The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market

moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday.

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EVENTS:

*Angola - Expecting November inflation data.

*Botswana - Bank lending rate due to be released.

GLOBAL MARKETS

Asian shares clambered to a 16-month high on

Monday as investors took heart from economic data

from China and the United States that raised hopes

about the outlook for growth in the world's top

two economies.

WORLD OIL PRICES

Brent crude futures held above $107 a barrel on

Monday, snapping five straight days of losses, as

promising data out of the world's top two oil

consumers revived demand growth hopes in a

well-supplied market.

EMERGING MARKETS

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GHANA ELECTIONS

Ghana's electoral authorities said on Sunday

incumbent leader John Dramani Mahama won a new

term as president in the West African state in an

election the opposition claimed was marred by

tampering.

SOUTH AFRICA CURRENCY, BONDS

The rand retreated on Friday after strong gains in

the previous session, making it one of the lower

three performers in a basket of emerging market

currencies trading against the

dollar.

SOUTH AFRICA SHARES

South African stocks ended lower on Friday after

resource shares such as diversified miner Exxaro

slid on the back of a fall in global

commodity prices.

KENYA MARKETS

The Kenyan shilling held steady against the

dollar on Friday and was expected to trade in a

narrow range as volumes thin out ahead of the

holidays. Stocks recouped some of the previous

session's losses.

MOZAMBIQUE INFLATION

Mozambique's year-on-year headline consumer

inflation accelerated in November to 2.33 percent

from 1.8 percent in October, the statistics office

said on Friday.

UGANDA OIL

Ugandan lawmakers passed new legislation on Friday

meant to regulate the country's emerging oil

sector but critics said the law would invest too

much control in the hands of the executive.

ANGOLA TRADE SURPLUS

Angola's trade surplus narrowed 24 percent to

$9.87 billion in the third quarter from a year

earlier, as exports in the oil-producing nation

fell slightly while imports jumped, the National

Statistics (INE) said on Friday.

MAURITIUS INFLATION

Mauritius' annual average inflation rate

fell for the eleventh straight month

to 4 percent in November from 4.3 percent in

October as food, clothing and transport prices

fell, the statistics office said on Friday.

SUDAN PROTESTS

Police in Sudan used teargas and batons to repel

rock-throwing students on Sunday as tension

simmered over the deaths of four students

following a protest against tuition fees.

CONGO PEACEKEEPING

Southern African nations pledged on Saturday to

provide 4,000 troops for a neutral force to be

deployed in eastern Congo where rebels have waged

an eight month-long rebellion, the South African

Development Community (SADC) said.

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((Compiled by Nairobi Newsroom))

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