This week, the International Bank of Somalia (IBS) introduced a first into Somalia’s financial services: a Visa card. The international card will not only offer Somalis a quick and convenient […]
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The United Nations Security Council tackled a bitter regional dispute on Thursday over a massive dam built by Ethiopia on the main tributary of the Nile River. Thursday’s open session
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South Sudan is struggling with how to advance, fund and staff a potentially lucrative oil sector that could provide a much-needed economic foothold in the impoverished country. After South Sudan’s
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The central bank announced the introduction of a new 50-dollar note, the country’s highest denomination, worth only around US$0.60. Insufficient to pay even for a loaf of bread, the bill’s
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Justice Minister Ronald Lamola told journalists outside Estcourt Correctional Centre, where Zuma is being held, that the former leader would be eligible for parole in four months. Zuma had initially
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Most nations are born in a flurry of optimism. South Sudan was no different. Ahead of its independence day on July 9th 2011, Salva Kiir, the country’s first and only
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The United Nations Security Council tackled a bitter regional dispute on Thursday over a massive dam built by Ethiopia on the main tributary of the Nile River. Thursday’s open session
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Many young people are getting access to secondary education and an increasing number also university education. An increasing share of youth in Africa are university students, 9% in 2018. In
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When Nigerian Georgia Oboh began playing golf, she struggled to identify role models in her sport, so she took inspiration from elsewhere — in particular, from tennis greats Serena Williams
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An official inquiry in Mozambique has confirmed reports of forced prostitution in a women’s prison in the capital, Maputo. The government set up a commission of inquiry last month to
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