ACCRA, July 18 (Reuters) - Ghana's economy will be up to 40 percent bigger than previously calculated when the West African country completes an overhaul of its economic output data in September, two senior government officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has opened a new Chinese-built light railway network in the capital Abuja after 11 years of construction, a rare transport project in a nation where economic growth has been stymied for generations by a lack of infrastructure development.
ACCRA, July 18 (Reuters) - Ghana's economy will be at least 30 percent bigger than previously calculated when the West African country completes an overhaul of its economic output data in September, senior government officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Eight suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram have confessed to involvement in the 2014 abduction of some 270 girls from the town of Chibok, the Nigeria Police Force said on Wednesday.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian police said on Wednesday that eight suspected members of militant group Boko Haram they had arrested had confessed to involvement in the 2014 abduction of some 270 girls from the northeastern village of Chibok.
OSLO, July 18 (Reuters) - Investment firm Aker, controlled by billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke, expects to pay higher dividends as the value of its energy-heavy portfolio rise, CEO Oevind Eriksen told Reuters on Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former U.S. president Barack Obama advised talented young Africans on Wednesday to drive change at home rather than emigrating, and urged their governments to do more to curb a brain drain.
ASMARA (Reuters) - The first commercial flight from Ethiopia to Eritrea in 20 years landed safely in Asmara on Wednesday to be greeted by dancers waving flags and flowers, cementing a stunning rapprochement that has ended a generation of hostility in a matter of days.
ASMARA (Reuters) - The first flight in 20 years from Ethiopia to Eritrea landed safely in Asmara on Wednesday, to be greeted by traditional dancers waving flags and flowers, cementing a stunning reconciliation between the Horn of Africa foes.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia is open to selling off a host of state-owned firms, either partially or entirely, as part of a major economic reform drive designed to "unleash the potential of the private sector", its information minister said on Wednesday.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The first commercial flights from Ethiopia to Eritrea in 20 years took off early on Wednesday, sealing a stunning reconciliation between the former enemies a week after they ended their military standoff.
LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Britain's Tullow Oil has to cough up around $65 million for Kosmos Energy's share and legal fees over a cancelled rig contract in Ghana, the companies said on Wednesday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan court on Tuesday granted bail to Kenya Power chief executive Ken Tarus, his predecessor, Ben Chumo and other senior managers at the company who are charged with conspiring to commit an economic crime and abuse of office.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya launched an independent investigation on Tuesday into the deaths of black rhinos while they were being transported by the state wildlife service from one national park to another.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's parliament has passed a law giving the state powers to block social media accounts and penalise journalists held to be publishing fake news.
LAGOS (Reuters) - Vivendi's Universal Music Group (UMG) will launch a new division in Nigeria as part of efforts by the world's largest music label to expand into Africa's most populous nation and the wider region.
ON BOARD OPEN ARMS, Mediterranean (Reuters) - A woman and a boy adrift in the Mediterranean died just hours before help reached their damaged dinghy, Spanish rescuers said on Tuesday after finding a second woman alive in the vessel, which had been carrying migrants towards Europe.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Barack Obama said on Tuesday the world should resist cynicism over the rise of strongmen, in an apparent reference to populist leaders who hold power in a number of countries.
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