CONAKRY — Le Premier ministre guinéen Amadou Oury Bah a détaillé la feuille de route du gouvernement en matière de création de richesses, de protection sociale, d’emploi et de transformation économique. Insistant sur l’exigence d’une stabilité sociale durable et le rôle central du projet Simandou, le chef du gouvernement a dressé un panorama des défis et des priorités du pays. Avec pédagogie, le locataire de la Primature a décliné les grands orientations stratégiques de l’État guinéen. 1. Emploi, croissance à deux chiffres et lutte contre la pauvreté Pour le chef du gouvernement, la réponse aux aspirations fondamentales des citoyens passe avant tout par la concrétisation des principes inscrits dans la loi fondamentale et par une accélération de la croissance économique. « La question de l’emploi, la question d’un emploi décent, la question de mieux-être, est l’aspiration de chaque être humain. La constitution de la République de Guinée pour laquelle vous...

Introduction Aujourd’hui le cours porte sur la langue kongo et le système monétaire congolais. Les expressions utilisées pour parler de l’argent sont Mbongo, ngela, mbongo za makaya (billets de banque) mbongo za bisengo (pièce de monnaie). L’unité monétaire congolaise est le franc CFA. C’est une longue histoire coloniale enseignée en économie politique. L’économiste camerounais Tchundjan Pouemi Joseph a consacré un livre sur cette question à la fois politique, économique et monétaire : Monnaie servitude et liberté, 1979. Le franc CFA est la monnaie utilisée dans les pays de la communauté financière africaine, en abrégé CFA. La base de la numération débute à partir d’une pièce de cinq (5) francs CFA. En kikongo, on prononce M’PATA. Mpata mosi = 5 francs CFA ; M’pata miole = 10 francs CFA (voir la première image gauche, une pièce de 10 francs) ; Système monétaire CFA M’pata N’tatu = 15 francs CFA ; M’pata n’ya = 20 francs...

Réuni ce jeudi 13 août 2026, le Secrétariat technique permanent du FNE 2026 a présenté un bilan d’étape encourageant de ses préparatifs, salué par les responsables du comité d’organisation. Ce jeudi 13 août 2026, le Secrétariat technique permanent du Forum National sur l’Emploi (FNE 2026) a présenté l’état d’avancement de ses travaux au cours d’une réunion présidée par M. Bichara Doudoua, président du comité d’organisation du forum, en présence du directeur général de l’ONAPE. Cette séance de restitution a permis de faire le point sur les activités menées, notamment les différentes concertations engagées avec les institutions et les partenaires, ainsi que sur les principales difficultés rencontrées et les recommandations formulées pour la poursuite du processus. Satisfait des résultats enregistrés, le président du comité d’organisation a félicité les membres du secrétariat technique permanent pour les efforts accomplis. Il les a exhortés à redoubler d’engagement afin de garantir la réussite de cette...

Sunday Standard Ngamiland Farmers welcome Namibia-Angola beef transit breakthrough Ngamiland cattle farmers have welcomed government’s agreement with Namibia to allow beef from the region to transit through its territory into Angola, saying the long-awaited breakthrough could revive cattle farming and improve the fortunes of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) Maun abattoir. .ihc-locker-wrap{} There’s more to this story But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism is an indispensable part of a healthy society, but it’s also expensive to produce. We are reliant on subscriptions to fund our work, and while you can enjoy most of our stories for free, a small number of premium features are reserved for subscribers. You can subscribe for one week, a month or a full year – the choice is yours. Save 77% on an annual subscription. Click here to find out how. Existing subscribers can log in to keep reading here....

The Anambra State Police Command has raided some criminal hideouts across the state, recovering several sophisticated arms and ammunition and arresting some suspects, including a 65-year-old secessionist member and six other suspects. The command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Friday, said the clearance operation was carried out by the operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit on Thursday in line with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu. Ikenga explained that the joint security team, acting on credible information, raided identified black spots and criminal hideouts in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area and Umudioka, Dinukofia LGA of the state. According to him, the operation resulted in the arrest of a 65-year-old male, Ifeanyi Ogbuagbo, in Umudioka as well as six other suspects identified as Chisom Okafor, female, 25 years; Onyedika Moses, male, 36 years; Iruka Nwaonu, male, 30 years; Joseph Nwankwo, male, 36...

The Ebola epidemic in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has now spread to a sixth province in the country. Concerns are growing that the life-threatening infectious disease could reach the capital, Kinshasa, which is home to 19 million people. Facilities for isolating patients are ready for the event that a public health alert should hit the capital, says Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Director General of the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB). “If there is a suspected case, the epidemiological services and the INRB laboratory are ready to quickly identify and confirm cases,” he told DW. “The Ministry of Health has set up the Cinquantenaire Hospital so that it can admit and fully isolate patients if necessary. We are prepared. We can quickly contain an Ebola outbreak here in Kinshasa.” The peak of the Ebola outbreak is expected to arrive in six monthsImage: Badru Katumba/AFP A health crisis still in the...

MBABANE – Eswatini will use the inaugural National Youth Games as a key preparation platform for the Region V Youth Games to be held later this year. The African Union Sports Council Southern Africa multi-sport event is scheduled to take place in Mozambique, in December. With four months remaining, the Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (EOCGA) believe this weekend’s three-nation national showpiece will help shape the eventual Team Eswatini. The National Olympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Maxwell Jele said the Games offer a valuable opportunity to assess athletes across some sporting codes which stand a chance to represent the country in Mozambique. According to Eswatini Sport and Recreation Council, eight disciplines are on the list for the Region V Games and among them: •             Athletics •             Basketball •             Boxing •             Tennis •             Taekwondo •             Swimming •             Volleyball •           Football They are also featured for Eswatini National Youth Games. On...

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Kampala, 11th August 2026 – Uganda Development Bank Ltd (UDB), the country’s national Development Finance Institution, has today announced sponsorship towards the upcoming Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon in line with the Bank’s support towards the tourism sector. The announcement was made Tuesday at an event held at UDB Head Office in Kampala. The event was attended by Dr. Patricia Ojangole, Managing Director, Uganda Development Bank who handed a cheque worth UGX 20 million to Amos Wekesa, Team Lead for Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon. The 2026 edition of the Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon will take place on August 22, 2026, in Kasese District. Speaking after the handover, Joshua Allan Mwesiga, Director Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Uganda Development Bank said on top of the financial contribution, the Bank will also be fielding a team of staff to participate in the marathon. “We are supporting the marathon because we believe tourism is a...

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2026: Only amateurs wait until election day to rig an election. By then, ballots are being watched, observers are present, citizens are alert, and political positions have hardened. The more sophisticated contest begins much earlier—when the rules are written, institutions are positioned, and the electoral terrain itself begins to shift. That is why Sierra Leone’s current constitutional debate matters far beyond Parliament. If the rules governing future presidential elections, electoral thresholds, and political geography are being altered now, the 2028 election may already be underway. The question is no longer simply who will count the votes. It is who will define the conditions under which those votes will matter. Sierra Leone should recognize the danger. The disputed 2023 election left behind something more enduring than competing claims of victory and defeat: a deficit of trust. Whatever one’s partisan interpretation of that election,...