BURKINA FASO:
Agricultural Campaign in Burkina Faso: 30,000 Hectares of Crops Destroyed by Legionary Caterpillars: "The legionary caterpillars have emerged in some localities in Burkina Faso during the current crop year. These plant-destroying insects would have devastated more than 30,000 hectares (Ha) of crops. According to the Director of Plant Protection and Packaging (DPVC), Moussa Ouattara, who spoke on the matter, the affected agricultural lands are mainly those devoted to the cultivation of maize, sorghum, and rice. "The damage could be more serious given that the government is still in the evaluation phase in the affected areas," he noted. According to Mr. Ouattara, the government injected 1.3 billion CFA francs into the distribution of insecticides to combat the scourge and asked producers to acquire, at their own expense, products for the treatment of their fields..."
A New Cooperation Framework Between Burkina Faso and FAO: "Burkina Faso and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a new country programming framework (CPP) 2017-2020 with the amount of 90.3 million dollars, APA learned from the Ministry of Agriculture. This document will guide FAO's actions in the country over the next four years. Of the total amount, 13.5 million are already vested. This cooperation framework, which succeeds the first CPP implemented in 2013-2015, targets three fields of intervention: securing food and nutrition, improving the incomes of rural populations through sustainable and efficient agricultural and food systems, governing the rural sector..."
SENEGAL:
Approval of the Transfer of Tigo to Wari by the State: The Ministry of Telecommunications of Senegal Not Yet Notified: "The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has not yet been notified of any decree approving the transfer of the Tigo operator to the Wari platform. In any case, until yesterday at around 4:30 pm, it was not done. This what was revealed by the director of ICT interviewed by private radio RFM. However, without denying the existence or otherwise of the document, Chérif Diallo acknowledged that the services of Yaya Abdoul Kane did write a draft decree which aimed to validate the transaction. Only, if ever the decree existed, how to justify it? How to justify the approval of an agreement broken by one of the parties, namely the Millicom group? This is simple from the point of view of Mr. Diallo..."
GABON:
Key Administrations on Strike, Paralyzed Economy: "On Wednesday, the civil servants of several services of the sector, including Taxes, Customs, Treasury, and Hydrocarbons, have started a three-day warning strike aimed at forcing the government to pay them the months of arrears of their premiums. Having formed an intersyndicale to be better heard, the staff in question held a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Economy in Libreville. "We claim 3 months of premium arrears and 5 months of bonuses... we have come here to tell the Government to open the dialogue, but we found the portal closed by policemen," said Erisco Wilfried Ossialas Mvou, the spokesman for the strikers. According to him, this warning strike is intended to draw the attention of the Government to the matter and to bring it to an early stage to deal with the problems facing the officials of these Ministries..."
ZIMBABWE:
Economy: "The Return of the National Currency Is Not Coming Soon" [Central Bank of Zimbabwe]: ""Zimbabwe will continue to use foreign currencies until these economic fundamentals improve. This includes budget deficit and business confidence." The statement comes from the governor of Zimbabwean Central Bank, John Mangudya, whose institution printed so much banknotes between 2007 and 2008 as the economic situation deteriorated and inflation peaked. In 2008, the rate of inflation has reached... 231,000,000% (yes, you read well!). Zimbabwe abandoned its own dollar in 2009 after hyperinflation that made it unusable. It then began using a host of foreign currencies, including the US dollar and the South African rand. The Chinese yuan was then added to the currencies basket..."
CAMEROON:
Banks: Ecobank Reacts to the Rumor About Its Departure from Cameroon: "Since the beginning of this week, media reports indicate an imminent departure of Ecobank from Cameroon. Messages have even circulated on social networks, inviting customers of the bank to withdraw their savings before it is "too late". This rumor has its source of a statement from the bank, a decade ago, which announced the downsizing and closure of some of its branches. A strategy to reduce crowding in physical agencies while leveraging evolving digital channels to expand services, according to directorate..."
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
