Somalia is normally a top exporter of livestock to the Middle East, especially during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. But a record drought in the Horn of Africa has wiped out millions of livestock, leaving Somali livestock farmers struggling — some …

BANJUI— Cryptocurrencies are the solution to tackling financial exclusion in the Central African Republic, its President Faustin-Archange Touadera said, citing the cost of opening bank accounts.“The alternative to cash is cryptocurrency,” Touadera said…

KAMPALA— President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda and Cuba would benefit a great deal if they exchanged each other’s goods and services.Museveni made the remarks while meeting with a Cuban delegation led by the minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodri…

NAIROBI, KENYA — East African leaders meeting in Kenya have agreed to deploy a Kenya-led regional security force to stop the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Weeks of fighting between DRC troops and rebels has raised tensions…

WASHINGTON— The International Monetary Fund has agreed to extend the duration of a crucial aid package to Somalia, following a long-overdue presidential election last weekend.The three-year $400m aid package from the IMF had been set to automatically e…

NAIROBI, Provision of quality and affordable healthcare services to women, children and adolescents in Africa’s conflict hotspots will be a priority, to avert a humanitarian crisis, senior officials said at a virtual forum.Margaret Agama-Anyetei, actin…

KHARTOUM – The World Bank has notified the Sudanese authorities that, it would resume funding projects to support the poor people in Sudan, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry announced yesterday.“The Finance Minister, Jibril Ibrahim, has been informed that …

The Cameroon-headquartered Bank of Central African States (BEAC) has urged the Central African Republic (CAR) to annul a law it passed in late April that made the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender. The bank warned in a letter made public last week th…