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[Seychelles News Agency] Mike Tirant is the new second deputy governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) for a six-year mandate with effect as of August 15. Source

[The Point] After a closed-door fruitful discussion that lasted for over five hours, Gambian authorities and their Senegalese counterparts have agreed to the continuation of the e-tracking system for Senegalese trucks in transit in the country to pay escort charges at the point of entry. Source

[New Times] MTN Rwanda Plc’s profit after tax fell by 307.1 per cent in the first half of 2024 to a loss of Rwf10.5 billion, despite posting a 7.5 per cent growth in total subscriber base to 7.5 million in the same period. Source

[Premium Times] More countries appear to be backing Morocco’s plan for ‘autonomy’ rather than independence for Western Sahara, but will that be enough? Source

[Mo Ibrahim Foundation] One year after the coup in Niger which took place on 26 July 2023, Ibrahim Prize Laureate and former President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou has, for the first time, explicitly condemned the coup, in a letter issued following a formal request from the Ibrahim Prize Committee of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Source

[AIM] Maputo — The average level of prices in Mozambican cities fell by 0.05 per cent in July, according to the latest figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Source

[MAP] Rabat — Minister of Health and Social Protection Khalid Ait Taleb held a meeting on Friday with the scientific committee to examine developments in the epidemiological situation of Mpox at national and international level. Source

[Government of Mauritius] A sensitisation campaign to inform the public about the dangers associated with an alligator Fish and the legal implications of importing such prohibited species, was forganised, today, by the Ministry of Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping, today, at the Albion Fisheries Research Centre. Source

[WFP] Dakar — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a food aid contribution of 11,520 MT of rice from the Republic of Korea to meet the emergency food and nutrition needs of 81,600 Malian refugees and 287,000 school children across Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Sierra Leone. This contribution is particularly crucial in a … Devamını oku

[Vanguard] Nigeria on Tuesday handed over the Vice-Chairmanship seat of the World Customs Organisation (WCO), West Africa and Central Region, to Mali. Source