JOHANNESBURG, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is close to approving a $600 million loan package for Ghana's cocoa regulator, Cocobod, which will allow it to build warehouses to stockpile beans and protect itself against price falls, the bank's president said.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is opposed to the government selling a stake in struggling state-run arms firm Denel and will fight attempts to force through salary cuts, the union said on Wednesday.
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - The leader of Nigeria's minority Shi'ite Muslims was denied bail on Wednesday, days after the group said more than 40 of its members were killed by security forces shooting at protesters calling for his release.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The Libyan Coast Guard picked up a total of 315 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday who were trying to reach Europe in three inflatable boats, a spokesman said.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will hold parliamentary elections sometime between May 7 and August 5 next year, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, raising the likelihood of a vote in May which is the preference of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
MORONI (Reuters) - France and the Indian Ocean state of Comoros have agreed to resolve a row linked to immigration and territorial disputes, they said on Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's cash-strapped power firm Eskom has approved a plan to cut executives jobs as it struggles to bring down operating costs, the utility said on Wednesday, the first step in the firm's proposed restructuring.
ACCRA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Ghana has approved state-owned company GOIL as minority local partner for Exxon Mobil's deepwater offshore oilfield, Energy Minister Peter Amewu said on Wednesday.
ACCRA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Ghana has approved state-owned company GOIL as minority local partner for Exxon Mobil's deepwater offshore oilfield, Energy Minister Peter Amewu said on Wednesday.
MAKOMBOKI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lunch at Macharia Mirara's house in the village of Makomboki used to be a cheery occasion as his children chattered about their morning at school. But these days, no one is home.
DAKAR (Reuters) - Four out of six endangered black rhinos that were relocated to Chad from South Africa have died, possibly of starvation, the two countries and an NGO said.
BAMENDA, Cameroon (Reuters) - All 78 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were released on Wednesday, but a principal and one teacher are still being held by the armed men that took them, a priest conducting negotiations said.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A year ago, rebel leader Berhanu Nega was coordinating attacks against Ethiopian soldiers from his base across the border in Eritrea and faced a death penalty at home.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered on Tuesday a review of a law long criticised by human rights groups that restricts the work of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Millions of voters in Madagascar queued in long lines early on Wednesday to cast their ballots in a presidential election as the Indian Ocean island struggles to create jobs, fight poverty and end corruption.
YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some 5,000 people seeking refuge in a hospital in Central African Republic (CAR) risk being attacked by armed groups, a medical charity said on Tuesday, amid ongoing clashes.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Thousands of child soldiers dragged into South Sudan's civil war are unlikely to be freed soon because aid agencies lack the funds to look after them, a U.N. envoy said on Tuesday.
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