The Finance Minister has told Parliament that $8.9 million was spent to print the new ¢100 and ¢200 notes. Responding to questions on the Floor of Parliament on Tuesday, Ken Ofori-Atta said $5.39 million has already been paid. “Information obtained from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) shows that the cost of printing the ¢100 and … Read more
President Paul Kagame has called upon Rwandans to showcase discipline and not to panic in the wake of the country’s confirmation of its first case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Ministry of Health on Saturday announced that an Indian citizen who arrived from Mumbai, India, on March 8, tested positive of COVID-19, making Rwanda … Read more
Uganda’s finance ministry has asked the Ugandan embassy in China to refund money sent “erroneously” to their account, after it emerged they sent almost ten times more than planned. The Ugandan Cabinet had approved $61,800 (£47,700) to be sent to China for students in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. But the education ministry … Read more
One of the two men declared president of Guinea-Bissau has resigned from the post after just one full day in office, saying his life was in danger. “I have no security… My life is in danger, the life of my family is in danger, the life of this people is in danger. I cannot accept … Read more