NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kenya's Ogiek people are optimistic of returning to their ancestral forests as the government has pledged to honour a landmark ruling ordering reparations for forced evictions, in a judgment that could impact others with similar land claims.

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered four Egyptian officials detained for 15 days pending investigations over suspicions of taking bribes from commodities trading firms, state news agency MENA reported.

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria plans huge hikes to the fees for identity papers, passports and driving licences, according to an official document seen by Reuters, as the government tries to ease pressure on state finances and secure new revenue sources.

NAIROBI, May 31 (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling and Zambia's kwacha are set to make gains against the dollar, while the currencies of Tanzania and Ghana are forecast to remain stable.

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Three victims of a fake AIDS cure created by Gambia's ex-president sued for damages on Thursday in the first case against Yahya Jammeh to reach national courts since the former leader fled into exile.

ABUJA/LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Human traffickers are planning to exploit relaxed Russian visa controls for next month's World Cup to sell Nigerian women into sex work, state officials and anti-slavery activists said.

ACCRA, May 31 (Reuters) - Tullow Oil is interested in new oil blocks off Ghana's coast as part of the British explorer's plans to consolidate its operations in the West African nation, Chief Executive Paul McDade said on Thursday.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - African Swine Fever, a severe haemorrhagic disease of pigs, has been reported in South Africa's Northern Cape Province, the department of agriculture said on Thursday.

ACCRA, May 31 (Reuters) - Tullow Oil is interested in new oil blocks off Ghana's coast as part of the British explorers plans to consolidate its operations in the West African nation, Chief Executive Paul McDade said on Thursday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities will investigate 10 financial institutions suspected of handling funds that were stolen from the government's National Youth Service (NYS), the Daily Nation newspaper reported on Thursday.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Fighting in the Libyan city of Derna has reached unprecedented levels, with air raids, shelling of residential areas and heavy ground clashes, the United Nations humanitarian office said in a report on Thursday.

(Reuters) - South Sudan's army massacred civilians, burned children alive and gang-raped women after a supposed ceasefire with rebels in December, according to reports by monitors appointed by the country's East African neighbours on a five-year-old civil war.

TUNIS (Reuters) - A commitment by key Libyan actors to hold elections in December faces multiple obstacles, including the lack of a legal framework for polls and escalating conflict in parts of the country.

BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic has approved a law creating a special criminal court to investigate allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity during more than a decade of ethnic and religious conflict, a lawmaker said.