KINSHASA (Reuters) - Unknown attackers killed a police officer during a raid on a jail in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Thursday, police and diplomatic sources told Reuters.
ABUJA (Reuters) - The cost of keeping a Nigerian presidential jet at a London airport while President Muhammadu Buhari is in Britain on medical leave will not exceed $1,300, his spokesman said on Thursday, denying media reports of much higher costs.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Sudan's government says it may withhold permission for aid workers to go to some rebel-held areas on security grounds, the president's spokesman said on Thursday, after the U.N. complained aid convoys were being blocked.
BAMAKO, June 29 (Reuters) - Mali exported more than 16 tonnes of artisanally mined gold in the first four months of this year, the mines minister said on Thursday citing customs data, and is on track to export 50 tonnes for the year, equalling industrial output.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC meets this week to debate the future of a country mired in recession, corruption and political deadlock, but proceedings may be overshadowed by a power struggle between rivals seeking to succeed President Jacob Zuma.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Attackers killed a police officer during a raid on a jail in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Thursday, police and diplomatic sources told Reuters.
LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - Ghana's oil production is likely to average around 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) this year despite a shutdown of up to 60 days on a key oil facility in the autumn, the country's deputy minister of energy told Reuters.
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon authorities forced nearly 900 refugees back to northern Nigeria against their will this week, violating an agreement between the two countries to shield thousands from Boko Haram violence, the United Nations said on Thursday.
PARIS (Reuters) - Three non-government organisations (NGOs) have filed a lawsuit in Paris against the French bank BNP Paribas, alleging that it knowingly approved a transfer of $1.3 million from the Rwandan central bank to an arms dealer during the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
CAIRO (Reuters) - The nephew of assassinated Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat says the current leadership has stifled freedom of expression so tightly the only way to criticise the government and address the country's ills is to run for president.
LONDON, June 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - About a quarter of countries in sub-Saharan Africa receive little funding for research into malaria despite having high death rates, according to a study on Thursday that highlighted the unequal spread of resources to tackle the disease.
NAIROBI, June 29 (Reuters) - Ghana's cedi is expected to gain ground against the dollar in the next week to Thursday, while Kenya's shilling is forecast to weaken, traders said.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's African National Congress will discuss at its policy conference allegations that business interests are having undue influence over political appointments and public tenders, Secretary General Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo will not hold its annual independence day military parade on Friday because of security concerns, an adviser to President Joseph Kabila said on Thursday.
JUBA, South Sudan (Reuters) - Solomon was just seven years old when he woke up missing a leg.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations states struck a deal on Wednesday on a $7.3 billion annual peacekeeping budget, diplomats said, cutting $600 million from current costs and slicing 7.5 percent off the U.S. bill following calls by President Donald Trump to slash funding.
DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lactating legislators were on Wednesday given a special room in Tanzania's parliament to nurse their babies in the latest development over breastfeeding in public.
ROME/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy on Wednesday appealed to the European Union for help in taking in African migrants, even raising the possibility of closing its ports to humanitarian rescue ships to pressure EU partners, sources familiar with the matter said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries must have a close family relationship to a U.S. individual or formal ties to a U.S. entity to be admitted to the United States under guidance distributed by the U.S. State Department on Wednesday.
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa has culled 260,000 birds so far to contain an H5N8 bird flu outbreak, Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana told a news briefing on Thursday.
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