NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The global cocoa market will see a supply surplus of 71,900 tonnes in the current 2018/19 year, on the back of last year's smaller surplus, Connecticut-based brokerage JSG Commodities said on Thursday.
ACCRA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - UK oil explorer Tullow Oil is seeking partners in a bid to acquire a new oil block in Ghana which launched its first oil bidding round in October, the company's managing director Kweku Awotwi said on Thursday.
ACCRA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - UK oil explorer Tullow Oil is seeking partners in a bid to acquire a new oil block in Ghana which launched its first oil bidding round in October, the company's managing director Kweku Awotwi said on Thursday.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's electoral commission has asked the government for $28.7 million, saying that without funding to boost its "zero" budget it cannot make plans to prepare for a vote on a new constitution and later elections.
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has concluded that a Nigerian oilfield sale where it suspects an executive took bribes was not linked to a separate court case in which he and Shell face corruption charges over a $1.1 billion offshore acquisition.
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's high court on Thursday acquitted Diane Rwigara, a critic of veteran president Paul Kagame, of charges that included inciting insurrection and forgery of documents.
LUSAKA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The Zambian currency is likely to firm in the coming week as companies sell dollars to pay salaries and other month-end dues, while Ghana's cedi is seen flat on expected offshore inflows.
(Reuters) - A former Hong Kong government official was found guilty on Wednesday of U.S. charges that he took part in a scheme to bribe officials in Chad and Uganda in exchange for contracts for a Chinese energy company, according to a spokesman for federal prosecutors.
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Heavy rain brought much of Libya's second city Benghazi to a standstill on Wednesday, closing major roads and shutting its airport, officials said.
MILAN (Reuters) - Russia has asked Italy to drop charges against a former ambassador caught up in a Nigerian corruption case, legal documents showed on Wednesday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The U.S military said it killed four militants in an air strike against al Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Awdheegle, Somalia, as part of its operations to support the government's efforts to weaken the group.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand weakened against the dollar in early trade on Thursday as fears of a fresh flare-up in tensions between the United States and China, and concerns about global growth weighed on investor appetite for riskier assets.
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