
Liberia's money shortage
Jonathan Paye-Layleh reports from Liberia, where a shortage of the country's dollar currency is hitting local people hard.
Jonathan Paye-Layleh reports from Liberia, where a shortage of the country's dollar currency is hitting local people hard, with no official explanation forthcoming from the authorities.
And we get the latest from Ivory Coast where incumbent Alassane Ouattara has been declared winner of the presidential election with more than 94% of the vote.
Plus we hear from Ken Henshaw from the NGO "We the People" on allegations of human rights abuses by police officers and soldiers in Nigeria’s Rivers State.
(Photo: Liberia’s capital Monrovia; Credit: CARIELLE DOE/AFP via Getty Images)
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