WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Melania Trump departed for Africa on Monday for a four-country trip that serves as her first major solo sojourn abroad on behalf of her husband President Donald Trump's administration.
* Countries moving towards harmonising prices (Combines Ivory Coast, Ghana, adds farmer reaction)
JUBA (Reuters) - At least 10 people have died and dozens others injured after a hand grenade exploded in a night club in South Sudan's western town of Yambio, police said on Monday.
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia's president called on Monday for a change to the constitution to allow the government to expropriate land and re-distribute it to the majority black population.
ABIDJAN, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Above average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions were expected to strengthen the October-to-March main crop but overly wet weather in the coming weeks could cause disease, farmers said on Monday.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari sought to reassure voters that next year's elections would be free and fair on Monday after the opposition and international observers raised concerns over the way a gubernatorial vote was conducted last week.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday heard a plea from former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo to have his case for alleged crimes against humanity dismissed early due to lack of evidence.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bombing by Islamist group al Shabaab hit a European Union armoured convoy in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, damaging one vehicle but causing no casualties, police and the Islamists said.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb hit a European Union armoured convoy in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, damaging one vehicle but causing no casualties, police said.
NAIROBI, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Marriott International plans to increase its hotels in Africa by 50 percent in the next five years, opening new facilities in markets where it already operates and venturing into new ones like Mozambique, the company said on Monday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Feathery costumes, multi-coloured makeup and East African instruments are packed into boxes, ready for shipping as Kenya’s National Theatre prepares to take its popular children’s show "Tinga Tinga Tales" to New York.
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court has ordered a retrial of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader Mohamed Badie and other senior figures from the banned group starting on Oct. 7, judicial sources and state news agency MENA said on Sunday.
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian umbrella trade union suspended a nationwide strike on its fourth day on Sunday, after the government agreed to hold a meeting to discuss increasing the minimum wage, a union official said.
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
Google+
YouTube
LinkedIn
RSS