* Ghana says planned to dissolve national federation (Updates with resignation, details)
ACCRA, June 8 (Reuters) - The head of Ghana's national soccer federation, who was accused of taking kickbacks, said on Friday he had resigned.
ACCRA, June 8 (Reuters) - The Bank of Ghana said the yield on its weekly 91-day bill had edged up to 13.30 percent at an auction on Friday, compared with 13.23 percent at the last sale on June 1.
ACCRA, June 8 (Reuters) - Italy's ENI is on track to deliver the first gas from its Ghana operations next month, with output rising to 180 million cubic feet per day by year end, enough to more than double national output, officials told Reuters on Friday.
ZURICH, June 8 (Reuters) - Ghana football boss Kwesi Nyantakyi, a member of FIFA's decision-making Council, is under investigation for possible ethics violations and has been provisionally suspended for 90 days, the global soccer body said on Friday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The fight against a deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is giving reason for cautious optimism, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Thousands of Malians marched through the capital Bamako on Friday against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who will seek re-election next month.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party promised on Thursday to revive the economy if it wins an election in July by cutting taxes, abolishing a quasi-currency "bond note", joining a regional monetary union and seeking debt relief.
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who was ousted by his own party in February, appeared at the Durban High Court on Friday for the second time on corruption charges relating to a $2.5 billion arms deal in the late 1990s.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Thursday sanctioned six people for involvement in human trafficking and smuggling of migrants in Libya after Russia lifted a hold it had set on the request for action against the individuals.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossils of two amphibians that lived within the Antarctic circle 360 million years ago are forcing scientists to rethink the origins of land vertebrates, including where these pioneers first appeared and the climatic conditions that spawned them.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed replaced the heads of two branches of the security services as he presses ahead with wide-ranging political and economic reforms.
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan said on Thursday it had agreed with its northern neighbour Sudan to repair oil infrastructure facilities destroyed by conflict within three months to boost production in Africa's youngest country.
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told the white Afrikaner community on Thursday that it should not view his government's land reform plans as a threat, but as a way to harness the country's economic potential and heal divisions from the past.
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded its first confirmed case of Ebola in over a week, the health ministry said on Thursday, although medics say they have made significant progress in their efforts to contain the disease.
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who was ousted by his own party in February, arrived at the Durban High Court on Friday for his second appearance on corruption charges relating to a $2.5 billion arms deal in the late 1990s.
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