The Bank of Central African States, also known as Banque des Etats de I’Afrique Centrale (BEAC), this week said the prices of 28 commodities exported by the six states of the regional bloc (CEMAC) accounting for 90% of export values, declined by 6.2% during the first quarter of 2019. The regional bloc consists of Cameroon, […]
The Catholic Church in Burkina Faso announced Tuesday the assassination of one of its priests, at Soro, northwest of the insecurity-plagued country, by unidentified armed men. The father abbot, identified as Jacques Yaro Zerbo, was killed on Dédougou-Gassan road on Monday, reported Anadolu News Agency, quoting a security source. The region where Dédougou diocese is […]
Nigeria is facing a record reduction in oil production, dropping from the first largest producer in Africa to the fourth, behind Angola, Algeria and Libya, according to the latest report of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The monthly oil market report for August, published by the oil cartel OPEC, showed that Nigeria’s production […]
