* Spread-betting was "like taxi driver taking own car home"
* Glencore wins MRPL tender-trade sources * Qua Iboe supported above dtd +$2.00 by delays GENEVA, Nov 5(Reuters) - Unsold cargoes of some heavier Angolan crude grades is pressuring differentials, traders said on Monday, although prices for other streams were supported by Asian demand and maintenance work. Traders estimated that more than two-thirds of the Angolan programme for December had now been sold but said heavier grades like Dalia and Pazflor were slow to clear. India's M
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has charged a man of Rwandan origin with taking part in the killings of thousands of people during the 1994 genocide in his homeland, the prosecutor's office said on Monday, the first such case in the Nordic country.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's worst flooding in at least half a century has killed 363 people since the start of July and displaced 2.1 million people, an emergency agency said on Monday.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will visit Saudi Arabia where he will receive a medical checkup, state media said on Monday, after an official said the 68-year-old ruler had undergone throat surgery in August.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is coming under increasing pressure to tackle government corruption after an oil probe released last week showing billions of dollars of lost state revenues sparked a political row.
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The following is a selection of domestic debt auctions expected from frontier African governments this week. Amounts listed in local currencies: GHANA INSTRUMENT AUCTION DATE AMOUNT (mln) 91- & 182-day 9/11/12 317 T-bills; 1- & 2-year notes ($1 = 1.9 cedi) KENYA INSTRUMENT AUCTION DATE AMOUNT (mln) 182-day T-bill 7/11/12 3,000
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi suspended laws against same-sex relationships on Monday and ordered police not to arrest gays pending a decision on whether to repeal the legislation, a source of friction with the impoverished southern African nation's donors.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Protests outside western Libya's main oil refinery shut down operations for a second day on Monday, causing long queues at petrol stations in the capital Tripoli, a refinery spokesman said.
LAGOS (Reuters) - Passengers arriving at Murtala Mohammed airport in Lagos could be forgiven for thinking they had stumbled into a refugee camp.
NAIROBI, Nov 5 - - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. - - - - - EVENTS * Mozambique - October CPI inflation due to be released. GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares fell on Monday and the dollar firmed as investors shied away from risk ahead of the closely fought U.S. presidential election and looked past strong U.S. jobs data to fragile economic growth prospects worldwi
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A soldier from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been killed in a border skirmish with Rwandan troops, military officials from both countries said on Sunday.
MOGADISHU/VICTORIA (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released two Seychellois hostages they had in captivity for a year, officials from both countries said.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese government forces have blocked international peacekeepers accessing the site of an alleged attack that killed up to 10 civilians in the western Darfur region, the peacekeepers said.
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan said on Sunday it had expelled a U.N. human rights investigator, accusing her of writing false reports, a move the U.N. mission said broke the country's legal obligations to the United Nations.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia unveiled a new cabinet on Sunday, keeping a delicate balance among rival clans as it tries to shake off years of conflict that still plagues the country despite a recent push against al-Qaeda-linked militants.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police prevented the country's main opposition leader from using a public road leading to President Jacob Zuma's house in his home village on Sunday, citing safety concerns.
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