The vast reddish desert that covers much of Somalia's central Mudug region has always been a source of wealth, as well as calamity, for thousands of pastoral families.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

"Neither monetary policy nor the financial system will be well served if our central bank is deprived from interest in and influence over - the structure and performance of the financial system."

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

From its new regional bureau in Yaounde, Interpol is moving to break-up the syndicates behind this organized crime by working with law enforcement officials in Cameroon,Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon as well as officials from the other countries it covers: Central African Republic, Chad,Congo,Sao Tome and Principe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09