Dec 14 (Reuters) - Newcastle United regained top spot in the English Championship on Wednesday as Mo Diame and substitute Christian Atsu scored either side of halftime to earn them a hard-fought 2-0 win at Wigan Athletic.
ABIDJAN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A consortium led by Africa-focused power producer Endeavor Energy began building a $552 million, 200-megawatt power plant in Ghana on Wednesday, it said in a statement.
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) HONG KONG/LONDON, December 14 (Fitch) Ghana's ability to maintain its recent progress on fiscal consolidation will be an important factor in our sovereign ratings assessment following last week's elections, Fitch Ratings says. We think the incoming government is committed to Ghana's multi-year adjustment programme, but previous elections have led to fiscal slippage. Ghana's Electoral Commission declared Nana Akufo-Addo of the oppos
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's president, John Magufuli, has vowed to root out corruption in his ruling party, threatening "no mercy" for anyone giving or taking bribes.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Africa's oldest leader, criticised some ruling party officials on Wednesday for "shameless and unbridled" ambition in their quest to succeed him.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Cape Town, the slums of Flamingo Crescent and Santini are just 20 kms apart but the gap in the standard of living in these two settlements is being hailed as an example of how residents can actively upgrade their own lives.
ACCRA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's annual consumer price inflation eased to 15.5 percent in November from 15.8 percent the previous month, driven by lower charges for utility and services, the statistics office said on Wednesday.
ACCRA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's annual consumer price inflation eased to 15.5 percent in November from 15.8 percent the previous month, the statistics office said on Wednesday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The international community can stop a "Rwanda-like" genocide in South Sudan if it immediately deploys a 4,000-strong protection force and sets up a court to prosecute atrocities, the head of a U.N. human rights commission said on Wednesday.
TUNIS (Reuters) - Migrants in Libya are suffering consistent and widespread abuse, including arbitrary detention, forced labour, rape and torture, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.
BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's ruling party challenged his defeat in a Dec. 1 election at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as West African leaders failed to reach a deal that would see him accept the result and end a deepening political crisis.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Investigators looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are making their last sweep of the search area in the Indian Ocean, Australian authorities leading the search said on Wednesday.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a suicide bombing at Cairo's main Coptic cathedral on Sunday that killed at least 25 people.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former minister of mines in Guinea was arrested on Tuesday on U.S. charges that he laundered bribe payments he had accepted to help award a Chinese conglomerate valuable rights, including near control of the West African country's mining sector.
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday. - - - - - EVENTS: UGANDA - The central bank sets its benchmark lending rate. NIGERIA - The government presents next year's budget to parliament. Sources put the size of the budget at 7.2 trillion naira. GHANA - Expecting inflation data for November. KENYA - The central bank auctions a 2 year Treasury bond worth up to 30 billi
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