ACCRA, May 18 (Reuters) - The Bank of Ghana said the yield on its weekly 91-day bill eased to 13.34 percent at an auction on Friday, compared with 13.37 percent at the last sale on May 11.
WINDSOR, England, May 18 (Reuters) - They flew in from Ghana, Canada, New Orleans and Essex, dressed in finery to rival the royals they had come to watch get married in the English town of Windsor.
BAMAKO, May 18 (Reuters) - * State revenues from Mali's gold production rose 23 percent in 2017 to 304.5 billion CFA francs ($532 million), the mines ministry said on Friday. * The increase was due to a rise in gold output and prices. Mining companies in Mali produced 49.6 tonnes of gold in 2017, up from 46.9 tonnes in 2016. * Gold producers that have operations in Mali include Randgold Resources and AngloGold Ashanti. ($1 = 572.1200 CFA francs) (Reporting By Tiemoko Diallo; Writing by Edward Mc
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities have raided several locations in Switzerland as they ramp up a criminal investigation into suspected money laundering connected to crimes involving Angola's sovereign wealth fund and its central bank, prosecutors said on Friday.
----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, MAY 18 ** PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. ** LONDON - Theresa May speaks at the Welsh Conservative Conference. ** LISBON- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Portugal – 1700 GMT. ** MINSK – Ecuador's Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Fernanda
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo has confirmed 11 new cases of Ebola in the northwest town of Bikoro, a health ministry spokeswoman said, widening an outbreak that the World Health Organization believes has already infected 44 people and killed 15.
PARIS (Reuters) - French police have arrested two Egyptian-born brothers who were plotting an attack using either explosives or the lethal poison ricin, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Friday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed and six were raped during a referendum campaign in Burundi that could let President Pierre Nkurunziza hold power until 2034, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's public university lecturers have ended a strike over low pay after reaching an agreement with authorities, a union official said, allowing classes to resume after being suspended since early March.
VANCOUVER/TORONTO (Reuters) - The weak human rights record of one of Africa's poorest countries is coming between Lundin Mining Corp and its pursuit of a prized European copper and gold asset.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The death toll from the world's largest ever outbreak of the food-borne disease listeria has risen to 204, but the number of new cases has declined sharply after products were recalled, South African authorities said on Thursday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo faces a "very high" public health risk from Ebola after the disease was confirmed in one patient in a major city, the World Health Organization said on Friday, raising its assessment from "high" previously.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Robbers armed with assault rifles and explosives blew up two armoured cash-carrying vans in Johannesburg this week in a brazen broad-daylight incident that underscored South Africa's reputation for violent crime.
TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - New Japan head coach Akira Nishino has named a 27-man squad filled with ageing stalwarts for the upcoming World Cup warmup against Ghana on Friday.
NAIROBI, May 18 (Reuters) - 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 edged up on Friday as investors kept a cautious watch on developments in U.S.-China trade negotiations, with the dollar perched near a five-month peak after the benchmark U.S. Treasury yield hit its highest in seven years.
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