insert_link Africa Binance to stop transactions in Nigeria Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is ending all transactions and trading in Nigeria's local currency after 8 March 2024. This after Nigeria clamped down on the global crypto exchange, blaming it for feeding a black market for foreign exchange. Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja. today6 March, 2024
Africa Wet weather and disease hit African cocoa farmers, push up prices Cocoa farmers across West Africa are monitoring the progress of several plant diseases that are ruining crops on a vast scale and pushing up the global price of cacao, the raw material for making chocolate, to record levels. Ivory Coast and its neighbour Ghana, together supply more than half of the world’s demand for cocoa. On his farm, 250 km northwest of Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan, Olivier Gnakomene realised […] today6 March, 2024
insert_link Africa Sanef calls for big tech companies to be held accountable, Namibia’s Competition Commission agrees The South African National Editors’ Forum has asked the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry, initiated by the Competition Commission of South Africa to consider getting Big Tech to look at fair compensation for using South African media content. Presentations were made by Chris Mcinga and Izak Minnaar, largely speaking on behalf of community media and the Press Council of SA. The Commission told SANEF that “X” (formerly Twitter) has […] today5 March, 2024
insert_link Africa Ghana’s finance ministry asks President not to sign anti-LGBTQ+ bill Ghana's finance ministry has advised against the President's approval of a recent anti-LGBT bill passed by parliament, cautioning potential repercussions including the loss of $3.8bn in World Bank funding over five to six years. The bill, if signed, imposes jail terms for identifying as or promoting LGBT+ activities, sparking opposition from rights activist Linda Baumann. In a highly unusual move, the warning from the finance ministry was leaked to several […] today5 March, 2024
insert_link Africa US imposes new sanctions on Zimbabwe The US has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption and human rights abuses. The order, according to the BBC, also affects other senior leaders in the country - blocking their assets in the US and barring them from unofficial travel there. The new sanctions replace a broader programme that was introduced two decades ago. The White House said, “We continue to witness gross abuses of political, economic, […] today5 March, 2024
insert_link Africa Nigeria fines cryptocurrency trading company Nigeria has slammed a 10 billion dollar fine on cryptocurrency trading firm, Binance. It says the firm manipulated foreign exchange rates through currency speculation and rate fixing. Tesem Akende reports. today4 March, 2024
insert_link Africa My parents are from two different African countries: study shows how this shapes identity More than a third of migration in sub-Saharan Africa happens within the continent. This mixing of people means that some children have parents of different national origins. Yet not enough is known about the lives of these children: how they form their identity and what impact migration has on them. The majority of research on second generation African immigrants focuses on understanding their experiences in the global north. Our research […] today3 March, 2024
insert_link Africa ICC awards $56 million reparations in Ongwen case The International Criminal Court has awarded reparations worth over 56 million dollars to victims in the case involving a former Ugandan rebel commander. Dominic Ongwen was a top commander in the Lord's Resistance Army; a militia rebel group that conducted a two-decades-long rebellion in Northern Uganda. Leon Ssenyange reports. today29 February, 2024
insert_link Africa Local activist opposes Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation Ghana's parliament has approved a bill criminalising LGBTQ+ identity and the formation or funding of LGBTQ+ groups, punishable by up to three to five years in prison, respectively. The bill will come into effect only if President Nana Akufo-Addo signs it into law. Linda Baumann an activist for the rights of women, and the LGBTQI community says the bill should not be enacted into law. today29 February, 2024
