Nigeria banks banned from foreign currency deals
Nine Nigerian banks are suspended from foreign currency trading for not paying a total of $ 2bn owed to the government, a central bank source tells the BBC. BBC News – Africa
Nine Nigerian banks are suspended from foreign currency trading for not paying a total of $ 2bn owed to the government, a central bank source tells the BBC. BBC News – Africa
A crowd-funding campaign raises more than $ 40,000 to help Ethiopia’s Olympic marathon medallist seek asylum after his anti-government protest. BBC News – Africa
The king of Morocco calls on his people living abroad to defend a tolerant form of Islam, after recent attacks involving militants of Moroccan origin. BBC News – Africa
Great Britain’s Lutalo Muhammad suffers an agonising last-second defeat in the men’s -80kg taekwondo final. BBC News – Africa
The sacked vice-president of South Sudan leaves the country, weeks after deadly clashes between his troops and government forces in the capital. BBC News – Africa
The first Nigerian schoolgirl from Chibok to be rescued from Boko Haram says she misses the father of her baby, who is a suspected Islamist militant. BBC News – Africa