BLOEMFONTEIN, Sept 26 (Reuters) - South Africa dropped Raymond Rhule from their squad on Tuesday, a day after coach Allister Coetzee said the underfire winger would not be ditched following a poor performance against New Zealand earlier this month.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court on Tuesday said judges had ordered former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo to remain in detention during his war crimes trial.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A group of 36 Dutch tourists were flying out of South Africa on Tuesday after they were robbed at gunpoint on Sunday in a brazen heist while traveling from Johannesburg's main international airport to their hotel, officials said.
LONDON (Reuters) - A former UK division of German logistics and freight company Bertling and six former employees have been convicted by a London court of bribing an agent of Sonangol, the Angolan state oil group.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Fistfights and chair-throwing broke out in Uganda's parliament on Tuesday ahead of a debate on whether to grant long-serving President Yoweri Museveni another term in office, local television showed.
* Erin Energy Corp says Itlos in Hamburg issued its final judgement with regard to maritime boundary dispute between Ghana and Côte D'ivoire
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police used tear gas and batons on Tuesday to disperse protesters in the capital Nairobi calling for election officials to be prosecuted and sacked before a re-run of a contested presidential vote.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police arrested seven people on Monday after they were seen raising a rainbow flag at a concert, security sources said, in a rare public show of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in the conservative Muslim country.
NAIROBI, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Tuesday. - - - - - EVENTS: *NIGERIA - The central bank announces its latest decision on its benchmark lending rate. GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares slumped on Tuesday while the dollar remained off recent highs against the yen against the backdrop of rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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