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Malawi granted IMF food-shock funding to mitigate impact of global food shortage

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved financing to cope with rising global food prices for Malawi, the first low-income nation to receive financing from the IMF under a new tool intended to help countries cope with global food price shocks. The number of Malawians facing food insecurity has doubled to 20% of the population […]

Sudan: First Prime Minister Appointed by Army Chief since Conflict Started in 2023

Following months of consistent military advances against its paramilitary rival, Sudan’s army chief on Monday, May 19, named Kamil al-Taib Idris as the nation’s first Prime minister since the civil war broke out in the country two years ago. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the head of the military, has long praised Kamil al-Taib Idris for taking […]

Algeria: Army urged protesters to go to July 4 presidential poll as way out of political quagmire

The Chief of the Algerian army has called on protesters and the opposition to accept the planned July 4 presidential elections, noting that the poll is the only way forward to avoid power vacuum after unpopular transition president’s 90 days come to an end. Algeria has been reeling from tumultuous political uncertainty since March after […]