CHICAGO, July 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday issued a travel advisory against non-essential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to curb the spread of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has claimed more than 700 lives.
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JOHANNESBURG, July 31 (Reuters) - Africa's biggest telecommunications operator MTN Group said on Thursday it had appointed Zunaid Bulbulia as its new group chief operating officer, adding that Ahmad Farroukh would replace him as head of the company's South African operations.
JOHANNESBURG, July 31 (Reuters) - East African currencies are likely to hold largely steady against the dollar next week, but the Nigerian naira could gain as energy companies offload dollars and foreign investors buy local debt.
JOHANNESBURG, July 31 (Reuters) - East African currencies are likely to hold largely steady against the dollar next week, but the Nigerian naira could gain as energy companies offload dollars and foreign investors buy local debt.
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's national assembly has passed a revised budget bill proposing new taxes on essential items despite resistance from a Tutsi-led faction in the government and Hutu opposition legislators, who say it will worsen living conditions.
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Diamonds are a girl's best friend - but only if they are natural.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Heavy shelling resumed on Thursday in southern Tripoli where rival militia brigades were battling for control of the capital's main airport in some of the worst clashes since the 2011 revolt which ousted Muammar Gaddafi.
MILAN, July 31 (Reuters) - Increasing instability in Libya led Italian oil major Eni to miss second-quarter forecasts for oil and gas output, although it still saw a 50 percent boost in net profit.
DAKAR (Reuters) - The death toll from an outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has risen to 729, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday, after 57 deaths were reported between July 24 and 27 in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African court on Thursday ruled it would allow a $7.5 billion class action suit against state logistics firm Transnet on behalf of thousands of retired employees, in what is likely to be the largest such lawsuit in the country's history.
FREETOWN/ACCRA (Reuters) - Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine epicentres of Ebola on Thursday, joining Liberia in imposing tough controls to curb the worst ever outbreak of the virus amid fears it could spread beyond West Africa.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is launching a mobile app that gives users in Zambia free access to a handful of online services on mobile phones, broadening an effort to boost Internet usage in underdeveloped countries.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama embraced her family’s African roots in a speech on Wednesday, telling a group of young Africans that the “blood of Africa†runs through her veins as she urged changing traditional beliefs on the worth of educating women.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian forces have arrested two Boko Haram suspects who were travelling with a 10-year-old girl with explosives strapped to her, the government said on Wednesday.
SEATTLE (Reuters) - The last of four Ethiopian athletes, who came to the United States for a track meet in Oregon and then failed to fly home with teammates, has been located and is safe after disappearing in a possible asylum bid, authorities said on Wednesday.
DAKAR (Reuters) - Liberia will close schools and consider quarantining some communities, it said on Wednesday, rolling out the toughest measures yet imposed by a West African government to halt the worst outbreak on record of the deadly Ebola virus.
VALLETTA Malta (Reuters) - China has evacuated several hundred workers from Libya and is taking them by ship to Malta, the head of the Malta Civil Service, Mario Cutajar, said on Wednesday.
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday. - - - - - EVENTS: SOUTH AFRICA - Statistics South Africa releases June PPI data. SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa's energy department announces adjustments to fuel prices for the next month. SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa announces trade balance figures. ZAMBIA - Zambia to issue July inflation SOUTH AFRICA -
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