AFRICA ECONOMY

The Kenyan government plans to raise about $1.2 billion by reinstating some unpopular taxes contained in a finance bill that was scrapped in the face of deadly street protests, a government minister said.

The lush palm groves of Karima are a long way from Sudan's battlefields, but the war's effects are all too present, leaving farmers struggling to find buyers for this year's harvest.

Zimbabwe is just one of the many countries whose central bank is planning to launch its own digital currencies.

African countries have hardly seen the traditional "multiplier" effects associated with construction projects, while they have seen their private and public debt soaring.