NAIROBI, June 20 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday.                - - - - -  GLOBAL MARKETS  Asian shares tumbled to nine-month lows on Thursday as slowing Chinese  manufacturing activity exacerbated sentiment already unnerved by the  U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirming the Fed would  begin reducing its stimulus spending later this year.  
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      WORLD OIL PRICES  Oil slipped more than $1 on Thursday, its biggest daily slide in nearly  three weeks, as slowing Chinese manufacturing activity unnerved  investors already worried about the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to roll  back its stimulus later this year.  
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      AFRICA CURRENCIES  African currencies are expected to remain under pressure next week,  with Nigeria's naira seen hitting new multi-months lows, reflecting an  exodus from risky assets on signs the U.S. Federal Reserve could start  winding down its bond-buying programme. 
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      AFRICA DEBT  Worries about increased government debt and lower donor aid are  expected to push yields higher at an auction in Uganda next week while  Kenyan bond yields are set to continue their decline.  
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      SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS  South African stocks were down slightly on Wednesday as a cautious  market awaited a statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve that investors  hope will shed light on the future of its bond-buying programme.   
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        South African bonds and the rand rose on Wednesday after consumer  inflation eased and as the current account deficit shrank, lessening  pressure on monetary policy and the need for capital  inflows. 
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      NIGERIA MARKETS  Nigeria's naira currency firmed against the dollar on the interbank  market to its strongest level in more than a week on Thursday, after  the central bank intervened in the market several times, traders said.   
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      KENYA MARKETS  Kenyan shares halted an eight-session slide and the shilling rose after  the government allayed concerns that plans to re-introduce a tax on  capital gains would dull the appeal of equities and other asset  classes.  
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      UGANDA OIL  Uganda is aiming for commercial output of oil by 2016 at the earliest,  as the landlocked east African nation seeks cheaper energy and funds  for infrastructure projects  
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      SOUTH SUDAN INFLATION  South Sudan's annual inflation dropped to 9.2 percent in May, down from  16 percent in April, as the cost of food and beverages decreased,  official data showed on Wednesday.  
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      SOUTH SUDAN BUDGET  South Sudan's government has proposed a 17.33 billion South Sudanese  pound ($5.6 billion) budget for the 2013/2014 fiscal year starting next  month, a minister said on Wednesday, expecting oil flows to continue  despite a row with Sudan.  
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      NAMIBIA CENTRAL BANK RATE  Namibia's central bank kept its main lending rate unchanged at 5.5  percent for the fifth straight meeting on Wednesday, saying inflation  was stable but the economy needed support from the impact of the euro  zone recession.  
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      FAN MILK ACQUISITION  Dubai private equity group Abraaj said on Wednesday it will acquire  African dairy firm Fan Milk International, tapping into fast rising  consumer spending in six west African countries.  
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      SOMALIA ATTACK  Islamist militants carried out a deadly assault on the main U.N.  compound in the Somali capital on Wednesday, dealing a blow to fragile  security gains that have allowed a slow return of foreign aid workers  and diplomats.  
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