NAIROBI (Reuters) - More African ivory is being smuggled into China from Myanmar and Beijing's ban on trade in ivory has failed to dampen imports, a report by conservation group Save the Elephants said on Tuesday.
* China W. African imports to rise to record 1.94 mln bpd * Restocking by Chinese refiners adds to demand * Indian refiners take fewer W. African cargoes in October * W. African crude exports to Asia https://tmsnrt.rs/2MNuxkU By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Shipments of West African oil to Asia are set to hit a two-month high in October as Chinese refineries scramble for alternatives to Iranian crude before U.S. sanctions take effect on Nov. 4. Loadings fo
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - More than 70,000 people have fled ethnically-charged violence in western Ethiopia, officials there said on Tuesday - part of an eruption of unrest that has piled pressure on reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, a key figure in the future of the troubled North African country, still supports plans for national elections in December but says other players are not fulfilling their part for the vote to take place.
ACCRA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Melania Trump arrived in Ghana on Tuesday, choosing for her first extended international trip alone to visit Africa, a continent her husband has referred to derisively.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will continue to support French-led military efforts in Mali against militants and there is no intention to reduce the level of assistance, U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis said on Tuesday.
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Kansai Plascon, owned by Tokyo-listed Kansai Paint Co Ltd, has launched the world's first mosquito repellant paint in Zambia to help it reach a target to eliminate malaria by 2021, the company and a Japanese government official said.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Some 34 migrants have died in a shipwreck in the western Mediterranean, which 26 people survived, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday, citing the Moroccan navy and a Spanish aid agency.
ACCRA (Reuters) - U.S. First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Ghana's capital Accra on Tuesday on her first solo international trip in Africa, during which she will visit child health facilities, orphanages and meet caregivers.
ACCRA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Ghana's capital Accra on Tuesday on her first solo international trip in Africa, during which she will visit child health facilities, orphanages and meet caregivers.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Tuesday it had killed nine militants in an air strike in southern Somalia this week during a battle between U.S. and Somali government troops and al Shabaab Islamist fighters.
LONDON (Reuters) - A study of the African bush elephants' vast network of deep wrinkles has found they are intricately designed to help the animals keep their cool, fight off parasites and defend against sun damage, scientists said on Tuesday.
YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - During a dreary Sunday morning church service, 14-year-old Viviane - tired of wrestling with her sexual attraction to girls - resigned herself to an unhappy conclusion: she was bewitched.
DAKAR (Reuters) - The crew of a Spanish tuna fishing vessel have been arrested off the coast of Gabon for illegally catching sharks without the proper licence and stripping them of their fins, marine conservation group Sea Shepherd said on Monday.
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Thirteen people were killed and at least 30 more injured on Monday when a military transport truck flipped over on a major road in the Sierra Leone capital, a military spokesman said.
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 2 (Reuters) - South African engineering and construction firm Group Five will cut more jobs as it seeks to reduce the size of loss-making divisions, the company said on Tuesday.
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 2 (Reuters) - South African engineering and construction firm Group Five posted a 62 percent rise in full-year losses due to higher costs from the delayed Kpone power project in Ghana, the company said on Tuesday.
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