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Nigeria’s naira plunges to record lows as citizens react to govt’s redesign plan

Nigeria’s currency, the naira, has dropped to a record low against the US dollar as Nigerians scramble to stockpile the greenback ahead of a redesign of naira notes. It has been just over a week since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced its plan to redesign the country’s highest paper denominations – the 200-, […]

Morocco, Belgium discuss security & intelligence cooperation to counter terror threats

Security cooperation between Morocco and Belgium were at the center of talks held Monday in Rabat between Abdellatif Hammouchi, Chief of national police & domestic intelligence agency and Head of Belgium State Security (VSSE) Francisca Bostyn. They discussed ways of countering terrorist threats regionally and internationally, particularly in the Sahel region. The two parties stressed […]

Traoré appointed Burkina Faso’s president amid concerns he could ally with Russia

Captain Ibrahim Traoré was appointed president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday (5 October), less than a week after the latest coup that deposed Damiba amid growing violence in the Sahel. The Sahel country plunged into political turmoil on 30 September after the second coup in less than nine months that saw a group of officers […]