GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana has taken a significant step towards establishing its first home-grown commercial bank, a development that will add a new player in an industry that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says is already crowded.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Guinea government minister was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday following his conviction of laundering $8.5 million in bribes that U.S. prosecutors say he took in exchange for helping a Chinese conglomerate secure mining rights.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali forces supported by U.S. troops shot dead 10 Somalis, including three children, in a village near the capital Mogadishu on Friday, a witness and local officials told Reuters.
DOUALA, Cameroon (Reuters) - Suspected Boko Haram militants sprayed a village in remote Cameroon with automatic fire, killing 15 people and kidnapping eight others in an overnight raid near the Nigerian border, several officials said on Friday.
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