ETHIOPIA’S CENTRAL BANK CAUTIONS AGAINST TRADING IN DIGITAL CURRENCIES

ETHIOPIA’S CENTRAL BANK CAUTIONS AGAINST TRADING IN DIGITAL CURRENCIES

Faith Nyasuguta  While the Central Africa Republic took a bold step months ago to legalise digital currency(Bitcoin), Ethiopia’s central bank has cautioned citizens against engaging in “illegal” transactions in digital currencies. The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) said digital currencies like crypto-currencies and bitcoins haven’t been recognized by the institution as a transactional and payment […]

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 BRITAIN LGBTQ MIGRANTS FEAR BEING SENT TO RWANDA

BRITAIN LGBTQ MIGRANTS FEAR BEING SENT TO RWANDA

Faith Nyasuguta  With Britain pushing ahead with plans to send migrants to Rwanda, Hadi, a gay asylum-seeker who fled Iraq, says ut would be better if he were sentenced to death. A controversial law passed in April details UK plans to send asylum-seekers deemed to have arrived illegally on British soil to Rwanda, an East […]

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 TALKS TO END SUDAN CRISIS COMMENCE AMID  ANTI-COUP GROUPS BOYCOTT

TALKS TO END SUDAN CRISIS COMMENCE AMID ANTI-COUP GROUPS BOYCOTT

Faith Nyasuguta  Talks seeking to end Sudan’s ongoing political deadlock have kicked off, according to the United Nations. The nation’s main pro-democracy alliance is boycotting the meeting following a continued police crackdown on those protesting last October’s military coup. The U.N. political mission in Sudan, the African Union, and the eight-nation East African regional group […]

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 SUDAN PATIENTS FEEL THE PAIN OF POLITICAL TURMOIL

SUDAN PATIENTS FEEL THE PAIN OF POLITICAL TURMOIL

Faith Nyasuguta  Sudan’s patients requiring urgent medical care are feeling the pinch of the ongoing political turmoil, as well as high-level inflation, as the price of drugs hits the roof. The combination of the two issues have seen prices of basic medicine rise uncontrollably as ordinary citizens struggle to use the ever-weakening Sudanese pound to […]

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