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Chaotic cash shortage at ATMs force Nigerians to wait hours for $43
Nigeria is staring at chaos as ATMs in Africa’s biggest economy run out of new notes, days before a deadline that will render high-value currency ... World News -
Children injured in Sierra Leone stadium accident during event attended by president
Children were injured Thursday when a railing collapsed at a stadium in southern Sierra Leone where the president and first lady were holding a ... World News -
Finance constraints lifted for DP World’s $1.1 bln port in Senegal: President
Senegal’s President Macky Sall said on Thursday that financing is in place to enable construction to begin in earnest on a $1.13 billion deep-water ... World News -
Factbox: Nigeria’s election; when is the vote and what’s at stake
Voters in Africa’s biggest economy and most populous nation are heading to the polls on Feb. 25 to elect a new president and lawmakers amid growing ... World News -
Nigerian ex-senator accused of organ harvesting appears in UK court
Nigeria’s former deputy senate president and his wife appeared in a London court on Tuesday ahead of their trial for organ harvesting, but his accused ... World News -
Nigeria’s Buhari visits stronghold amid riots over currency swap
An angry mob clashed with police Monday in the northern Nigerian city of Kano to protest a visit by President Muhammadu Buhari, as anger grew over a ... World News -
Development partners commit $30 bln to food production in Africa
Development partners have committed $30 billion to boost food production in Africa over the next five years, said Akinwumi Adesina, president of the ... World News -
Senegal seizes cocaine off coast of Dakar
A Senegalese naval patrol boat seized 800 kilograms (1,763 pounds) of cocaine aboard a vessel 335 kilometers (208 miles) off the country’s capital, ... World News -
Burkina Faso cuts French military ties in extremist fight
Burkina Faso ended its military collaboration with France, the second West African nation to sever defense links that were forged to combat a ... World News -
Yellen, at former slave port, sees path of renewal for US, Africa
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday spoke of the “unspeakable cruelty” and enduring consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but said ... Africa
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