* Extends its activities in Africa by signing two contracts for a total amount of $200,00 in Ghana
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's president replaced his security chiefs on Thursday and called on al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents to surrender within 60 days in return for education and jobs.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Jacob Zuma's pledge to expropriate South African land is unlikely to lead to violent seizures of farms like those that impoverished neighbouring Zimbabwe, but could still hurt the economy by scaring off investors worried about property rights.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali dentist Abdikadir Adem spent all his savings on a battered van to rescue wounded people after he watched neighbours hit by bomb blasts bleed to death in wheelbarrows on a desperate five kilometre dash to hospital.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Members of South Africa's ruling African National Congress will oppose a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma in parliament set for April 18, the party said on Thursday.
NAIROBI, April 6 (Reuters) - Kenya's shilling, Zambia's kwacha and Ghana's cedi are seen strengthening against the dollar in the next week to Thursday, while the Nigerian naira is seen weakening, traders said. KENYA The Kenyan shilling could strengthen in the week ahead due to foreign exchange inflows from charities and horticulture exporters outweighing subsiding dollar demand from oil importers , traders said. Commercial banks quoted the shilling at 103.20/40 per d
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Abuses linked to mining in countries such as Myanmar and Colombia are being overlooked by technology companies focused only on eliminating "conflict minerals" from war-torn parts of Africa in their supply chains, researchers said on Thursday.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Four suspected migrant smugglers were killed in an exchange of fire with coastguards off Libya's western coast on Thursday, coastguard spokesman Ayoub Qasem said.
PARIS/NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - A French soldier was killed in Mali after a clash with armed militants, French President Francois Hollande's office said on Thursday, highlighting instability in the west African state which is vulnerable to attacks from jihadist groups.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma pledged on Thursday to redistribute wealth in the economy to poor black people as part of a policy he calls "radical socio-economic transformtaion".
BERBERA, Somaliland (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The land along the road into Berbera is barren and empty. Somaliland's small, rusty Gulf of Aden port which for centuries made the town prosperous rises suddenly out of the ground as the road hits the coast.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas has resigned as a member of parliament, a week after President Jacob Zuma sacked him from the cabinet, the African National Congress said on Thursday.
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolan teachers on Wednesday held the first day of a three-day national strike over wages and conditions in public schools.
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan authorities released on Wednesday 28 Eritreans and seven Nigerians who were captured and enslaved by Islamic State in Sirte and had been held in detention since the jihadist group lost the city in December.
LAGOS (Reuters) - Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, who held the post for five years between 2010-15, has been charged with money laundering, the country's financial crimes agency said on Wednesday.
NAIROBI, April 6 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday. - - - - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS Stocks fell and bonds rose in Asia on Thursday, with risk appetite soured by signs the Federal Reserve might start paring its king-sized asset holdings later this year just as the chance of early U.S. fiscal stimulus faded further.
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