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ZIMBABWE: How do you rein in 231 million percent inflation?

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Zimbabwe's official annual inflation rate reached 231 million percent in early October, from the July estimate of 11.2 million percent, and the...

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Alleged Visa Dealer in court

africa » gambia

Friday, October 10, 2008

One Hagie Sillah of Bundung was recently arraigned before acting principal Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrates’ Court charged...

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Oxfam condemns lethargic reaction to global food crisis – Billions of vital funds missing

africa

Thursday, September 25, 2008

As world leaders meet in New York at a special Summit on poverty, aid agency Oxfam slammed the lack of urgency by the international community in...

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WEST AFRICA: Mixed report card in 2008 corruption index

africa

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Nine West African countries shot up while nine others sank lower in the 2008 Transparency International (TI) ranking of perceptions of corruption in...

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Oley Sey Has Case to Answer, Says Magistrate George

africa » gambia

Picture: Oley Sey

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Magistrate Lamin George of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court yesterday ruled that the accused persons Oley Sey and Abdou Rahman Bah both have a case to...

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GLOBAL: What happens to aid money?

africa

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Tired of navigating the often-secretive donor funding world, a group of international non-profits have launched the Publish What You Fund (PWYF)...

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2 Cameroonians docked for fraud

africa » gambia » kanifing

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Two Cameroonian nationals, Muhamad Kuruma and Tony Emeli, were, on Monday, arraigned before Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbake of the Kanifing...

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Oley’s Lawyer Makes No-Case-to-Answer Application

africa » gambia

Picture: Oley Sey

Monday, September 22, 2008

The defence counsel Lamin Camara in the ongoing trial of Oley Sey and Abdou Rahman Bah last Friday declared that his client Oley Sey had no case to...

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ZIMBABWE: Local currency becomes an endangered species

africa » zimbabwe » harare

Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Zimbabwe dollar moved one step closer to extinction after the central bank authorised the use of foreign currency as legal tender in the country...

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Four in fraud saga

africa » gambia » bundung

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Four youths, Lamin Sisoho, Kali Bah, Morro Saidybah and Cherno Sissoho, appeared before Magistrate BO Jobe, at the Bundung Magistrates Court, charged...

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