Somalia’s Dollar Dependence Highlights Unfinished Central Bank Reforms MOGADISHU, Somalia — More than 30 years after Somalia’s monetary system collapsed, the country still has no functioning national currency—a reality that is putting…
Suspected perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic (CAR), including senior officials, risk evading justice unless…
Mogadishu (AX) — The Shabelle River has climbed past the high flood-risk mark in Jowhar and is only centimeters from bankfull, prompting…
More than 250 tons of medical products were confiscated in Central Africa over six years, according to a new UN report highlighting…
A former Seleka rebel commander has been convicted by the International Criminal Court of four charges, including torture and persecution, for crimes…
More than 15 million registered voters head to the polls Wednesday to choose representatives to the country’s lower house of parliament—the first…
Somalia’s mobile-money revolution has delivered one of the country’s most important private-sector successes. It has reduced the cost of transactions, expanded financial…
At least 107 labourers have died after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in Zamboye, western Central African Republic, with the death toll…
At least 100 people have been killed after a landslide tore through an illegal gold mine in the Central African Republic near…
France has opened disciplinary proceedings against its ambassador to the Central African Republic over allegations that he hosted sexual encounters with several…
The Ebola outbreak tearing through central Africa was already well advanced by the time health officials identified it, the head of the…
