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Libya Central Bank prints 60 billion dinars to maintain cash flow, replace old notes

The Central Bank of Libya announced on Tuesday, 14 October 2025 that it has contracted to print 60 billion Libyan dinars (approximately 11.03 billion U.S. dollars) to sustain liquidity as it phases out old banknotes. The Tripoli-based institution described the move as a precautionary measure to replace the 1, 5 and 20 dinar notes with […]

African climate summit in Kenya aims to catapult continent to green energy leadership

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS) that officially opened in Nairobi on Monday (4 September) has been hailed as an “unparalleled opportunity” to benefit from action to tackle global warming. The ACS comes ahead of a flurry of diplomatic meetings leading to the November COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates, which will likely […]

Japanese Premier to be absent at TICAD 8 summit in Tunisia

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will miss the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) summit planned to take place late this month in Tunis, after the Japanese state-run news Kyodo News announced he contracted COVID-19. Kishida tested positive to the virus on Sunday at the end of his summer break. He, commenced working […]