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[Monitor] There was consternation when President Museveni first announced in 2016 that government planned to revive Uganda Airlines, which had been liquidated 15 years earlier as part of the privatisation crusade under the World Bank and International Monetary Fund's Structural Adjustment
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Tanzania to Join Covax Vaccines Sharing Facility
[VOA] Dar Es Salam, Tanzania -- Tanzania has asked to join the COVAX global vaccine sharing facility and start its first coronavirus immunization campaign - more than 15 months after the start of the pandemic. The new policy is a major departure from the policies of late president John
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Covax is failing to halt the COVID-19 pandemic: Here’s why, and how to fix it - NewsDay Zimbabwe
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently called for an accelerated global effort to distribute vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a welcome step because past official statements by world leaders have fallen short of delivering specific policies to reach desperate
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Africa: Elevating Political Leadership for Pandemic Preparedness and Response - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf & Helen Clark
[The Independent Panel] Briefing to the UN General Assembly -- Remarks from the Former Co-Chairs, former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Prime Minister Helen Clark
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Zimbabwe: Biti Rubbishes 'Naive and Dishonest' IMF
[New Zimbabwe] Former finance minister Tendai Biti has describe the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a naïve and dishonest institution after it published a report forecasting a 7% growth in Zimbabwe's economy.
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Africa: Cancel Africa's Debts - Restructure Global Financial Architecture" - President Akufo-Addo
[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is calling for the restructuring of the global financial architecture so it can respond better to the needs of Africa, as well as the cancellation of debts owed by African countries, in the wake of COVID-19.
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Lungu and Hichilema: Zambia rivals head for third contest in six years | Africanews
President Edgar Lungu been hailed for building highways and airports but soaring food prices and corruption have increased anger against his rule. Businessman Hakainde Hichilema has promised to revive the economy
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Africa: Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's Statement On the Summit of the Heads of State of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (Cemac)
Document - Washington, DC: Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Washington DC after her virtual participation in a Heads of State of Central Africa summit:
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Seychelles' President - Pfizer Vaccines to Arrive - Tourism Numbers Back to Normal
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles will receive a storage facility needed for Pfizer's version of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday in time for a consignment soon to arrive in the country, President Wavel Ramkalawan said in his third live news conference.
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Quitting IMF Program Not Possible Now: Pakistan Finance Minister – The Wilmington Journal
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has indicated the nation cannot come out of the International Monetary Fund program and agreed to review the Federal Board of Revenue’s powers of arresting taxpayers in consultation with senators. “It is not possible to get out [...]
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Tunisia PM visits Libya seeking economic cooperation | News24
The prime minister of Tunisia, which is struggling with a deep economic crisis, has called for a relaunch of economic cooperation with Libya at the start of a two-day visit.
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IMF delegation concludes mission in Congo for credit facility review | Africanews
The Congolese authorities are hoping to reach the same conclusion as in the first review for an Extended Credit Facility agreement.
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Take a painful decision on subsidy, govt urged - The Times Group Malawi
By Charles Mpaka As pressure mounts for the government to exit the farm input subsidy programme, a development economist Dr Felix Lombe has added his weight to the calls. Lombe told The Sunday Times that subsidies everywhere are political solutions. But Malawi’s programme, he said, is a difficult
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Seychelles Maintains 'B' Credit Rating in Sign That Tourism Is Expected to Rebound
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles has maintained a 'B' credit rating with a stable outlook from the latest Fitch Ratings released last week which reflects the expectation for tourism and economic growth to recover.
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#BTColumn – Diaspora financing to achieve SDGs - Barbados Today
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by Alicia Nicholls Although in recent years, Caribbean governments have accelerated their diaspora engagement efforts, the diaspora as a development actor
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Govt told cut expenditure - Barbados Today
With Government recording an increase in transfers and subsidies and wages and salaries over the past three months, Central Bank Governor Cleviston Haynes is cautioning that continued public sector reform will be critical to Government achieving fiscal sustainability. Haynes explained that the
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Africa: Poverty, Inequality, and Climate - Defining Choices of Our Age
[The Point] The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the poorest and most vulnerable people in developing countries the hardest, worsening inequality and exacerbating existing challenges--insufficient health care systems, education deficits, stagnant incomes, rising conflict and violence, poorly-selected debt
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We’re going the wrong way, says UPP - Barbados Today
Barbados is lurching from one crisis to another with an opposition party slamming the Mottley administration for hedging most of its bets on hundreds of millions in borrowed money that plunges the country further into indebtedness. Lynette Eastmond, the vice-chairman of the United Progressive
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Kenya reaches staff-level agreement with IMF to obtain $410mln in financing - The Kenya News
(Ecofin Agency) - Kenyan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund under the Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility. In a May 17 statement, IMF said the deal will have to get validation from the Executive Board before being executed. Once the
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Africa: Emmanuel Macron Attempts to Reform Africa-France Relationships
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Nigeria: Fact-Check - Has Debt Relief Been Granted to African Countries Except Nigeria?
[Daily Trust] Reacting to a recent request by President Muhammadu Buhari for European countries to grant African countries debt relief, a Twitter user, Manney Uto claimed that debt relief had already been granted to African countries and extended to 2022. This implied that President Buhari made
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Cameroon: IMF - Make Cameroon Loan Contingent On Anti-Corruption
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G20 Compact with Africa reaffirms commitment to securing Africa’s recovery from Covid
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East Africa: Kenya and EAC Sued Over $2.34 Billion IMF Loan
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Zimbabwe: U.S. Hails Vaccination Campaign
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By Vince Musewe ZIMBABWE recently received a whooping US$961 million under the IMF special drawing rights (SDR) facility. The SDR is an international reserve asset created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement the official reserves of member countries. It is a potential claim on freely usable currencies
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Morocco: Budget Deficit Increased to 7.6 Percent of GDP in 2020 (Central Bank)
[MAP] Rabat -- The economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 virus weighed heavily on public finances in 2020, with the budget deficit increasing sharply to 7.6 percent of GDP against 4.1 percent in 2019, Morocco's central bank (Bank Al-Maghrib) underlines in its 2020 annual report.
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Quitting IMF Program Not Possible Now: Pakistan Finance Minister | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has indicated the nation cannot come out of the International Monetary Fund program and agreed to review the Federal Board of Revenue’s powers of arresting taxpayers in consultation with senators. “It is not possible to get out of the International Monetary Fund program at this
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Africa: Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's Remarks At Summit On the Financing of African Economies
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