ABIDJAN, May 5 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast and Ghana will work together to improve the organisation and sale of their cocoa, Presidents Alassane Ouattara and Nana Akufo-Addo said on Friday at the end of a summit.
ABIDJAN, May 5 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast and Ghana will work together to improve the organisation and sale of their cocoa, Presidents Alassane Ouattara and Nana Akufo-Addo said on Friday at the end of a summit.
ACCRA, May 5 (Reuters) - The Bank of Ghana said the yield on its weekly 91-day bill fell to 14.2141 percent at an auction on Friday, from 14.8477 percent at the last sale on April 28.
WASHINGTON/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A U.S. serviceman was killed and two were wounded in a clash with al Shabaab militants in Somalia, the U.S. military said on Friday, in what appeared to be the first American casualties in the country since the 1993 "Black Hawk Down" disaster.
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least six Nigerian soldiers have been killed in new military campaign against militants in the country's restive Niger Delta oil hub, security officials said on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. service member was killed in Somalia on Thursday during a Somali-led mission against the Al Shabaab militant group, U.S. military officials said in statement released on Friday.
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front or FLN party and its main allies won a majority in a parliamentary election overshadowed by the financial crunch from lower oil prices and questions over President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's health.
CAPE TOWN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the small maternity ward of a run-down health clinic in Delft, a half hour drive from Cape Town, the wooden benches in the waiting area are filled with young women and girls from the poor surrounding townships.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A renegade general said he was weighing launching his new rebel force into South Sudan's civil war, and called for President Salva Kiir to go, accusing him of spearheading ethnic violence that rights groups fear is slipping towards genocide.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress on Friday urged President Jacob Zuma to appeal a High Court ruling ordering him to explain why he fired former finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a cabinet reshuffle.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two Nigerian officials were sentenced to two years in jail on Thursday for taking and selling about 300 bags of rice meant for people fleeing severe food shortages and fighting.
JUBA (Reuters) - An overnight attack against a U.N. operating base in northern South Sudan showed "callous disregard" for civilians and aid workers, the head of the U.N. mission in the war-ravaged country said on Thursday.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State's leader in Egypt has warned Muslims to stay away from Christian gatherings as well as government, military and police facilities, suggesting that the militant group will keep up attacks on what he referred to as "legitmate targets".
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief said on Thursday he would push Ethiopia to allow his agency to investigate rights abuses during months of unrest in 2015 and 2016 in which hundreds of people were killed.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Sudan's government has released a United Nations aid worker after detaining him for nearly a month, a top U.N. official said late on Thursday.
NAIROBI, May 5 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Friday. - - - - - EVENTS: * SOUTH AFRICA: Moody’s announces its ratings decision on South Africa this week. The agency put South Africa on review for a downgrade after the President Jacob Zuma cabinet reshuffle that saw a respected finance minister being fired. * SOUTH AFRICA: World Economic Forum o
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