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Zimbabwe Ends Decade of Dollarization in New Currency Reform
HARARE, ZIMABABWE – Zimbabwe made its interim currency the country’s sole legal tender on Monday, ending a decade of dollarization and taking a another step towards relaunching the Zimbabwean dollar.
The central bank also hiked …
Refugee Women in Cameroon Empowered by Mobile Money
GADO REFUGEE CAMP, CAMEROON – In refugee camps in Cameroon, food aid has been replaced by mobile money payments. The system allows refugees to choose what food they buy and allows women to rely less …
Families Headed by Refugee Children Too Common in Uganda Camps
ADJUMANI, UGANDA – Uganda hosts Africa’s largest refugee population � one-and-a-quarter million � and 36,000 of them are unaccompanied and separated children.
In 2013, sixteen-year-old Salila Miyala’s family fled fighting in South Sudan to a …
Families Headed by Refugee Children Too Common in Uganda Camps
ADJUMANI, UGANDA – Uganda hosts Africa’s largest refugee population � one-and-a-quarter million � and 36,000 of them are unaccompanied and separated children.
In 2013, sixteen-year-old Salila Miyala’s family fled fighting in South Sudan to a …
Algeria Army Chief Says ‘Certain Parties’ Seeking Constitutional Vacuum
ALGIERS – Algeria’s army chief of staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah on Tuesday accused some parties of favoring a constitutional vacuum in order to prolong the country’s political crisis.
Veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped …
Ethiopia Plans to Privatize Key State Enterprises
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s finance minister says the government is preparing to privatize some state-owned entities. However, the plan to sell off parts of the country’s once-guarded crown jewels is getting a mixed reaction.
At …
Zimbabwe: Zapu Under Siege, Leaders Allege Being Hunted By CIO, Military
Mthulisi Hanana, the director of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation is on the run, officials at Zapu have claimed.
Hanana reportedly slipped out of the country after being tailed by suspected State security agents for days …
Zimbabwe: Zapu Under Siege, Leaders Allege Being Hunted By CIO, Military
Mthulisi Hanana, the director of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation is on the run, officials at Zapu have claimed.
Hanana reportedly slipped out of the country after being tailed by suspected State security agents for days …
Zimbabwe: Zapu Under Siege, Leaders Allege Being Hunted By CIO, Military
Mthulisi Hanana, the director of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation is on the run, officials at Zapu have claimed.
Hanana reportedly slipped out of the country after being tailed by suspected State security agents for days …
