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Category: Africa
Madagascar: Central Bank Chief resigns, successor named
Henri Rabarijohn, the governor of Madagascar’s Central Bank (BFM)) has stepped down from his position on health conditions ground. President Andry Rajoelina has accepted the ... Read More
Equatorial Guinea’s leader slams Spain for “interference” as its court opens probe into alleged torture
Equatorial Guinea's Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, who is also the son of the president, has accused the country’s former colonial power Spain of „interference" ... Read More
Mali: five people killed in rare attack near capital Bamako
Armed men Monday (2 January) attacked a civil defense post in a small southwest town in Mali in what was a rare attack near the ... Read More
Spain busts criminal organization sending hazardous electronic waste to several African countries
The Spanish Customs and Civil Guard announced that they dismantled an organization that had sent more than 5,000 tons of hazardous electronic waste from the ... Read More
Uganda: Entertainment players to be registered on tax identification list
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has directed persons earning an income from entertainment activities to get tax identification numbers, reports say. Per the directive, failure to ... Read More
Mali, Brazil committed to bolster cooperation in security, agriculture, livestock breeding
Mali and Brazil are committed to deepen their bilateral cooperation in the fields of security, agriculture and livestock breeding as Bamako is concerned with security ... Read More
Zimbabwe slow in implementing UN Minamata Convention to stop using toxic mercury
Zimbabwe joined gold miners from Indonesia to Peru last year by ratifying the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international treaty adopted in 2013, ... Read More
Shares trading in indebted Kenya Airways suspended for another year as restructuring falters
Trading in Kenya Airways shares has been suspended for another year, as the indebted national carrier battles to return to profitability and the country's president ... Read More
Somalia: Twin car bombs targeting military kill at least 15 people
Somalian police said two suicide car bombers killed at least 15 people in the Hiraan region in a terrorist attack Wednesday. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for ... Read More
Mozambique replaces Kenya as non-permanent member of UN SC
Mozambique, Ecuador, Japan, Malta and Switzerland received a formal welcome as non-permanent members into the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, January 3, taking the ... Read More