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Sub-Saharan Africa urged to maximize revenues from critical minerals boom — IMF

The sub-Saharan African region that holds about 30% of the world’s proven critical mineral reserves can be transformed if it can take the opportunity to develop critical minerals markets and processing industries to maximize the potential of the coming boom, the IMF’s latest Regional Economic Outlook says. The global transition to clean energy is set […]

Sahara: Suriname reaffirms non-recognition of self-proclaimed SADR

The Algeria-backed Polisario front has suffered another major diplomatic setback as Suriname reaffirmed on Monday its non-recognition of the self-proclaimed “SADR”. In a joint statement released following a phone conversation with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, the Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin affirmed that the authorities of the south American country stand by the decision […]

Egypt’s Central Bank:The Country’s Economy’s “Sluggish”

Egypt’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate continued to slow down in the first quarter of the 2013/2014 fiscal year to reach slightly more than 1 percent compared to 2.1 percent in 2012/2013, according to the Egypt’s Central Bank. Deputy CBE governor Ranaia al-Mashat said in his statement that economic activity remained sluggish in the […]