* West African leaders call for action against insurgents
ACCRA, May 30 (Reuters) - The Bank of Ghana said on Friday the yield on its 91-day bill dipped to 24.0726 percent at its May 30 auction, from 24.0778 percent at the last auction.
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen suspected to be from the Boko Haram Islamist group, which kidnapped 276 schoolgirls last month, killed a traditional Muslim emir and two policemen in northeastern Nigeria on Friday in an attack on a convoy, the state government said. The Emir of Gwoza was travelling in the convoy with the emirs of Uba and Askira to a attend a funeral when gunmen opened fire on their car.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's head of counter-terrorism on Friday accused neighbouring Cameroon of failing to make a serious effort to drive Boko Haram insurgents from its territory.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - About 600 Sudanese protesters chanted and waved banners and flags after Friday prayers in the capital Khartoum, demanding the release of opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi who was arrested two weeks ago.
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Gunmen suspected to be from the Boko Haram Islamist militant group killed a traditional Muslim emir in northeastern Nigeria on Friday in an attack on a car in which three leaders were travelling, the state government said.
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen suspected to be from the Boko Haram Islamist militant group kidnapped two traditional Muslim rulers from northeast Nigeria on Friday, two security sources said.
ST MARTIN, Italy, May 30 (Reuters) - Germany captain Philipp Lahm and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will not be included in the squad to face Cameroon in their penultimate warm-up game ahead of next month's World Cup, giving the two players more time to fully recover from injuries.
ST MARTIN, Italy, May 30 (Reuters) - Germany captain Philipp Lahm and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will not be included in the squad to face Cameroon in their penultimate warm-up game ahead of next month's World Cup, giving the two players more time to fully recover from injuries.
BANGUI (Reuters) - At least two people were shot dead on Friday by Burundian peacekeepers who clashed with protesters in the capital of Central African Republic, in a second day of violent demonstrations after an attack on a church ignited tensions.
ACCRA, May 30 (Reuters) - Ghana named Standard Chartered Plc , Barclays Plc and Deutsche Bank as transaction advisers for its 2014 Eurobond of up to $1.5 billion, the finance ministry said on Friday.
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawian police on Friday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse dozens of protesters demanding a recount of a May 20 vote that President Joyce Banda has said was fraudulent.
ACCRA, May 30 (Reuters) - Ghana named Barclays Plc, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Plc as transaction advisers for its 2014 Eurobond of up to $1.5 billion, the finance ministry said on Friday.
BANGUI (Reuters) - At least two people were killed on Friday after Burundian peacekeepers exchanged fire with a group of armed protesters in the capital of Central African Republic, a spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping mission said.
ACCRA (Reuters) - Youths in the Central African Republic set up barricades on roads in the capital on Thursday and lit fires in protest at an attack by Muslim gunmen on a church that left at least 11 people dead, witnesses said.
NIAMEY (Reuters) - A court in the West African state of Niger has sentenced a man to four years in jail in the country's first prosecution for slavery, a magistrate said on Thursday.
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) - - Gunmen mounted on motorbikes killed at least 32 people in the northeastern Nigerian village of Gurmushi, a police source said on Thursday.
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawian President Joyce Banda said on Thursday she is ready to step down if the High Court ratifies a disputed election last week and her opponent ends up as the winner, even though she still believes the vote was fraudulent.
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's army chief of staff, General Mahamane Toure, offered to step down on Thursday following the military's failed attempt to seize the Tuareg separatist town of Kidal, three military sources said.
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