• USA

    Korea’s trade surplus with US under Trump down 34 percent

    South Korea’s trade surplus with the US fell roughly 34 percent on-year in the first four months of 2017, amid the new U

  • USA Kenya

    Armed groups targeting civilians in Central African Republic

    Source: Human Rights Watch Country: Central African RepublicApparent reprisal killings over the past three months have left at least 45 people dead and at least 11,000 displaced, Human Rights Watch said.Violence Spikes in Central Region (Nairobi) – Armed groups fighting for control of a central province in the Central African Republic have targeted civilians ...

  • USA

    Mobilizing communities to improve nutrition in Mali

    Source: Action Against Hunger USA Country: MaliAction Against Hunger’s program aims to empower community health workers to spot the warning signs of malnutrition and get early treatment to prevent children from becoming seriously ill in the first place.Local health champions deliver big impact “A few weeks ago, my daughter Awa became very ...

  • Ghana Nigeria

    Nigeria’s tax to GDP ratio unacceptably low – Adeosun

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said that the nation’s tax to Gross Domestic Product ratio, which is currently put at six per cent, is one of the lowest in the world. She said with such a ratio, which is less than the 15 per ...

  • Angola Nigeria

    World Bank blames Nigeria’s forex crisis on fixed exchange regime

    Everest Amaefule, Abuja The World Bank has blamed Nigeria’s enduring foreign exchange instability on the fixed exchange regime in the official forex market. In a publication on African economies titled: ‘Africa’s Pulse,’ the World Bank singled out Nigeria and Angola as two countries that had yet to experience stability in ...

  • Nigeria

    ‘CBN loan blocking our access to finance’

    Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Power distribution companies in the country on Monday said part of the N201.6bn Central Bank of Nigeria loan reflecting on their accounts had been an impediment to their ability to borrow money to finance capital projects. According to them, the CBN’s N152.16bn loan reflecting on their accounts ...

  • Nigeria

    Will Nigeria get out of recession in Q3 as CBN predicted?

    I don’t know what indicators they are looking at. I don’t think it is justified because from all critical indicators – inflation, level of ease of doing business, and the power situation that has even compounded most of the problems – there is no sign that all is well. I ...

  • USA Nigeria

    Naira may trade around 390/dollar amid CBN interventions

    Oyetunji Abioye The naira will trade around 390 against the United States dollar this week as the Central Bank of Nigeria continues the spate of dollar sale. According to economic and currency experts, the local currency may close the week slightly above or below the 390/dollar mark. They argued that ...

  • USA

    Little Progress On East Africa Tax Regime Talks

    [East African] East Africa's Finance ministers have scheduled a meeting in Arusha next month to broker a deal on the enforcement of a uniform tax regime that some partner states fear could lead to loss of revenue.

  • USA

    Region Lay Ground for Single Currency

    [East African] The East African Community has moved a step closer to attaining a Monetary Union after the Council of Ministers adopted two key Bills that will help the partner states to progressively establish a single currency.