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The government of South Africa has announced it is suspending importation of meat from Brazil over the recent scandal in the South American country's meat processing industry.

An IT expert has been charged with hacking into Kenya's Revenue Authority and stealing $39m.

The Government of Ghana is to establish an Integrated Bauxite Alumina Authority in the next three month.

Symbion Power is seeking $561 million from Tanzania's state power supplier TANESCO via international mediation, accusing it of breach of contract, the U.S. firm said on Tuesday.

The World Bank has disbursed another $1 billion in financial assistance to Egypt out of its $3 billion loan programme with the country, the bank said in a statement on Monday.

The US is banning electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight mainly Middle Eastern and North African countries.

Morocco said on Monday that a $10 billion project to build a new industrial and technology hub near the northern city of Tangiers will be financed by Chinese group Haite, BMCE's Bank of Africa, and the Moroccan government.

The G20 finance ministers met last week in Germany to discuss critical challenges facing the global economy, from climate change to migration to humanitarian emergencies like the unfolding famine in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Chief executive Officers of the largest African and international companies, political decision makers from more than 40 African countries and the most active bankers and investors on the continent are attending the the 5th edition of the Africa CEO Forum

Ghana has now made provisions for commercial banks in the West African country to offer Islamic banking products to its customers.