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Benghazi port in east Libya reopened Sunday for the first time in three years after being forced to cease operations because of clashes in the cradle of the 2011 revolution.

Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has jumped to its highest level in a decade, a key central survey showed on Monday, as the world's number three economy picks up pace.

Monarch Airlines has ceased trading and its 300,000 future bookings for flights and holidays have been cancelled, the Civil Aviation Authority has said.

South Africa’s rand firmed against the dollar in early trade on Friday as data showed private sector credit demand growth rose in August, with focus on more economic data due later in the day that could provide further clues on the health of the economy.

A new report by one of Ghana’s leading research institutes showed that many Ghanaians do not think about working conditions when accepting job offers.

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg fired back at US President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he accused the leading social network of being "always anti-Trump."

The parliament of South Africa on Wednesday cut ties with renowned accountancy firm KPMG, by ending its contract with the company.

The villagers of Tafi Atome, in Ghana's Volta Region, grew up listening to tales of their spiritual links to the 1 000 or so mona monkeys that inhabit the surrounding lush forest.

Social media site Twitter is trialling longer character limits to help users "easily express themselves". Twitter currently limits tweets to 140 characters, but has doubled that to 280 characters for a small group of users.

EasyJet is backing plans to develop commercial passenger aircraft powered by electric batteries instead of conventional aero engines.