JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In between public speaking engagements and running a charitable foundation, South African Stacey Fru is working hard on her fourth and fifth books.

DAKAR (Reuters) - Ghana's main opposition party has nominated former President John Mahama to challenge incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo in next year's election, a party official said on Wednesday, the third consecutive poll in which the two will face off.

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila in December awarded an oil drilling licence that overlaps a wildlife-rich UNESCO world heritage site, according to official records, reviving concerns about environmental protections.

DAKAR, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Ghana's main opposition party has nominated former President John Mahama to challenge incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo in next year's election, a party official said on Wednesday, the third consecutive poll in which the two will face off.

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Foreign workers in South Africa with expertise deemed vital to the economy are worried that authorities will reduce the number of critical skills eligible for work permits, a move they say could force some of them out of the country as early as April.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday he would continue to engage all parties and keep his government inclusive after being elected for a second four-year term.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African farmers are lining up to plant more rooibos tea as demand for the anti-oxidant-rich red brew it produces grows, but a natural limit on suitable land may mean supply will struggle to keep pace.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Cameroonian and Nigerian authorities have ordered 40,000 refugees in Cameroon to return to northeast Nigeria, aid agency Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Wednesday.

CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 25 people were killed and 50 injured when a locomotive smashed into a barrier at Cairo's main train station on Wednesday, causing an explosion and a fire, state television and witnesses said.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has won a second term at the helm of Africa's most populous state and top oil producer, the electoral commission chairman said on Wednesday, following an election marred by delays, logistical glitches and violence.

VICTORIA (Reuters) - Seychelles' second president Albert René, who took power in a 1977 coup and went on to shape politics for decades, died aged 83 on Wednesday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan court charged seven men on Wednesday for impersonating President Uhuru Kenyatta and swindling a prominent businessman out of 10 million shillings ($100,000) in yet another high-profile corruption case.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Twenty people were killed and 40 wounded when a fire broke out at the main train station in Egypt's capital Cairo on Wednesday, state TV said.

CAIRO (Reuters) - A fire at the main train station in Egypt's capital Cairo has caused deaths and injuries, a security source and local media said on Wednesday.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari won a second term at the helm of Africa's largest economy and top oil producer, the electoral commission chairman said on Wednesday, following an election marred by delays, logistical glitches and violence.

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal President Macky Sall is on course for victory in the Feb. 24 polls with nearly 60 percent of votes, according to preliminary figures provided by local media and a source inside the electoral commission.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Muhammadu Buhari, who has secured four more years as Nigeria's president according to a Reuters tally of election results, proved wrong those who doubted he could survive the blows of recession, militant attacks on oilfields, and Islamist insurgency that blighted his first term.