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Tunisia cuts 2020 growth forecast, eyes new IMF deal

Tunisia expects a growth rate of just 1% this year, compared with the 2.7% envisaged in the 2020 budget, and plans to seek a new loan deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Tunisian Prime Minister, Elyess Fakhfakh, who made the announcement on Sunday said his government has slashed the country’s economic growth forecast for […]

Nigeria Imposes Nationwide Ban on Wood Exports to Tackle Deforestation

Nigeria has introduced a comprehensive ban on the export of wood and allied products as part of a renewed strategy to curb illegal logging and deforestation, local media reported on Thursday, December 18, 2025. The policy, anchored in a presidential executive order, will see all previously issued export licences and permits revoked. The announcement was […]

Limits to Japanese ambitions in Africa to weaken China’s influence

Japan has recently announced an ambitious multibillion-dollar program of economic assistance to Africa — pledging to spend $30 billion on the continent and stressing a focus on training African professionals, food production and green growth — in a bid to provide the continent with an alternative to Chinese lending and investment. The recent flurry of […]