JOHANNESBURG, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Egypt, without injured striker Mo Salah, lacked a cutting edge in front of goal as they were held to a 0-0 draw by tiny Comoros Islands in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Monday.

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's main opposition leader Hama Amadou is back behind bars after returning home from three years exile in France with the intention of completing his sentence before running for president, his lawyer said.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Online retailer Jumia Technologies, often called "the Amazon of Africa", suspended its e-commerce business in Cameroon on Monday, announcing in a statement that its transactional portal was "not suitable to the current context" in the country.

ABIDJAN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - * Ivory Coast cocoa grinders processed 47,000 tonnes of beans from the start of the season on Oct. 1 to the end of October, data from exporters' association GEPEX showed on Monday. * That is 4.4 % higher than the 45,000 tonnes processed in the same period last season. * The GEPEX data only covers six of the largest grinding companies, including Barry Callebaut, Olam and Cargill, among 12 active firms. * Ivory Coast has total grinding capacity of 712,000 tonnes. * The

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - British lawmaker Peter Hain will tell an inquiry on Monday that corruption under South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma was enabled by international banks, corporations and governments which should now seek to recover the loot they helped launder.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking unions threatened to shut down South Africa's entire aviation industry on Sunday by extending industrial action beyond state-run South African Airways.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking unions threatened to shut down South Africa's entire aviation industry on Sunday by extending industrial action beyond state-run South African Airways.