The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 38-month extended credit facility of approximately $191 million for the Central African Republic (CAR) to address its protracted balance of payments difficulties. In a statement issued by the organization’s executive board, the decision allows for an immediate disbursement of roughly $15 million to the CAR. Immediate disbursement to provide basic services The IMF’s extended credit facility is aimed at providing immediate support…

The opposition Democratic Alliance will on Thursday challenge South Africa’s Citizenship Act in the South African Supreme Court of Appeal. The party has argued that a part of the Act that strips South Africans of their citizenship when they become citizens of other countries as being unconstitutional. The party lost the case in 2021 in the High Court of Pretoria. The South African government’s legal opinion is that South African…

Following the attempted assassination of Dmitry Syty, director of the Russian House cultural center in Bangui, CAR in the CentralAfricanRepublic, he was taken to Bangui airport for immediate evacuation to Russia. https://twitter.com/gchahal/status/1604769511223484416