ACCRA, May 9 (Reuters) - The Bank of Ghana said on Friday the yield on its 91-day bill fell to 24.0593 percent at its May 9 auction, from 24.0787 percent at the last auction.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Slipping from its perch as the continent's biggest economy could well be the jolt South Africa's new government needs to seriously tackle the restrictive labour laws, power shortages and other obstacles that have been crimping direct investment.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday he believes 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents last month are still in his country and have not been moved to Cameroon.
ABUJA/GENEVA (Reuters) - British experts arrived in Nigeria on Friday to advise the government on how to find and rescue 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents last month in an attack that, along with the authorities' slow response, has stirred global outrage.
ABUJA - Two decades ago Nigeria's military was seen as a force for stability across West Africa. Now it struggles to keep security within its own borders as an Islamist insurgency in the northeast kills thousands.
May 9 (Reuters) - Germany's provisional 30-man squad for next month's World Cup contains several surprises and although some of those players will not survive the final others will be needed to help Germany end their 18-year title drought.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir arrived on Friday in Ethiopia's capital for the first face-to-face talks with rebel leader Riek Machar to try to end four months of conflict and avert a possible genocide.
JUBA (Reuters) - The European Union, among South Sudan's biggest aid donors, is considering sanctions against people who commit human rights abuses or block talks to end nearly five months of fighting there, the EU ambassador to Juba said on Friday.
PRETORIA (Reuters) - The ruling African National Congress (ANC) swept toward victory in South Africa's fifth post-apartheid election on Thursday, handing President Jacob Zuma the clout to push through pro-business reforms in the face of union and leftist opposition.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - More than 100 Somali lawmakers have signed a letter demanding the president resign for failing to improve security and meet other promises, threatening to impeach him if he does not quit.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations accused both government and rebel forces in South Sudan on Thursday of committing crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and other sexual violence, during almost five months of fighting that has left thousands of people dead.
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised on Thursday to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels, as the hostage crisis overshadowed his opening address to a conference designed to showcase investment opportunities in Africa's biggest economy.
LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, in London to promote her new film "Maleficent," used the red carpet event on Thursday to renew her plea for the safe return of more than 200 Nigerian school girls kidnapped by Islamist rebels.
ACCRA (Reuters) - A service helicopter carrying workers to an oil rig off the coast of Ghana operated by Russia's Lukoil crashed into the ocean on Thursday, killing at least three people, a military spokesman said.
NAIROBI, May 9 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Friday. - - - - - EVENTS: *ETHIOPIA - South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar - who Kiir sacked as his deputy in July last year - meet in Addis Ababa on Friday for the first face-to-face meeting since the conflict erupted in mid December. *ZAMBIA - Bank of Zambia announces latest decision
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