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Cameroon’s Economy Suffers as Boko Haram Infiltrates Country By Ngala Killian Chimtom YAOUNDE - Ahmadou Lamine has been forced to close his business selling fuel imported from Nigeria, known locally as "zoa-zoa", because of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram. MORE >>
New Libya Off to a Shaky Start By Mike Elkin BENGHAZI - It's been almost a year since Benghazi launched its uprising against former Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi and three months since he was killed, but there is a growing sense of frustration in eastern Libya with the National Transitional Council. Two weeks ago, a group of protesters attacked the Council’s Benghazi headquarters as chairman Mustafa Abdeljalil was inside, forcing him to flee through the back door. MORE >>
Malawi’s Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE - The black market for foreign exchange and fuel is booming in the midst of an acute scarcity in Malawi. The shortage is so severe that even the Consumer Association of Malawi, an influential consumer rights body, has come out in support of the black market. MORE >>
SIERRA LEONE Government Online Mining Database to Increase Transparency By Mustapha Dumbuya and Damon Van der Linde FREETOWN - The launch of Sierra Leone’s first online mining database in West Africa comes with a promise to increase transparency and accountability in the country’s rich natural resource sector. MORE >>
ZAMBIA Chinese Underage Sex Scandal Sparks Emotive Debate By Lewis Mwanangombe LUSAKA - Zhang Daliu, 46, a carpenter from China never imagined himself in the dreadful confines of a stinking and overcrowded Zambian jail where conditions are so terrible that they lead to gastronomic disorders and skin diseases within days of confinement. MORE >>
UGANDA Rural Women’s Banks Ease Tough Times By Wambi Michael WAKISO, Uganda - For most Ugandan women, obtaining a commercial loan to start a business has been very difficult. Many do not have the required collateral of land title deeds and many cannot afford the interest rates charged by commercial banks. MORE >>
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN - If there was no HIV/AIDS, South Africa would have 4.4 million more people than today, the size of a major city. This significant slow-down in population growth is causing a slow down in economic growth and resulting in social ills, researchers warn. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE To Yuan or Not to Yuan, That is the Question By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO - From downtown shops that stock cheap clothing and shoes that fall apart after one wear, to mining concessions in platinum, gold and diamonds - the Chinese finger is now in virtually every Zimbabwean pie. MORE >>
MAURITIUS The Decline of Consumer Cooperatives By Nasseem Ackbarally PORT-LOUIS - Amateurism, high prices, mismanagement, and a limited product range have discouraged Inderjeet Rajcoomarsingh, the former chairman of the Mauritius Agricultural Cooperative Federation, from shopping at cooperative stores. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE Street Vendors’ Protest Sparking a Revolution By Stanley Kwenda HARARE - There are some unlikely comparisons between the work lives of Mohammed Bouazizi, the Tunisian fruit seller who sparked the Arab revolution, and Francis Tachirev, a fruit seller in Zimbabwe. MORE >>
Woe Betide the Return of the Zimbabwean Dollar By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO - Tinashe Zuze’s story is a typical one of Zimbabwe’s professionals who have shunned formal employment. Instead of working for someone else, Zuze left his job as a bank teller and entered into the world of "wheeling and dealing" in illegal foreign currency. MORE >>
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is a regional arm of the UN with 53 African member states. Its primary responsibility is to encourage the growth of the economic and social sectors of the continent.
