including an elderly British tourist, were killed when a charter boat on a popular sight-seeing trip capsized off South Africa's Hout Bay on Saturday, rescue officials said.
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Armed men seized a military vehicle on Sunday in the city of al-Arish in Egypt's Sinai, where the Egyptian army has launched a security crackdown against Islamist militants.
ACCRA (Reuters) - Police in Ghana are investigating the death of a 16-year-old Chinese boy killed during a crackdown by security forces on illegal gold mining, the deputy foreign minister said on Sunday.
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. - - - - - EVENTS: BOTSWANA - Policymakers set the central bank's lending rate, which has stood at 9.5 percent for the past year. Also expecting inflation data. TANZANIA - Expecting inflation data for September from the government. The rate slowed for the eighth straight month in August to 14.9 percent. MOZAMBIQUE - Expecting the
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's national assembly elected a new prime minister on Sunday, the second within a month to face the daunting challenge of forming a government acceptable to the country's many factions.
KADUNA (Reuters) - Armed bandits descended on a village in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing 22 people, most of them shot dead as they were leaving prayers at a mosque, the state police commissioner said.
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