Image Source Sierra Leone on Friday introduced a new family of banknotes, stripping three zeros off the leone, in a bid to restore confidence in the inflation-hit national currency. The Read More..
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Ghana to make U-turn and ask IMF for help for its economy
Image Source Ghana, one of West Africa’s largest economies, will hold formal talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a support package, the government has said, only days after Read More..
Belgium returns Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to family 61 years after his murder
Image Source Belgian authorities have returned a tooth of the murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba to his children, in a new move towards recognition of atrocities that accompanied the Read More..
Glencore unit pleads guilty to bribery in Africa
Image Source A British subsidiary of Glencore (LON: GLEN) formally pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the seven charges of bribery brought against the mining and commodities trader by the UK Read More..
Next AFRICOM leader could be the first Black four-star general in Marine Corps history
Image Source Lt. Gen. Michael Langley, a Marine with experience commanding American forces in Africa, has been recommended to serve as the next leader of U.S. Africa Command, The New Read More..
Threat of being sent to Rwanda ‘harming health of UK asylum seekers’
Image Source Ministers’ threats to send unauthorised migrants to Rwanda are having a detrimental impact on the physical and psychological health of people seeking asylum, according to two major refugee Read More..