ACCRA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to set up an agency to investigate corruption involving suspects in both the public and private sector, a parliamentary staffer said on Tuesday.
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania offered a reward of 10 million shillings ($4,500) on Tuesday for the arrest of a former chief accountant of its anti-graft watchdog, part of a new drive to root out corruption.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's presidential fiscal committee, set up to provide advice on spending priorities, is not interfering with the Treasury's role in setting fiscal policy, the government said on Tuesday.
JUBA (Reuters) - A judge of South Sudan's Supreme Court resigned on Tuesday, saying a lack of independence from the executive had turned the judiciary into a "mockery" and complaining of poor working conditions.
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HARARE (Reuters) - Four tanks were seen heading towards the Zimbabwe capital Harare on Tuesday, witnesses said, a day after the head of the armed forces said he was prepared to "step in" to end a purge of supporters of ousted vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa.
HARARE (Reuters) - Four tanks were seen heading towards the Zimbabwe capital Harare on Tuesday, witnesses said, a day after the head of the armed forces said he was prepared to "step in" to end a purge of supporters of ousted vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa.
HARARE (Reuters) - The youth wing of Zimbabwe's ruling party accused the military chief on Tuesday of subverting the constitution for threatening to intervene after President Robert Mugabe plunged the country into political crisis by sacking his vice president last week.
ACCRA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel has merged with Millicom's Tigo in Ghana to become the country's second largest mobile operator, the new company AirtelTigo said on Tuesday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's Supreme Court prepared on Tuesday to review petitions challenging President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in last month's presidential election, in what may be the last chance for legal scrutiny of the vote.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Harmony Gold employees at its Kusasalethu mine in South Africa have returned to work after a two-day strike prompted by the sacking of six union leaders, the company said on Tuesday.
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Greenpeace Africa and other NGOs intend to appeal against South Africa's decision to grant an environmental permit for a new 4,000 megawatt nuclear plant close to Cape Town, the activists said on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma reiterated a call on Monday for radical reforms to shift the balance of "monopoly" economic power away from whites who dominated under apartheid, saying without such change blacks would stay poor for a long time.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's top general warned on Monday that the military would not hesitate to step in to end purges against former liberation war fighters in President Robert Mugabe's ruling party after Emmerson Mnangagwa was stripped of his vice president's post.
ABUJA (Reuters) - President Muhammadu Buhari is to visit southeast Nigeria this week, his spokesman said on Monday, his first trip since taking office to a region formerly known as Biafra.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's anti-graft watchdog must meet a high court deadline in a case about the central bank's mandate to avoid creating market instability, the bank said on Monday.
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's tourism minister ordered a corruption investigation into his predecessor on Monday, just two weeks after the former post-holder quit the ruling party and joined the opposition.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Sudanese carrier Tarco Air is to start direct flights between Khartoum and Uganda's Entebbe International Airport as the two countries move to capitalise on warming relations and boost trade.
NAIROBI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Tuesday. - - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS Asian stocks faltered on Tuesday as Chinese economic data disappointed and investors pondered whether a marked flattening in the U.S. yield curve might ultimately be a harbinger of a slowdown there. WORLD OIL PRICES Oil prices fell on Tuesday
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