ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The size and quality of Ivory Coast's cocoa main crop will be boosted by last week's mixture of sunshine and rain in primary cocoa-growing regions, farmers said on Monday, though too much rain has caused black pod disease to spread in other areas.
ACCRA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Ghana's central bank ended a run of rate cuts by keeping its benchmark unchanged at 21 percent on Monday, citing global economic uncertainties and threats to consumer price stability.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe put on trial on Monday an activist pastor accused of attempting to subvert the government, a charge that carries up to 20 years in prison on conviction, following protests last year against President Robert Mugabe's handling of the economy.
ACCRA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Ghana's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 21 percent on Monday, citing global economic uncertainties and threats to consumer price stability, its governor Ernest Addison said. (Reporting by Kwasi Kpodo; Editing by Nellie Peyton and Toby Chopra)
(Reuters) - Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has the club's long-term interests in mind with his cautious approach towards selecting Eden Hazard as they prepare for Wednesday's Champions League game against Atletico Madrid.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast has accepted a ruling by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea that favoured Ghana in a dispute over the location of the maritime boundary separating the two West African neighbours, an Ivorian government spokesman said.
ABIDJAN, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast has accepted a ruling by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea that favoured Ghana in a dispute over the location of the maritime boundary separating the two West African neighbours, an Ivorian government spokesman said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's announcement on Sunday that it is issuing new travel restrictions on people entering the United States from eight countries could lead to an upcoming Supreme Court case on its previous more controversial ban ending in a whimper rather than a bang.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Finance Ministry on Monday dismissed reports that the Treasury wants to use 100 billion rand ($7.6 billion) from government pension fund Public Investment Corporation (PIC) to bail out struggling state companies.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six U.S. air strikes on an Islamic State desert camp in Libya killed 17 militants and destroyed three vehicles, the U.S. military said on Sunday, the first American strikes in Libya since President Donald Trump took office in January.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Three United Nations soldiers were killed and five others were seriously wounded by an explosive device that detonated as they were escorting a convoy in Mali, the West African nation's peacekeeping mission said on Sunday.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police arrested activist pastor Evan Mawarire of the #ThisFlag movement as he stepped down from his pulpit, accusing him of subversion for a series of social media posts that charged Robert Mugabe's government had wrecked the economy, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday.
* ?KOSMOS ENERGY PROVIDES UPDATE ON MARITIME BOUNDARY ARBITRATION BETWEEN GHANA AND CÔTE D'IVOIRE?
NAIROBI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. - - - - - EVENTS: *GHANA - The central bank to make its benchmark lending rate decision. *RWANDA - The statistics office to release second quarter 2017 gross domestic product figures. GLOBAL MARKETS The euro slipped on Monday after German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term but faced a
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