* Floods no longer affecting Nigerian output, official says * But 6-7 Nigerian cargoes delayed this month, traders say * Qua Iboe offered at dated Brent plus $2.10, up 5-10 cents LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - West African crude oil differentials steadied on Wednesday after reports of more Nigerian loading delays in the wake of severe flooding that traders said could go some way towards tightening what has been a very weak market. Six or seven Nigerian cargoes had been delayed from N
* Obama re-election fails to bring jubilation seen in 2008
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt expects to reach a loan agreement with the IMF by mid-December after talks this month focusing on limiting the budget deficit and a minimum level for its foreign reserves, the finance minister said on Wednesday.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir left hospital in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, a day after what state media called a "small successful" operation.
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A Libyan court on Wednesday ordered Mustafa Abdel Jalil, former political leader of rebels who toppled Muammar Gaddafi last year, to be questioned by military prosecutors over the killing of the insurgents' top field commander.
ACCRA (Reuters) - A four-storey building housing a department store in Ghana's capital Accra collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least one person and trapping dozens inside, emergency officials and witnesses said.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Mohamed Talaat didn't like the fact Christian music was being played at a party to promote interfaith harmony in the Egyptian town of Minya south of Cairo, so together with a group of like-minded Islamist hardliners, he showed up to put a stop to it.
ACCRA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A four-storey building housing a department store in Ghana's capital Accra collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least one person and trapping dozens inside, emergency officials and witnesses said.
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) plans to open two new Islamic banks in Mali and Benin next year as part of efforts to expand the industry's consumer base in Africa, its chief executive said.
ACCRA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A multi-storey shopping centre in Ghana's capital Accra collapsed on Wednesday, trapping dozens of people, emergency officials and witnesses said.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A large explosion rocked Somali's capital Mogadishu near the parliament on Wednesday, though the cause of the blast and the number of casualties were not immediately clear, a Reuters witness said.
* Ivory Coast crop seen slightly down; cocoa prices seen flat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama won a second term in the White House on Tuesday, overcoming deep doubts among voters about his handling of the U.S. economy to score a clear victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Norway has become the fourth European country to suspend aid to Uganda after $13 million in donor funds was found to have been embezzled.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A member of Libya's former ruling council was found dead in a locked car after he went missing for a day, a security official said on Tuesday.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Nobel-prize nominated Congolese gynaecologist said on Tuesday he is too scared to return to his native Congo after an attempt on his life last month by armed men in one of the most violent parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroonian security forces used teargas to disperse about a thousand opposition supporters who had gathered in the commercial capital on Tuesday to protest against President Paul Biya as he marked 30 years in power, witnesses said.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - U.S. officials in Libya have begun to look for recruits for a commando force which they plan to train to fight militants, a former commander of Libyan rebels who toppled Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday.
NAIROBI, Nov 7 - - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday. - - - - - EVENTS *Angola - CPI inflation due to be released. *Tanzania - The central bank to sell Treasury bills worth 135 billion shillings ($84.83 million) *Kenya - Central bank auctions 182-day and 364-day T-bills *Kenya - Central bank meets for key rate decision *Botswana - CPI inflation data due to be r
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