Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An injection of cash into banks in Tripoli by banks in the capital has improved liquidity thus ending a two-year cash crunch that disrupted economic activities. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritanie (PANA) - Following are Thrusday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Bank of Central African States. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritanie (PANA) - Following are Saturday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya, as issued by the Central Bank of Mauritania Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Saturday's exchange rates for the CFAF, as issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC). Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the CFAF, as issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Monday’s exchange rates for the Rupee, as issued by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s central bank, Bank of Sudan, has formally announced the issuance of three new banknotes of higher values. Full text...

Port-Louis, Maurice (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Mauritius Commercial Bank. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as announced by the Central Bank of Mauritania. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as announced by the Central Bank of Mauritania. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Saturday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as announced by the Central Bank of Mauritania. Full text...

Port-Louis, Maurice (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Mauritian Commercial Bank. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Comercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian ouguiya as announced by the Central Bank of Mauritania. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Ghana Association of Bankers. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian ouguiya as announced by the Central Bank of Mauritania. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as announced by the Central Bank of Mauritania. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as announced by the Commercial Bank of Mauritius. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Somalia has obtained backing of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to launch a new national currency which will replace the Somali Shilling currently in circulation, it was confirmed here on Tuesday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Khartoum has managed to halt its plummeting national currency, the Sudanese pound, in the black market. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has introduced polymer notes for the country’s lowest note denomination P10 (approximately USD1). Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambia from next year will introduce bank notes to replace the existing ones bearing the face of former president Yahya Jammeh, officials have said. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission President Marcel de Souza on Monday described the CFA franc as an island to be preserved within the regional economic union of 15 countries. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Activists opposed to the CFA Franc have called for the "unconditional" withdrawal of French representatives from the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) during a protest against the regional currency, held Saturday in Dakar. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday started its 10th statutory meeting In Bamako, Mali, on the macroeconomic performance of member states for 2016 under the presidency of Malian Minister of Economy and Finance, Boubou Cissé. Full text...

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - As part of a wider Somali reform initiative, the Central Bank of Somalia and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) are preparing to reissue new Somali shilling banknotes, for the first time in 26 years, to combat the existing massive counterfeiting in the country, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disclosed. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Sequel to promise to ease the difficulties encountered by Nigerians in obtaining funds for foreign exchange transactions, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday carried out wholesale interventions in the interbank FOREX market by providing a total sum of US$370.8 million to 23 banks to meet the visible and inviable requests of customers. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s central bank on Thursday announced that the country’s currency, the Pula, appreciated against the US dollar by 1.0 percent in January. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s currency, the Pula, depreciated against the South African Rand by 1.5 percent in December, but was up against other major currencies, the central bank announced on Thursday. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s currency, the Pula, last month depreciated against South Africa’s Rand by 3.5 percent, a statement from the reserve bank of Botswana said on Tuesday. Full text...

Washington, DC., US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will separately identify the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) in its official foreign exchange reserves database starting 1 October 2016, the Fund announced on Saturday, stating that the change will be reflected in the survey for the fourth quarter of 2016 that will be published at the end of March 2017. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s central bank on Wednesday announced that the local currency, the pula, gained ground against its major trading partner South Africa’s rand and UK’s pound during February 2016. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Effective 1 October 2016 the Chinese renminbi (RMB) will be a freely usable currency included in the Special Drawing Right (SDR) basket as a fifth currency, along with the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Monday. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s currency, Pula, appreciated against the South African Rand during the month of August, the Bank of Botswana (BoB) said on Tuesday. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s currency, Pula, appreciated against South Africa’s Rand in July, the central bank reported on Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge outlined steps on Thursday to stabilize the shilling from further slide against the US dollar after three days of pumping dollars into the local commercial banks failed to drastically change the fortunes of the dwindling currency. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following the intervention by Tanzania’s central bank, the Tanzanian shilling has bounced back from its record low rate to bring about a sigh of relief to everybody, actors in the country’s commerce said Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) Monetary Policy Committee hiked the Central Bank Rate to 10% from 8.5% on Tuesday in an effort to avert the slide of the local currency, the Shilling. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc: Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc: Full text...