* Appeals court ruling requires payments to holdout creditors

LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli told a London court on Tuesday he "lost control" in the summer of 2011 but insisted he never acted dishonestly in the frantic weeks that resulted in losses of $2.3 billion.

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's high court on Tuesday sentenced a leading opposition politician to eight years in prison, in a case linked to the 1994 genocide and seen as a test of the judiciary's independence.

* Qua Iboe slips slightly to around dated plus $2/bbl * Indian demand relatively slim despite tenders LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Differentials for West African crudes slipped slightly on Tuesday, pressured by relatively slow demand from India. India's Bharat Petroleum Corp issued a second tender for December, but on the whole demand from the world's second most populous nation remained rather slow, a trader said. "With an absence of India tender demand, things are going pretty s

ACCRA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Guinness Ghana Breweries net profit for the three-month period to the end of September rose 56 percent to 4.690 million cedis ($2.49 million), from 3.005 million cedis during the same period a year ago, the company said on Tuesday.

LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli told a London court on Tuesday he had "lost control" of his trading in the summer of 2011 but insisted he never acted dishonestly in the frantic weeks that resulted in losses of $2.3 billion.

BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo will seek to raise its stake in new mining projects to 35 percent in a revised mining code, up from 5 percent now, the country's top mining official said on Tuesday.

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's opposition on Tuesday accused the government of tampering with its list of nominees to a newly formed electoral commission, casting doubt on the country's latest efforts to jumpstart election preparations.

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The break-away territory of Somaliland sees drilling for oil as possible by 2014 as three companies start exploration activities, the country's mining and energy minister said on Tuesday.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's new prime minister on Tuesday presented a coalition cabinet drawn from liberal and Islamist parties to the national congress, which had rejected his predecessor's line-up.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A storm of violent wildcat strikes in South Africa's mines has eased, leaving President Jacob Zuma battered but defiant, and buoying his chances of heading off rivals to win a party leadership election in December.

RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - South African police fired rubber bullets and teargas on Tuesday at striking Amplats miners who were protesting against a union-brokered deal to end a six-week wildcat walkout at the top platinum producer.

ACCRA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Ghana Commercial Bank's net profit for the nine months through September jumped nearly 129 percent to 87.605 million cedis ($46.6 million) compared with 38.286 million cedis in the same period in 2011, it said on Tuesday.

ACCRA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered Bank Ghana's net profit for the nine months through September rose 36 percent to 80.190 million cedis ($42.65 million) from 58.893 million a year earlier, it said on Tuesday.

KHARTOUM/DUBAI (Reuters) - Two Iranian warships docked in Sudan on Monday, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported, less than a week after Khartoum accused Israel of attacking an arms factory in the Sudanese capital.

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has fired his interior and foreign ministers in his first cabinet reshuffle since taking office six months ago, the government announced on state television late on Monday.

By Lesley Wroughton Crucial negotiations between the International Monetary Fund and Egypt on a $4.8 billion loan program begin on Tuesday and a top IMF official said an agreement must address the nation's gaping budget deficit without constraining economic growth.

NAIROBI, Oct 30 - - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Tuesday. - - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares rose modestly but momentum was curbed by a giant, powerful storm that shut U.S. markets overnight, while the dollar held gains against the yen ahead of a widely expected policy easing by the Bank of Japan later on Tuesday. WORLD OIL PRICES Brent crude edged