Liberia: President Boakai Issues Executive Order Banning Export of Unprocessed Natural Rubber to Boost Local Manufacturing

Liberia: President Boakai Issues Executive Order Banning Export of Unprocessed Natural Rubber to Boost Local Manufacturing

MONROVIA, Liberia, June 26, 2026/APO Group/ — The Executive Order forms part of the Boakai Administration’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development and is intended to stimulate domestic industrialization, create jobs, increase government revenue, and strengthen Liberia’s value-added manufacturing sector. The Order notes that the continued export of raw natural rubber has deprived Liberia of significant…

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Seychelles: Financial Stability Report Presented to the President

Seychelles: Financial Stability Report Presented to the President

VICTORIA, Seychelles, June 26, 2026/APO Group/ — The annual Financial Stability Report (FSR) serves as a platform to highlight and discuss key systemic risks to the financial system, while enhancing accountability and transparency on financial stability matters. Following the presentation of the report to the President, the Chairperson of the Financial Stability Committee noted that…

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As Ebola spreads in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns food assistance is vital to containing the outbreak

As Ebola spreads in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns food assistance is vital to containing the outbreak

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 26, 2026/APO Group/ — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up food assistance, logistics and telecommunications support in eastern DRC, where Ebola is spreading through communities already hit by conflict, displacement and severe hunger. The outbreak is unfolding in one of the world’s largest humanitarian…

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