Ghana: 3 week striking doctors resume work today
Members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) who embarked on a three-week long strike to demand codified conditions of service will resume work on Monday. […]
Month: August 2015
Kenya plans to borrow $328 million to finance Mombasa port expansion
The Kenya Ports Authority plans to borrow 34 billion shillings ($328 million) to finance the expansion of East Africa’s biggest harbor on the southeast coast, […]
Senegal-Gabon: BGFI Bank officially begins operations
Gabonese lender BGFI Bank SA, which operates in 10 countries, announced in a press release having officially started its activities in Senegal after winning a […]
Malawi: New mineral deposits discovered
Malawi government announced that new mineral deposits had been discovered in a $30-million geophysical survey sponsored by the World Bank and the European Union. The […]
CAR: A religious clash kills 10 in Bambari town
Ten people were killed and five others injured on Friday in religious clashes in the Central African Republic town of Bambari, police said. The violence […]
Kenya announces plans to stabilize currency
Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich promised further steps, including cutting the budget deficit, to stabilise the currency after a 12 percent fall against the dollar […]
Botswana: 2015 growth forecast down to 2.6%
Botswana split its 2015 growth forecast due to expected weakness in the diamond market, the finance ministry said in a 2016/17 budget strategy paper on […]
Senegal court denies ex-president’s son appeal
The son of Senegal’s former President Abdoulaye Wade lost a bid to be freed from his six-year prison sentence when the Supreme Court rejected an […]
Guinea Bissau’s Jose Mario Vaz appoints new PM to end crisis
Guinea Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz named a new prime minister on Thursday in a bid to end a power vacuum after he dismissed Domingos […]
Morocco: Refugees have to abide by local laws, respect national, religious values
The refugees who flee the insecurity and instability in their native countries and manage to enter Morocco are welcome provided that they abide by Moroccan […]