The 7-day BoBC yield remained unchanged at 1.40 percent for a paper maturing on November 6, 2019. For a 91-day paper maturing on January 9, 2020, the yield went down to 1.48 percent from 1.50 percent.The results of the auction held on October 29, 2019…
Day: October 29, 2019
UN Chief is Blunt: Women Remain Excluded from Peace Tables
UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was unusually blunt on Tuesday: Women are still excluded from many peace negotiations nearly two decades after the U.N. adopted a landmark resolution calling for women to be included in decision-makin…
Vaccine Shows Promise for Preventing Active TB Disease
WASHINGTON – An experimental vaccine proved 50% effective at preventing latent tuberculosis infection from turning into active disease in a three-year study of adults in Africa.Doctors were encouraged because protection declined only a little after two…
Opposition to Contest Mozambican President’s Electoral Win
MAPUTO – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and his Frelimo party won a resounding victory in the Oct. 15 elections. While opposition parties plan to contest the results, commentators see little chance of them being overturned. Official tallies show Nyu…
DRC Unrest Sparks Concerns of Regional Refugee Crisis
Months of unrelenting militia attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are driving more people from their homes, adding to the millions already displaced and threatening to spread insecurity elsewhere in Africa’s Great Lakes region, observers wa…