LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Global commodities trader Cargill said on Wednesday it is investing more than $113 million to expand its cocoa processing facilities in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, creating 85 direct and hundreds of indirect jobs.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Estonia based ride-hailing app Bolt plans to double its service in South Africa to include at least 30 more cities and suburbs, the firm said on Wednesday, as it steps up its challenge to Uber's dominance.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle Desmond Tutu has been admitted to hospital for the treatment of an infection, his office said on Wednesday.

WATFORD, England (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he wanted a clarification from west African leaders on France's military operation in the Sahel region.

GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana budget retailer Choppies Enterprises will sell its loss-making South African operations for only 1 rand to escape existing liabilities and inject 100 million rand ($6.8 million) into the business.

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss cocoa products maker Barry Callebaut said on Tuesday that 26% of the farmer groups from which it sourced products in 2018/2019 had programmes to prevent child labour,

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia's state-owned fishing firm Fishcor has suspended its chief executive following media reports that he and other government officials conspired with Iceland's biggest fishing company to receive kickbacks in exchange for fishing rights.