<div>UPDATE 1-South Africa's MTN sticks to medium-term forecast as earnings rise</div> <!-- no image --> <div>South Africa's MTN Group stuck to its medium-term forecast on Thursday, unlike some other companies, as it posted higher core earnings for the first quarter of 2020.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=YZEiCwqYlp0:bbj__nXaCp0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=YZEiCwqYlp0:bbj__nXaCp0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=YZEiCwqYlp0:bbj__nXaCp0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=YZEiCwqYlp0:bbj__nXaCp0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=YZEiCwqYlp0:bbj__nXaCp0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/YZEiCwqYlp0" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters