DOUALA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Cocoa processing output in Cameroon, Africa's third biggest cocoa grower, is expected to double this season to 120,000 tonnes from 58,000 tonnes last season, the trade minister said while opening the new season.
DOUALA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Cocoa processing output in Cameroon is expected to double this season to 120,000 tonnes from 58,000 tonnes last season, the trade minister said while opening the new season.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Wednesday it had recorded a 40% surge in the incidence of malaria, attributing the increase to a range of factors including a refugee influx, climate change and a decline in the use of protective nets.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Militant Islamist group al Shabaab struck a Somali government military base on Wednesday with car bombs and gunfire in a battle that both sides said caused multiple deaths to the other.
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed five people, including a Chadian soldier, when she blew herself up on the shores of Lake Chad on Wednesday, three military and government sources said.
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's electoral commission said on Wednesday it had approved 26 candidates including two women for next month's presidential election, rejecting 71 other applicants.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A government military base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire on Wednesday, residents said, and the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has told the central bank to stop providing funding for food imports, his spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday, a move that has raised questions about the bank's independence.
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