JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African lawmakers on Tuesday approved an anti-money-laundering bill that will increase scrutiny of the bank accounts of "politically exposed people", three months after President Jacob Zuma sent it back to parliament over concerns of its constitutionality.
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian troops on Tuesday killed nine Islamist militants in an operation in a mountainous region east of the capital that was once the stronghold of al Qaeda, the Defence Ministry said.
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Millions of South Africa's most vulnerable people, including the disabled and the old, are in danger of missing their social security payments because of a service-provider dispute, setting the government racing to meet an April 1 deadline.
LONDON (Reuters) - The 30 British victims of a shooting at a hotel in Tunisia were unlawful killed, a UK inquiry found on Tuesday, with the judge severely critical of "cowardly" local security forces but not concluding that neglect had caused the deaths.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sudanese telecoms magnate Mo Ibrahim failed to award a $5 million African political leadership prize on Tuesday, the second year running the gong designed to foster regional democracy has gone begging due to a lack of suitable candidates.
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Sudanese telecoms magnate Mo Ibrahim failed to award a $5 million African political leadership prize on Tuesday, the second year running the gong designed to foster regional democracy has gone begging due to a lack of suitable candidates.
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said on Tuesday Durban may loose out on hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games due to cost challenges.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean public sector workers will hold a demonstration on Monday calling on the government to pay bonuses for 2016, the civil service union said, setting them on a collision course with President Robert Mugabe's cash strapped administration.
BANJUL/DAKAR (Reuters) - When Gambian intelligence officers arrested journalist Ebrima Manneh at his newspaper, he asked an office guard to save some tea.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Philippine nurse held by Islamic State in the Libyan city of Sirte said on Monday that she and her colleagues had been forced to treat militants and give them medical training.
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court will rule on March 13 on a request by Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's Eni to lift the temporary seizing of a long-disputed oilfield, a judge said on Monday.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's parliament on Monday kicked out a prominent legislator with a reputation for being critical of the government because he allegedly "belittled" the assembly in correspondence with foreign organisations.
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's President Alpha Conde fired three ministers, according to a decree read on state television on Monday, following violent protests over a teachers' strike last week in which seven people were killed and dozens more were injured.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that Kenya now complies with international aviation safety standards and has been granted a Category 1 rating.
NAIROBI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Tuesday. - - - - - EVENTS: Nigeria Q4 GDP is due to be released. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics to release inflation rate for February. GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares edged up on Tuesday, bolstered by gains on Wall Street as investors awaited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump for signals on
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