ACCRA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The Bank of Ghana said the yield on its weekly 91-day bill fell to 18.6063 percent at an auction on Friday from 20.4284 percent at the last sale on Nov. 18.
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for an attack on an Egyptian military checkpoint in northern Sinai Peninsula that killed at least 12 soldiers.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma will be questioned next week by the African National Congress' (ANC) integrity commission following persistent allegations of corruption and poor election results, the party said on Friday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will likely experience increased rainfall during the summer season running from December to April as a La Nina weather pattern in the region intensifies, the weather service said on Friday, forecasting "above-normal rainfall conditions."
HARARE (Reuters) - In Zimbabwe, where worthless $100 trillion notes serve as reminders of the perils of hyperinflation, President Robert Mugabe is printing a new currency that jeopardizes not just the economy but his own long grip on power.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma will challenge a report released this month by the anti-corruption watchdog that alleged influence-peddling in his government, his office said on Friday.
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - The death toll from an attack on an Egyptian military checkpoint on Thursday in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula has climbed to 11, medical sources said on Friday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma will be questioned next week by the African National Congress' (ANC) integrity commission following persistent allegations of corruption and poor election results, the party said on Friday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan ride-hailing app Little, which is backed by telecoms operator Safaricom, is considering expansion into Nigeria or Uganda in the first quarter of 2017, the chief executive of its parent firm said.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's director of public prosecution has ordered seven former executives at mid-tier lender Family Bank be charged with aiding or abetting money laundering as the East African nation looks to tighten banking oversight.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will boost military ties with Djibouti, strategically located in the Horn of Africa, state media quoted a senior Chinese army officer as saying during a visit to a country where China is building its first overseas naval base.
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dengue fever has killed at least 18 people in Burkina Faso since August in the worst recorded outbreak of the disease to hit the West African nation, an aid agency said on Thursday.
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Friday. - - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS Asian stocks advanced on Friday as the Thanksgiving break in the United States helped slow a relentless surge in the dollar that has sucked capital out of most emerging markets. WORLD OIL PRICES Oil prices fell on Friday, under pressure from a strong dollar, but activity was low after the U
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