ACCRA, June 30 (Reuters) - The Bank of Ghana said the yield on its weekly 91-day bill rose to 12.3176 percent at an auction on Friday, from 11.9324 percent at the last sale on June 23.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's insurgency suffered a significant split after government officials confirmed on Friday that they had sent troops to repel Islamist fighters seeking to capture one of their own commanders.
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's parliament will vote on a no-confidence motion in President Jacob Zuma on August 3, the national legislature said in Friday, but added that further consultations were taking place to determine whether the ballot would be held in secret.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - At least 22 people have been killed in three days of fighting in the town of Zemio in southeastern Central African Republic between rival armed militias, a member of parliament from the area and a local journalist said on Friday.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Bombers killed two people and wounded 11 others at a U.N.-managed camp in Niger housing thousands of people who have fled Boko Haram violence in the first suicide attack in the region in a year, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa may need outside financial assistance to get out of its economic spiral, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Friday, calling for "drastic measures" to kick-start growth.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it was "very concerned" about Sudan's human rights record, which was supposed to have improved by early July in order for Washington to lift sanctions against the country.
TALLINN (Reuters) - The EU executive will discuss further measures with Italy and Greece in the coming week to help the Mediterranean states deal with irregular migrants, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma said on Friday the ruling African National Congress (ANC) believed it could find "radical solutions" to redistribute land to the black majority while remaining within the framework of the constitution.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's economy will likely fail to meet the 1.1 percent annual growth targeted by the government, President Jacob Zuma told delegates at the ruling African National Congress' policy conference on Friday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) does not believe that the country's top anti-graft agency has the power to ask parliament to change the mandate of the central bank, the party's Treasurer General said on Friday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) does not believe that the country's top anti-graft agency has the power to ask parliament to change the mandate of the central bank, the party's Treasurer General said on Friday.
CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Somali teenager Abdulaziz Ahmad hunkered down in the sand dunes outside Calais, once again plotting how to reach Britain, eight months after French government bulldozers cleared a sprawling migrants' camp in the northern port town.
* SIGNS A NEW EPC CONTRACT WITH EARLY POWER LIMITED (EPL) FOR FAST-TRACK LPG POWER PLANT IN GHANA
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Thursday approved a phased drawdown of peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region that could almost halve the number of troops over the next year if conditions are conducive and the government is cooperative.
PARIS/DAKAR (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron heads to Mali on Sunday to throw France's weight behind a new West African military force he hopes will lay the basis for an exit strategy for its own troops; but its prospects for success look slim.
June 30 (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's ruling party, riven by divisions over the performance of President Jacob Zuma, opens its national policy conference. * Tanzanian businesses react to the introduction of draft bills that would allow the government to tear up mining and gas contracts. * Uganda releases
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