JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hundreds of members of South Africa's mainly white Solidarity union marched to the offices of petrochemicals Sasol in Johannesburg on Thursday to protest against a share scheme that was offered exclusively to black staff.
ABIDJAN, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast will invest 40 million euros in a smart power grid in a bid to boost electricity exports to neighbouring countries, an official said on Thursday, as they fell by 26 percent last year to 1,225 gigawatt hours (GWh).
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan freed five political detainees and prisoners of war on Thursday, although none appeared to be senior rebel officials, a category of captive whose release is required by a peace deal signed last month.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's top court ruled on Thursday that a platinum miner that has a deal with a tribal chief could not evict a group of black farmers, in a decision that could curtail the power of traditional leaders whose deals often disadvantage poor blacks.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's top court ruled on Thursday that a platinum miner that has a deal with a tribal chief could not evict a group of black farmers, in a decision that could curtail the power of traditional leaders whose deals often disadvantage poor blacks.
LUCAPA, Angola (Reuters) - Residents of Kapende, a Congolese neighbourhood in the Angolan town of Lucapa, scrawled messages on their homes to keep the looters away, but it did not work.
NAIROBI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling is likely to come under pressure next week as most other African currencies strengthen.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan agreed on Thursday to lift a partial ban on Egyptian goods and remove obstacles to the movement of goods and people between the neighbouring states, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The chief executive of South Africa's state pension fund denied corruption allegations on Thursday, as a judicial inquiry into governance at the 2 trillion rand ($137 billion) fund prepares to get under way.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's parliament approved Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's new president, the first woman to hold the post.
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Mali's first independent power project - a 122 million euro ($139.06 million), 90-megawatt diesel plant - will go online next week in the country's gold-rich southwest, a board member of the operator said on Wednesday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - An Ebola outbreak that ravaged Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia in 2014 cost economies an estimated $53 billion, according to a study in this month's Journal of Infectious Diseases.
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Heavy fighting between Cameroon's army and separatist rebels killed at least 10 people, the two sides said on Wednesday, in the deadliest clash since President Paul Biya won a seventh term earlier this week.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - On a muddy side-street in Abidjan, Alex Ogou directs his cast of young locals in a TV drama about gangsters in Ivory Coast that French media giant Vivendi hopes will help revive its fortunes.
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