LAGOS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Access Bank plans to grow its trade payment and settlement service over the next five years as foreign lenders faced with increased regulation at home cut their correspondent banking exposure to West Africa.

PARIS/ALGIERS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron is likely to use a visit to Algeria on Wednesday to look to the future and turn the page on the colonial past, but stop short of apologising for his country's actions as some demand.

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan launched a closed-circuit television (CCTV) and drone security system on Monday that officials said would help improve safety in the capital Juba where violent crime has spiked on the back of an insurgency.

LONDON (Reuters) - Last July, Ugandan officials seized fake versions of the cancer drug Avastin on sale in Kampala, revealing only the tip of an iceberg of bogus medicines found all too often in Africa.

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Last July, Ugandan officials seized fake versions of the cancer drug Avastin on sale in Kampala, revealing only the tip of an iceberg of bogus medicines found all too often in Africa.

----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, DECEMBER 4 ** TBILISI - Swiss President Doris Leuthard arrives in Tbilisi (Final day).

DAKAR (Reuters) - Congolese security officials recruited more than 200 exiled rebel fighters to help suppress protests against President Joseph Kabila a year ago, ordering them to use lethal force, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Monday.

ABIDJAN, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast cocoa regions received little or no rain last week as the dry season took hold, though downpours earlier this year have helped soil moisture levels, farmers said on Monday.

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's new president Emmerson Mnangagwa swore in his cabinet on Monday, with allies defending him against criticism for giving top posts to the generals who helped his rise to power.

* AGREED TO ENTER SHARE TRANSACTION WITH ENGEN HOLDINGS IN RELATION TO PURCHASE OF SHARES IN ENGEN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS??

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A prominent strategist for Kenya's opposition who has strongly criticised President Uhuru Kenyatta and called for some parts of the country to secede was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of inciting violence, police said on Monday.

HARARE (Reuters) - At least 21 people died in Zimbabwe's northwest province after a truck carrying 69 people overturned on Saturday evening, police said on Sunday.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president and key ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, said on Sunday he had joined the country's opposition party after quitting the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) last month.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition National Super Alliance said on Sunday that one of its key strategists had been arrested in Kwale, in the country's coastal region, and that his whereabouts were unknown.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafik, who returned home from the United Arab Emirates after announcing his bid for Egypt's presidency, appeared in Cairo on Sunday to say he was still considering his run in next year's election.

NAIROBI, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. - - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS The U.S. dollar bounced to a two-week top on Monday and S&P futures rallied as traders marked the passage of a Senate tax bill over the weekend, a move that raises the risk of more aggressive rate hikes in the world's largest economy. WORLD OIL PRI