NAIROBI, May 13 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic
indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on
Friday.
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EVENTS:
GLOBAL MARKETS
U.S. stock futures and Asian shares fell on Monday on growing
anxiety over whether the United States and China will be able
to salvage a trade deal, after Washington sharply hiked
tariffs and Beijing vowed to retaliate.
MKTS/GLOB
WORLD OIL PRICES
Oil futures were mixed on Monday, with U.S. crude edging
lower, as investors and traders fretted over global economic
growth prospects amid a standoff in Sino-U.S. trade
talks. O/R
EMERGING MARKETS
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SOUTH AFRICA ELECTION
Thousands of supporters of South Africa's African National
Congress (ANC) took to the streets of downtown Johannesburg
on Sunday to celebrate victory in last week's election
despite a lower share of the vote. REPUBLIC ECONOMY
An International Monetary Fund mission said on Thursday that
it had agreed a three-year lending programme with Congo
Republic subject to the government's fulfilment of reforms
and approval by the IMF's executive board. MINING
Zambia's Mopani Copper Mines plans to close two shafts at its
Nkana mine in Kitwe, the Glencore-owned GLEN.L company said
on Friday, a move that union sources said could affect more
than 2,000 workers. RESULTS
Platinum miner Lonmin LMI.L, LONJ.J, which is in the process
of being taken over by Sibanye-Stillwater SGLJ.J, expects
full-year sales to be at the lower end of its target range,
it said on Friday after reporting a drop in output.
OIL
Aker ASA AKER.OL expects Ghanaian authorities to approve a
revised $4.4 billion development plan for the offshore Pecan
oilfield by the end of the third quarter of 2019, the
Norwegian investment firm's chief executive told Reuters on
Friday. CORRUPTION
Seventy-five Kenyan tax agency staff were arrested on Friday
on suspicion of abetting tax evasion and bribery, the latest
effort by authorities in the East African country to fight
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