* Sailors appear to be in good spirits, play soccer (Recasts, adds UNITED NATIONS dateline)
ACCRA, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Sailors on an Argentine naval training vessel detained in Ghana by creditors will begin leaving the country on Tuesday after spending weeks in dockside limbo, a government official said on Monday.
LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - West African crude oil stayed relatively depressed on Monday, with lacklustre demand from China and India and unsold cargoes weighing on differentials. Around eight cargoes remained unsold from the Nigerian programme for November just days ahead of the expected release of December shipping lists. China's Sinopec Corp has restarted a 104,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) crude processing unit at its subsidiary refinery in Guangzhou after a shutdown of around 20 days,
STONE TOWN, Zanzibar (Reuters) - Seven leaders of a separatist Islamic group seeking to free the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar from Tanzania were charged with incitement to violence on Monday, while police fired teargas on their supporters outside the court.
DAKAR (Reuters) - Scores of followers of a jailed Senegalese religious leader smashed car windows, set fire to buses, and ransacked shops in the capital Dakar on Monday before riot police scattered them with volleys of teargas.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - At least two prisoners died and 15 were injured when a bomb tore through a prison transport van in Johannesburg on Monday, a South African police spokesman told local radio.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Monday it would stop mediating in the conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels if the U.N. Security Council endorsed accusations that Uganda was supporting the rebels.
DOHA (Reuters) - Morocco expects to receive early next year the first part of $2.5 billion in aid it was promised by wealthy Gulf Arab states, an advisor to King Mohammed said on Monday.
HARARE (Reuters) - Rivals President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai made a joint appeal on Monday for tolerance in reviewing a draft constitution whose adoption will lead to Zimbabwe's next election, expected next year.
LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Accused UBS fraudster Kweku Adoboli was not challenged when he told a colleague that he had made a "cosmetic adjustment" to the accounts, a London court heard on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The former Goldman Sachs Group Inc vice president who publicly accused the bank of taking advantage of unsuspecting clients said he never intended his book to be an expose of practices at the Wall Street firm.
LONDON (Reuters) - Somali pirate attacks fell to their lowest in three years in the first nine months of 2012 as tougher navy action and private armed security teams deterred gangs, a maritime watchdog said.
BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's interim government accused Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking countries of being behind an assault on an air force base, saying it was part of a strategy to install its exiled former prime minister back in power.
LONDON (Reuters) - Two Ethiopians who take to the London stage on Monday evening are living proof that dance really can change lives.
(Adds Ghana, Mauritius bond auctions) JOHANNESBURG, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The following is a selection of domestic debt auctions expected from frontier African governments this week. Amounts listed in local currencies: GHANA INSTRUMENT AUCTION DATE AMOUNT (mln) 3-year bond 25/10/12 500 91- & 182-day 26/10/12 298 T-bills; 1- & 2-year notes ($1 = 1.9 cedi) KENYA INSTR
BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Insecurity blights Libya, where militias still call the shots a year after they toppled Muammar Gaddafi, keeping foreign investors wary and clouding the oil-producing country's future.
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The following is a selection of domestic debt auctions expected from frontier African governments this week. Amounts listed in local currencies: GHANA INSTRUMENT AUCTION DATE AMOUNT (mln) 91- & 182-day 26/10/12 298 T-bills; 1- & 2-year notes ($1 = 1.9 cedi) KENYA INSTRUMENT AUCTION DATE AMOUNT (mln) 2-year bond 24/10/12 12,000
LONDON (Reuters) - Ivory Coast is expected to propose to bondholders this week that it will pay missed coupons on its $2.3 billion bond by end-2014 and increase the bond size by up to $187 million, bond market sources said on Monday.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's government will discuss gaining assistance worth $2 billion from Algeria during a visit to the country by Prime Minister Hisham Kandil on Monday, an Egyptian newspaper reported, citing an unnamed official.
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. - - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares fell on Monday as lacklustre earnings from leading U.S. companies and a sharp drop in Japan's exports, a key driver of the world's third-biggest economy, dented risk appetites and prompted investors to take profits on recent gains. WORLD OIL PRICES Brent crude edged up ab
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