OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian man jailed for life in Democratic Republic of Congo for murder and espionage has been freed and returned to Norway, the Scandinavian country's prime minister said on Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Police recovered 25 bodies, believed to be those of illegal miners, from a disused Harmony Gold mine shaft, near an area where 76 illegal miners died in 2009 in what was one of South Africa's worst mining disasters.
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi is planning to take its dispute with Tanzania over Lake Malawi, with its potentially massive reserves of oil and gas, to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, the foreign affairs minister said on Wednesday.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Supporters of a jailed Christian sect leader attacked the prison holding him in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, freeing him and about 50 other inmates early on Wednesday, the government said.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sought to ease the concerns of Egyptians grappling with rising prices ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan by pledging a raft of economic measures including tax breaks.
IMENTI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On a five-acre piece of land being prepared for planting, James Mwenda shouts at his two oxen, commanding them to move in a straight line as they pull a ripper that cuts a long slit into the unploughed ground.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Sudan President Omar al-Bashir will travel to Saudi Arabia on Friday but there is no confirmation he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, who will also visit the country, Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said on Wednesday.
DJIBOT, Cameroon (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sporting patchy bruises on her forehead and right cheek, Maria moves gingerly as her four young children chase each other in their pygmie camp on the edge of a forest in eastern Cameroon.
ACCRA, May 17 (Reuters) - Tullow Oil plans to drill new wells and boost output at its TEN field off Ghana to 80,000 barrels a day once a maritime dispute between Ghana and Ivory Coast is resolved, Tullow's managing director in Ghana Charles Darku said on Wednesday.
DAKAR (Reuters) - Red Cross workers have found 115 bodies in Central African Republic's diamond-mining town of Bangassou after several days of militia attacks, the president of the aid group's local branch said on Wednesday.
ACCRA, May 17 (Reuters) - Tullow Oil plans to drill new wells and boost output at its TEN field off the coast of Ghana to 80,000 barrels per day once a maritime dispute between Ghana and Ivory Coast is resolved, Tullow's managing director in Ghana Charles Darku said on Wednesday.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A large explosion was heard near the centre of Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday and plumes of smoke rose above the scene, according to a Reuters witness.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An Ethiopian court has convicted an opposition politician of encouraging terrorist acts after he criticised the government's response to protests in Facebook posts.
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar staged a large military parade on Tuesday for the third anniversary of his campaign to control Benghazi, as his troops fight to secure two last districts in Libya's second city.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Gay and lesbian Africans who fled abuse in their home countries face a "culture of disbelief" which makes their experience of seeking asylum in Britain traumatic, a Nigerian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights (LGBT) campaigner said.
BANGUI (Reuters) - As many as 100 people were killed last week in militia violence in southern Central African Republic and fighting fuelled by ethnic and religious rivalries is spreading, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - About 50 prisoners escaped from the main prison in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa early on Wednesday following an attack by supporters of jailed Christian cult leader Ne Muanda Nsemi, the government spokesman said.
NAIROBI, May 17 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday. - - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS U.S. share futures and the dollar tumbled in Asian trade on Wednesday after reports President Donald Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end a probe into Trump's former national security advisor. WORLD OIL PRICES Oil prices fell 1
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