ACCRA, March 27 (Reuters) - Ghana's central bank slashed its benchmark interest rate on Monday by two percentage points to 23.5 percent noting signs that inflation was trending downwards, in a move that may help spur lending and business activity.
ABIDJAN, March 27 (Reuters) - Hot, dry weather in some of Ivory Coast's main cocoa-growing regions last week threatened development of the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday, although good rain was reported in other areas.
ACCRA, March 27 (Reuters) - Ghana's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate on Monday by 200 basis points to 23.5 percent, noting signs that inflation was trending downwards towards the medium term target of 8 percent, plus or minus 2 percentage points.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan troops in Somalia killed 31 Islamist al Shabaab militants in a raid on two of their bases in the southern Somali region of Jubbaland, the Kenyan military said on Monday.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Runway repairs at Abuja's international airport will continue for an 18-week period once the aviation hub re-opens next month, the Nigerian government said, promising that the work would be done overnight with no further disruption to flights.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma ordered Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to return from an investor roadshow to Britain and the United States because he "did not give permission for the trip", a government source said on Monday.
ROME (Reuters) - Humanitarian ships rescued almost 1,200 migrants who were crossing the Mediterranean Sea at the weekend on an array of small, tightly packed boats, Doctors Without Borders said on Sunday.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan is working with Chadian and French authorities on the case of a French citizen who was kidnapped in Chad and taken into Sudan, Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour told state news agency SUNA on Sunday.
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. - - - - - EVENTS: Central Bank of Kenya's Monetary Policy Committee meets to decide on its key lending rate. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics to release inflation rate for March. GLOBAL MARKETS U.S. stock futures and the dollar fell on Monday while Asian markets struggled as President Donald Trump's failure on healthcare
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