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CAR postpones local, regional election to July 2023

Central African Republic (CAR) authorities have postponed local and regional elections initially slated for January 23 to July 16 same year. The Strategic Committee to Support the Electoral Process, a committee encompassing the state and National Elections Authority (ANE), made the announcement after a meeting with the country’s Premier Félix Moloua. “We have established a […]

Africa’s dollar drought pushes more continent’s countries to economic crises

Africa is in the grip of a dollar drought and the current continent-wide scarcity of the US dollar is further pushing many already beleaguered African countries into deeper economic crises, according to a new Bloomberg report. Several Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, including Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania, have for several months experienced shortages of the […]

Crime & drugs: New alarming trends face West, Central Africa – UNODC

West and Central Africa faces “disruptive and destabilising” new trends regarding drug trafficking, drug use and other crimes, warned Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). “UNODC is registering new alarming trends on drug trafficking in West and Central Africa with disruptive and destabilizing effects on governance, security, […]