an Iranian-American democracy activist.

There had also been questions over whether it would even be legal for Akoin to operate as the primary payment method for would-be residents of Akon City.no significant construction followed the initial launch ceremony.

1 hr agoUS Canada2 hrs agoTexas floods kill 24 people and leave many missing from girls' summer campEmergency workers rescue more than 230 people after overnight flooding along the Guadalupe River.But despite Akon's insistence in a 2022 BBC interview that the project was 100.the 800-hectare site in Mbodiène - about 100km (60 miles) south of the capital.

which is regulated and issued by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).It was to run on the second initiative - a brand new cryptocurrency called Akoin.

one local resident told the BBC.

But after five years of setbacks.The UK and US have partly agreed a trade deal.

He added: We're going to be sending some letters out.initially engaged in a tit-for-tat trade war that imposed massive reciprocal tariff increases in April.

the two said they had agreed details over matters such as the export of rare earth materials and the easing of tech restrictions.with more over the coming days.