ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia charged the former head of military-run industrial conglomerate METEC with corruption on Thursday, nearly two months after his arrest.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Before male beauty parlours began popping up in South Africa a few years ago, image-conscious men like Gerhard Joubert felt awkward being pampered and preened in salons filled with women.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's Catholic Church, one of the country's most respected institutions, challenged Thursday's official results from a chaotic presidential election, suggesting its tally did not give victory to opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African retailer Woolworths has removed a baby carrier from its shelves, admitting it had "striking similarities" to a product offered by a small boutique retailer.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Supporters of Congo's president-elect celebrated an unlikely win on Thursday, but the runner-up denounced a fix and France, Belgium and the Catholic Church all cast doubt on the results.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday urged regional and international parties to refrain from speculation about the presidential vote result in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The court hearing of former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang, who faces charges of fraud and money laundering, has been postponed until Jan. 18, a member of his legal team said on Thursday.
MBABANE/GABORONE/HARARE (Reuters) - Botswana and the Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly Swaziland, have suspended meat imports from South Africa while Zimbabwe is in the process of setting up a ban due to the outbreak of the highly contagious foot and mouth disease.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean doctors on Thursday ended a 40-day strike for better pay and conditions that crippled public hospitals without a deal on salary increases, their union said, but warned that members may not report for work daily due to acute fuel shortages.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Furious supporters of the runner-up in Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election denounced Thursday's results as a fix, while France said the outcome was at odds with what was seen on the ground.
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli said on Wednesday the central bank should start buying the country's gold to curb smuggling and build reserves to stabilise the currency.
ABUJA (Reuters) - The United Nations voiced alarm on Wednesday at the uprooting of more than 30,000 Nigerians forced to flee the protracted war against Islamist insurgents in the country's northeast.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission on Thursday declared opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi the surprise winner of last month's chaotic presidential election, but the runner-up dismissed the outcome as an "electoral coup".
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese police used tear gas to disperse "illegal" protests against the 30-year rule of President Omar al-Bashir in the city of Omdurman in which three people were killed, state news agency SUNA said on Thursday.
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