LONDON (Reuters) - A surprise delay in Nigeria's presidential ballot has served foreign asset managers another reminder of political risk and volatile investment returns in Africa's biggest economy - just days after piling into assets in a bet on a smooth election run.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's main fuel marketing group has reduced the price of petrol to encourage people to travel to vote in presidential elections this Saturday after the poll was delayed by a week, the information minister said on Wednesday.
SOHAG, Egypt (Reuters) - Nesma Ghanem is hoping for a fourth child even though her doctor says her body can't handle a pregnancy at the moment. She has three daughters and would like them to have a brother.
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. investigators have identified perpetrators of pervasive rape and killings and torture in secret safe houses in South Sudan, and believe oil revenues have driven much of the violence in its civil war, a report said on Wednesday.
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has ordered a clean up of the government payroll to remove all ghost and absentee workers as Zambia tries to cut down on spending to reign in mounting foreign debt.
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 20 (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen's South African unit expects to produce a record number of vehicles this year despite a sluggish domestic economy, power outages and looming talks with unions, its managing director said.
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 20 (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen's South African unit expects to produce a record number of vehicles this year despite a sluggish domestic economy, power outages and looming talks with union members, its managing director said.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has executed nine men convicted over the 2015 killing of the country's top prosecutor, a prison source and a lawyer said on Wednesday.
DAKAR (Reuters) - President Macky Sall is the strong favourite to win Senegal's election on Sunday, boosted by a modernising first term that propelled economic growth although critics accuse him of jailing his rivals for political gain.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - The executive committee of Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement has endorsed President Yoweri Museveni as its candidate in the next presidential election due in 2021, potentially extending his tenure to 40 years.
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal, the most stable democracy in West Africa, is preparing for an election on Sunday with President Macky Sall facing off against four other candidates.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe could run out of bread in a week after flour stocks dwindled due to the country's failure to pay for imported wheat, according to a confidential letter written to bakers by the country's grain millers' group on Monday.
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