OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Suspected jihadists killed 16 villagers in northern Burkina Faso on Monday in an incident highlighting the increased presence of Sahel-based Islamists in the area, local and security sources said.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has imposed emergency measures, including rationing, to save dwindling water supplies after an abnormally hot, dry summer coupled with below average rainfall and a spike in usage pushes the country towards a crippling shortage.

RABAT (Reuters) - An Islamic State cell broken up last week planned to attack Casablanca and its port, but a Syrian militant who assisted the group remains at large, the head of Morocco's BCIJ security agency said on Monday.

RABAT (Reuters) - An Islamic State cell broken up last week planned to attack Casablanca and its port, but a Syrian militant who assisted the group remains at large, the head of Morocco's BCIJ security agency said on Monday.

* Ghana's graded and sealed (G&S) cocoa arrivals hit 44,000 tonnes between the start of this year's harvest on Oct. 1 and Oct. 17, up 7.3% from the same period of the previous season, data from marketing board Cocobod showed on Monday.

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 28 (Reuters) - AngloGold Ashanti on Monday reported a 3% rise in September quarter production from the previous quarter and a 12% jump in free cash flow thanks to higher gold prices, and said its Obuasi project in Ghana would start by year-end.

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 28 (Reuters) - AngloGold Ashanti on Monday reported a 3% rise in third-quarter production and 12% jump in free cash flow, and said its Obuasi redevelopment project in Ghana would start by year-end.