(For other news from Reuters Africa Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Africa14)
DAKAR, April 7 (Reuters) - (For other news from Reuters Africa Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Africa14) Olam International Ltd has started its long-promised 70,000 tonne cocoa processing plant in Ivory Coast and plans to reach full capacity within two months, its head of Africa said at the Reuters Africa Summit on Monday.
KIGALI (Reuters) - The United Nations chief told a packed stadium of sombre and weeping Rwandans on Monday the world would "never again" let genocide tear their nation apart, at a ceremony marking 20 years since 800,000 people were butchered.
ACCRA, April 7 (Reuters) - Blood tests have shown that a 12-year-old girl in Ghana who died of viral fever with bleeding did not have Ebola, Health Minister Sherry Ayittey said on Monday.
ACCRA (Reuters) - Blood tests have shown that a 12-year-old girl in Ghana who died of viral fever with bleeding did not have Ebola, Health Minister Sherry Ayittey said on Monday.
ACCRA, April 7 (Reuters) - Blood tests have shown that a 12-year-old girl in Ghana who died of viral fever with bleeding did not have Ebola, Health Minister Sherry Ayittey said on Monday.
PARIS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has recovered strongly enough from a stroke to govern and will push economic reforms, including loosening restrictions on foreign investors if re-elected this month, campaign spokesman Amara Benyounes said.
NAIROBI, April 7 (Reuters) - Growing investment in Africa's natural resources and rising household spending will accelerate economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa to 5.2 percent in 2014 from 4.7 percent in last year, the World Bank said on Monday.
NAIROBI, April 7 (Reuters) - Growing investment in Africa's natural resources and rising household spending will accelerate economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa to 5.2 percent in 2014 from 4.7 percent in last year, the World Bank said on Monday.
PRETORIA (Reuters) - His voice cracking with emotion, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand in his own defence on Monday, saying the Valentine's Day shooting of his girlfriend last year had left him sleepless, terrified and plagued by nightmares.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two male expatriate consultants working for the United Nations in Somalia were shot dead on Monday, at Galkayo Airport in north central Somalia, said a U.N. spokesman.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's eastern Hariga port will need at least ten days to receive tankers to load crude, its terminal manager said on Monday after the government said the port would reopen following a deal with rebels.
KADUNA Nigeria (Reuters) - - Clashes in northwest Nigeria between suspected Fulani cattle rustlers mounted on motorbikes and local youth vigilantes from the rival Hausa ethnic group left at least 72 people dead, police said on Monday.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Some 30 Libyan lawmakers plan to remove parliamentary president Nouri Abu Sahmain, the country's top official, over a leaked video in which he was grilled by an unknown questioner over a visit by two women to his house, one of them said on Sunday.
ACCRA (Reuters) - Health authorities in Ghana are testing blood samples from a 12-year-old girl who died of a viral fever with bleeding in the country's first suspected case of Ebola, officials said on Sunday.
DAKAR/BISSAU (Reuters) - Disarray in Guinea-Bissau's political parties and frustration among voters could open the way for a Harvard-educated political outsider to win a presidential election next week aimed at turning the page on years of coups and crime.
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Paralympic and Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius is expected to take the stand for the first time on Monday in a bid to prove his innocence against charges he murdered his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
(Updates) The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. - - - - - EVENTS * Reuters Africa Investment Summit begins * Mauritius inflation data for March GLOBAL MARKETS Japanese shares were slugged on Monday by a one-two combination of a higher yen and a selloff in the tech sector, while the euro struggled with speculation of more policy easing at home.
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