JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African court ordered 250 million rand ($20 million) in assets belonging to former president Jacob Zuma's allies the Gupta brothers be unfrozen, the EWN news network and other local media reported.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities charged 54 people, mainly civil servants, on Monday in an investigation into the theft of nearly $100 million of public funds, a rare move to hold officials to account for graft in a nation where it is widespread.
ABIDJAN, May 28 (Reuters) - Below-average rain in parts of Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions could impact the quality of the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday, although overall they expected a good harvest.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African Weather Service said on Monday that it saw an El Nino weather pattern developing during the region's winter and spring but it was too early to forecast if it would last into the summer growing season.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's chief prosecutor said on Monday that he will examine the alleged role of banks in facilitating a nearly $100 million suspected corruption scam involving a government agency and companies.
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's ruling coalition has failed to agree on a new economic reform plan and a cabinet reshuffle, officials said on Monday, in a new political setback as the International Monetary Funds (IMF) prepares to review the next loan tranche.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has received assurances from its only remaining African ally, Swaziland, that their diplomatic ties are secure, the island's foreign minister said on Monday, as China seeks to lure away Taiwan's dwindling band of friends.
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's top court has ordered the president to dissolve his government and appoint a new prime minister who had the support of all political parties, part of moves to ease a political crisis in the Indian Ocean island.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities arrested the head of a government agency on Monday in a corruption investigation into the theft of nearly $100 million, a rare move to hold officials to account for graft in a nation where it is widespread.
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Sunday praised the heroism of a Malian immigrant who scaled the facade of a four-storey building in the north of capital to save a child hanging from a ledge, saying the city will support his effort to settle in France.
CAPE TOWN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana knows how much cash going green can save.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities have arrested the head of the National Youth Service as part of an investigation into a theft of nearly $100 million, media reported said on Monday.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Anti-corruption group Transparency International said on Monday Nigeria's government has in the run-up to elections expanded the use of opaque $670 million-a-year funds that fuel graft.
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Sunday praised the heroism of a Malian immigrant who scaled the facade of a four-storey building in the north of capital to save a child hanging from a ledge, saying the city will support his effort to settle in France.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA), the biggest opposition to President Cyril Ramaphosa's African National Congress (ANC), dismissed as "rumours and gossip" a Sunday newspaper report that said the party was about to split.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States has proposed the U.N. Security Council impose sanctions against several South Sudanese ministers and officials, accusing them of obstructing peace efforts and blocking humanitarian assistance to civilians, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Sunday.
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