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Top Headlines
- Malawi: Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market (IPS)
- South Sudan: Dollar Shortage Hits Country (Monitor)
- Kenya: Kenya Shilling Gains On Subdued Demand (Business Daily)
- East Africa: Common Market Lags Behind As States Race to One Currency (Citizen)
- Nigeria: Naira Strengthens On NNPC, Mobil U.S.$200 Million Sales to Banks (Leadership)
- Uganda: Shilling Expected to Continue Strong (Monitor)
- Kenya: Shilling Gains Amid Tea Inflows and Tight Market Liquidity (Business Daily)
- Uganda: Weighing Currency Trading Options (Monitor)
- Kenya: Equity Boss Questioned Over Shilling Woes (Business Daily)
- Kenya: Equity - Foreign Forces Caused Shilling Slide (Nation)
- Nigeria: Forex Inflow Raises Naira at WDAs (This Day)
- Nigeria: CBN Sells U.S.$1.9 Billion as Naira Loses 35k (Vanguard)
- Tanzania: Local Shilling Remains Strong (Daily News)
- Zambia: Stanchart Backs Kwacha Rebasing (Times of Zambia)
- Nigeria: Naira Loses 36k Against Dollar (Daily Trust)
- Nigeria: Will CBN Announce Another Round of Devaluation? (Leadership)
- Nigeria: Naira Slides as Central Bank Strives to Curb Demand (Leadership)
- Nigeria: Naira Drops As Dollar Demand Outweighs Supply (This Day)
- Kenya: Parliament Summons Spy Chief in Shilling Probe (Nation)
- Tanzania: Shilling Dips As Dollar Demand U.S (Citizen)
- Zimbabwe: Zimdollar - When Inventor-Owner Loses Control to the Doorman (The Herald)
- Kenya: Bank Boss Put On the Spot Over Shilling Fall (Nation)
- Zimbabwe: New Dollar Revisited (Financial Gazette)
- Africa: China and Japan Currency Swap - A Nail in the Coffin of the U.S. Dollar (Fahamu)
- Zimbabwe: To Yuan or Not to Yuan, That Is the Question (IPS)
- Zambia: LTA Welcomes Kwacha Rebasing (Times of Zambia)
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