ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's lower house voted on Thursday to offer Gambian President Yahya Jammeh asylum if he steps down, lawmakers said.
ACCRA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to visit Ghana to hear the new government's plans for implementing the country's $918 million aid deal, the Fund said on Thursday.
NAIROBI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Kenya's shilling is seen weakening against the dollar in the coming week, while the Nigerian naira is expected to strengthen, traders said.
NAIROBI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Kenya's shilling is seen weakening against the dollar in the next week to Thursday, while the Nigerian naira is expected to strengthen, traders said.
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Wednesday approved a freeze on the assets of three human rights activists, one of them said, the latest twist in a five-year-old case in which NGOs are accused of receiving foreign funds to sow chaos.
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell workers in Gabon on Thursday began an "unlimited" strike on all operations in the Central African OPEC member, the oil workers union wrote in a letter to employees.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan objected on Thursday to a Nigerian request to the island to relocate its representative office in the African country, a request Taiwan sees as more pressure by China to isolate it.
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian oil labour union has suspended a nationwide three-day strike over job losses that hit petrol stations and oil tankers, following talks with the government on Wednesday.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mali has eliminated Guinea worm disease bringing the world a step closer to eradicating the debilitating parasitic disease that is now only endemic in three African countries, the U.S.-based Carter Center said, citing provisional government figures.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian border patrol and coast guard forces stopped more than 12,000 people of various nationalities from illegally entering or leaving the country in 2016, the military said on Wednesday,
NAIROBI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday. - - - - - EVENTS: *KENYA - The central bank auctions 91-day Treasury bills worth a total 4 billion shillings. *NIGERIA - The stock exchange to present its market outlook for 2017. GLOBAL MARKETS The U.S. dollar nursed widespread losses on Thursday after President-elect Donald Trump's long-awaited
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