ACCRA, April 5 (Reuters) - Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo defended his government's approval of expanded military cooperation with the United States on Thursday, saying that it would enhance peace efforts in West Africa.
----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, APRIL 5 ** ULAANBAATAR - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim visits Mongolia and will meet Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga and Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh (to Apr. 8). ** MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets China's top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi in Kremlin - 1300 GMT. ** PARIS - Polish
MERU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya started marking rhinos on Thursday and aims to tag and identify 22 of them in two weeks at a cost of $600,000, senior government officials said on Thursday, as part of conserving their dwindling numbers.
NAIROBI, April 5 (Reuters) - Kenya's shilling and the Zambian kwacha are expected to firm on the back of increased demand for local currency, while the Nigerian naira and Ghana's cedi are set to hold steady.
NAIROBI, April 5 (Reuters) - Kenya's shilling and the Zambian kwacha are expected to firm on the back of increased demand for local currency, while the Nigerian naira and Ghana's cedi are set to hold steady.
PARIS (Reuters) - French and Malian troops killed about 30 Islamist insurgents during a gunbattle in a region near the border with Niger, where Islamic State are known to be active, the French army said on Thursday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan court sentenced a policeman to 15 years in prison on Thursday, after he was found guilty of killing a man in 2013 he suspected of stealing a mobile phone.
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of former South African president Jacob Zuma are expected to march to the Durban High Court on Friday, where Zuma will face corruption charges related to a decades-old arms deal.
FREETOWN (Reuters) - The losing candidate in Sierra Leone's presidential election, Samura Kamara, said the voting was marred by fraud and he plans to launch a legal challenge to the result.
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - A group of European tourists travelling in southwest Cameroon were not kidnapped, their Swiss tour operator said on Wednesday, contradicting government reports that separatist militants had held them hostage.
SAHARONIM DETENTION CENTRE, Israel (Reuters) - Israel on Wednesday released from detention a small group of African migrants who had been awaiting deportation after the collapse of an international deal to send them to Rwanda.
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana plans to review its process for granting corporate tax exemptions to mining and oil companies as part of measures to eliminate fraud and boost revenues, its vice president said on Wednesday.
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Opposition candidate and former military junta leader Julius Maada Bio was sworn in as Sierra Leone's new president late on Wednesday, just hours after the elections commission announced his victory in a tight run-off poll.
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday. - - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares bounced from two-month lows on Thursday as world equities recovered from a selloff triggered by escalating Sino-U.S. trade tensions, with investors hoping a full-blown trade war between the world's two biggest economies can be averted. WORLD OIL PRICES Oil prices rose on Thu
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