ACCRA, June 16 (Reuters) - The Bank of Ghana said the yield on its weekly 91-day bill rose to 12.0964 percent at an auction on Friday, from 11.9077 percent at the last sale on June 9.
WAJIR, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting a couple of kilometres outside the village of Wajir-bor in northeast Kenya is something quite rare for these dry parts: a small, well-maintained reservoir full of water with a watchman standing guard at the gate.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The outlawed Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has stepped up attacks in Democratic Republic of Congo close to the South Sudanese border as a U.S.-supported regional task force pulls out, the U.N. humanitarian office said in a report on Friday.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda is planning to send about 1,000 medical workers to Libya, an official said on Friday, a plan criticised by health activists who believe it would further weaken the country's struggling health care system.
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian churches on Friday urged the government to release the main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema who is being held in prison over treason charges and let him face trial under house arrest.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A passenger vehicle in northeast Kenya ran over an improvised explosive device on Friday, detonating it and killing four people and wounding 11 others, a senior government official said.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Djibouti accused neighbouring Eritrea on Friday of occupying disputed territory along their border after Qatar withdrew its peacekeepers.
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian protesters blockading oil and gas production have reached an agreement with the government to end a sit-in and allow output to restart immediately, state-run Tataouine Radio reported on Friday.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and nine former African presidents have warned that the future of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is in "grave danger" due to the failure to organise an election to replace President Joseph Kabila.
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Friday. - - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS Asian stocks were little changed on Friday, as investors searched for catalysts in the wake of a resumption of the U.S. technology rout overnight. WORLD OIL PRICES Oil prices were not far off six-month lows, held down by an ongoing supply overhang that persists despite an OPEC-led effort t
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