JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has suspended some meat imports from Brazil citing a scandal in the South American country's meat processing industry, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Wednesday.
LOIYANGALANI, Kenya (Reuters) - Villagers in northern Kenya have begun to burn piles of animal carcases, hoping to head off an outbreak of disease as their livestock starve to death in the region's worst drought in five years.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Prolonged drought in Somaliland has killed between 65 and 80 percent of the semi-autonomous region's livestock, creating conditions that are "the worst time in our lives" and could threaten regional security, says the region's environment minister.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday added a year to Jean-Pierre Bemba's 18-year jail term following the former Congolese vice president's conviction for attempting to bribe witnesses during his war crimes trial.
ABUJA (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday it is concerned about Cameroon forcing thousands of refugees to return to northeast Nigeria, an area struggling with insurgency and facing a potential famine.
ACCRA, March 22 (Reuters) - Ghana's producer price inflation rose to 5.4 percent year-on-year in February, from 3.1 percent the month before partly due to an increase in petroleum prices, the statistics office said on Wednesday.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Multiple blasts killed four people and injured eight others in the northeastern Nigeria city of Maiduguri, the state police commissioner said on Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In 2010 police in Johannesburg shot Justin Ejimkonye, a Nigerian migrant, in the leg. The reason why is unclear: It took the police 18 months to charge Ejimkonye with any crime. When they did bring a charge, saying he was carrying cannabis, a public prosecutor decided not to pursue the case for lack of evidence.
ACCRA, March 22 (Reuters) - Ghana's producer price inflation rose to 5.4 percent year-on-year in February, from 3.1 percent the month before, the statistics office said on Wednesday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - There is a window of only three to four months to avert mass starvation in Yemen and Somalia, plagued by conflict and drought, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday in an appeal for funding.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police deployed water cannon and anti-riot officers on the streets of the capital on Wednesday ahead of a planned demonstration by opposition parties against changes to the voter registration process.
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - A court in Congo Republic on Tuesday threw out a challenge to opposition leader Paulin Makaya's prison sentence for his role in protests against a third term for President Denis Sassou Nguesso.
N'DJAMENA/PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen met Chad's President Idriss Deby on Tuesday to discuss the two allies' cooperation in the fight against Islamist militants in Africa.
KATAKWI, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Seven-year-old Esther Agutti weighs 7 kilos - a third of the weight of the average child her age.
ABUJA (Reuters) - The president of Nigeria's upper house of parliament is to be investigated by lawmakers over allegations that he attempted to evade payment of customs duties on a car, after parliamentarians voted on Tuesday to examine the matter.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has given contractors 30 days to resume delayed development projects in the Niger Delta oil region or face prosecution, the presidency said on Tuesday.
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday. - - - - - EVENTS: GHANA - The statistics office releases the producer inflation data. KENYA - The central bank auctions 364- and 182-day Treasury bills. It will also auction two re-opened bonds. GLOBAL MARKETS Asian stocks posted their biggest drop in two weeks on Wednesday as growing doubts about Donald Trump's economic g
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