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Two generals, pro-Deby MP arrested over Chad coup plot - Reuters Africa
A police source, who asked not to be identified, said between four and eight people were killed in fighting at a military barracks in the east of N'Djamena on Wednesday. A military officer said at least a dozen people had been killed in separate ...
South Sudan rebels surrender in oil-rich north in amnesty deal - Reuters Africa
JUBA, April 26 (Reuters) - An estimated 3,000 South Sudanese rebels have surrendered and accepted an amnesty, a government official said on Friday, ending a long-standing insurgency in the oil-producing north of the country. South Sudan's government ...
UPDATE 2-Ethiopian Airlines to resume Dreamliner flights-sources - Reuters Africa
Another source, who also declined to be named, confirmed the plan to resume flights on Saturday by the airline, the first African carrier to purchase Dreamliner planes. It ordered 10, has received four, and started flying them in August. "It should be ...
Anger rises in Gabon after rash of ritual killings - Reuters Africa
But no one here is willing to turn anyone else in for fear they too will be in danger," said a member of parliament, who asked that his name not be used for fear of reprisals. In the most high-profile ritual murder court case in Gabon to date, a ...
Algeria attack planned before French strike in Mali: officials - Reuters Africa
However, U.S. and Western security sources said they believed it was more likely that the motivation behind the hostage-taking was to obtain a ransom, most likely in cash, but also possibly to seek a release of militant prisoners. The standoff began ...
UPDATE 2-I.Coast sees 13 pct drop in cocoa output this season - Reuters Africa
The CCC official, who asked not to be named, attributed the anticipated decline to "ageing trees and a lack of maintenance" at the country's plantations. Ivory Coast has endured more than a decade of political turmoil, which culminated in a civil war ...
Special Report: After southern split, Sudan stumbles - Reuters Africa
In October a government official said the president had undergone minor throat surgery in Qatar but was healthy. Last week, Bashir flew to Saudi Arabia for what the state press agency called "minor surgery". Even if he holds onto power, Bashir's ...
Tajikistan to miss 2012 aluminium output target-source - Reuters Africa
The state-owned aluminium smelter, known as TALCO, reduced output by 0.3 percent year-on-year in January-October to 230,772 tonnes after two consecutive months of growth, said the source, who declined to be named because the output data is not ...
Tajikistan to miss 2012 aluminium output target-source - Reuters Africa
The state-owned aluminium smelter, known as TALCO, reduced output by 0.3 percent year-on-year in January-October to 230,772 tonnes after two consecutive months of growth, said the source, who declined to be named because the output data is not ...
Russia's Norilsk co-owners in talks to resolve battle - sources - Reuters Africa
MOSCOW Oct 31 (Reuters) - The co-owners of Russia's Norilsk Nickel have resumed informal talks to resolve a four-year dispute over control of the world's largest nickel and palladium miner, two sources close to Norilsk's shareholders said on Wednesday.
Severstal unlikely to buy French ArcelorMittal assets-source - Reuters Africa
MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Severstal, Russia's third-largest steel producer, is unlikely to buy ArcelorMittal's steelmaking plant at Florange in eastern France, a source close to the company said on Tuesday, dismissing an earlier media report.
Kenya to give existing miners leeway in local ownership move - Reuters Africa
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Existing mining companies in Kenya will be allowed some flexibility in deciding how and when they cede more than a third of their subsidiaries to local investors under a new law, a senior government official said on Monday. The new ...
Kenya to give existing miners leeway in local ownership move - Reuters Africa
NAIROBI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Existing mining companies in Kenya will be allowed some flexibility in deciding how and when they cede more than a third of their subsidiaries to local investors under a new law, a senior government official said on Monday.
Hitachi near British nuclear project deal -sources - Reuters Africa
TOKYO/DUESSELDORF, Germany, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd , Japan's largest industrial electronics maker, is close to buying British nuclear new-build project Horizon, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. "Hitachi has made the best offer ...
Philippine firms, MTD-Samsung group vie for $1.4 bln railway contract - Reuters Africa
MANILA Oct 22 (Reuters) - San Miguel Corp and Ayala Corp are among the Philippine conglomerates competing against Malaysian-Korean consortium MTD-Samsung for a $1.4 billion elevated railway project in Manila, a government official said on Monday.
Eni 10.7 mln share placement made for CDP - sources - Reuters Africa
MILAN Oct 9 (Reuters) - The placement of more than 10 million shares in Italian and oil group Eni on Tuesday was made on behalf of Italian state-controlled finance group Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), two sources said on Tuesday. "It was done by CDP ...
Saudi Wasit gas project may face long delay -industry sources - Reuters Africa
"The delay could be one year or more, a big portion of the material for the pipelines has to be changed," said a source who declined to be identified. "The gas is more complex." Two other industry sources said the higher than expected sulfur content of ...
UAE, Morocco banks bid for BNP's Egypt retail arm - sources - Reuters Africa
DUBAI/CAIRO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Dubai's Emirates NBD and Morocco's AttijariWafabank have bid to buy BNP Paribas' Egyptian retail arm, four banking sources said, as regional banks pick up assets being shed by European lenders. BNP, the top French bank, ...
Rebels down fighter jet in northern Syria - witness - Reuters Africa
AMMAN (Reuters) - Rebel fighters trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad shot down a fighter jet as it flew over the northern Syrian town of Atarib in Idlib province, a witness said. The witness, an independent journalist who asked to remain anonymous ...
Tunisia seeking 28000 tonnes of sugar, official - Reuters Africa
"14,000 tonnes of white sugar to be delivered in November, and the price is $605 per T, and 14,000 tonnes of raw sugar to be delivered in mid-November for a price of $447 per T," the source who asked not to be named told Reuters. Tunisia said in ...
Market Chatter - Corporate finance press digest - Reuters Africa
Activist investor Nelson Peltz is set to join the board of Ingersoll-Rand Plc as he pushes to improve shareholder returns at the diversified manufacturer, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. * Spanish ...
Brazil to notify Ivory Coast over bugs in cocoa - Reuters Africa
The official, who asked not to be named as he could not speak on the record about the issue, said the insects were found to be cosmopolitan, or common to cocoa-growing countries and were not a threat to local cocoa cultivation. "We will inform Ivory ...
Gunvor open to Asian stakes in US coal mine - Reuters Africa
"We have a profitable bituminous coal mine with the lowest cash costs in the U.S. and long-term port capacity - two important criteria for U.S. coal investments," said the executive, who declined to be named. Almost all U.S. coal mines have been ...
Egypt denies Mursi letter sent to Israel - Reuters Africa
An Israeli official, who asked to remain anonymous, said the denial was to be expected, due to the sensitivity of the issue. Israeli President Shimon Peres's office said earlier on Tuesday he had received a letter from the Muslim Brotherhood's Mursi ...
Kuwait says going ahead with huge al-Zour refinery - Reuters Africa
... (PMC) contract, a senior executive at KNPC told Reuters. "The bids have been submitted and now we are in the evaluation phase...I expect the result to be out in August," the executive, who declined to be named under briefing rules, told Reuters ...