The South African rand slipped on Monday as markets awaited economic data out of the U.S. later this week, which could influence the Federal Reserve's rate-hiking cycle.
TANZANIA DEBT
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund on Monday approved the first review of Tanzania's three-year extended credit facility, allowing immediate disbursement of about $153 million in budgetary support, the IMF said in a statement.
SUDAN POLITICS
Sudan's warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country.
ZAMBIA DEBT
Zambia has sent a debt restructuring proposal to its official creditors, a spokesperson for the government's advisors said on Monday.
SENEGAL ELECTION
Senegal's presidency on Monday announced it had released politician Idrissa Seck from his duties as head of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, paving the way for the former prime minister to run for the presidency in the February election.
KENYA CULT
Kenyan police have recovered 73 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves, a police officer said on Monday.
KENYA POLITICS
Kenya's main opposition party said on Monday it will resume protests over high living costs and alleged election fraud because of what it called the government's lack of commitment to talks.
UGANDA COFFEE
Uganda's coffee exports edged up in March compared to a year earlier, as exporters released larger volumes from warehouses to cash in on favourable global prices for robusta beans, the state-run sector regulator said.
ETHIOPIA CONFLICT
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) will begin peace negotiations in Tanzania on Tuesday, the two sides said.
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