African Export–Import Bank bank. At the annual general meeting of the bank in Abuja, during which it also commemorated its 25th anniversary, Nigeria's minister of finance Kemi Adeosun was elected chairman of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the bank, taking over from Ndagijimana Uzziel, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Rwanda, who served as chairman since the previous annual general meeting held in Kigali in 2017. , the bank's shareholders, totaling 146, were divided into four categories: African Export–Import Bank African Export–Import Bank, also referred to as Afreximbank, is an African financial institution, headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, whose primary objective is
2003 Central African Republic coup d'état numerous crimes against civilians in the capital. 2003 Central African Republic coup d'état A coup d'état occurred in March 2003 in the Central African Republic when the forces of General François Bozizé marched on Bangui, the country's capital, while President Ange-Félix Patassé was at a regional conference in Niger. While he was away, Bozizé led 1,000 fighters to the capital city of Bangui and captured the international airport and the presidential palace. Government troops, many of whom had not been paid in months, put up little resistance. The 370 CEMAC peacekeepers abandoned their posts rather than fight. A curfew was