Tag: IMF

African govts in fiscal bind amid high interest rates and debt squeeze

October 18, 2023

With the interest rates likely to stay high in 2024, governments across Africa are presented with a unique challenge and dilemma as they struggle to ... Read More

WB, IMF & Morocco Call for Enhanced Global Action to Build Resilience for Better Future

October 12, 2023

The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Morocco have launched a call for enhanced global action on common challenges in a bid to ... Read More

Africa to have stronger voice in IMF, as WB warns African central banks against risky monetary initiatives

October 6, 2023

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that sub-Saharan Africa will be allocated a third seat on the global lender's executive board, while the World ... Read More

IMF approves $1.3 Bln for Morocco under Resilience & Sustainability Facility Arrangement

October 1, 2023

The International Monetary Fund Executive Board has approved a Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) for Morocco worth about $1.3 billion. The arrangement will support Morocco’s ... Read More

Russia invites Tunisia’s top diplomat Nabil Ammar to Moscow to bolster ties

September 26, 2023

Nabil Ammar, Tunisia’s Foreign Minister, is expected in Moscow on September 26 at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, in a bid to ... Read More

IMF offers Morocco $1.3 bln loan to face climate risks

September 19, 2023

The International Monetary Fund will lend Morocco $1.3 bln to help the country fend off climate change risks, Morocco’s news agency reported. “The IMF concluded ... Read More

Morocco/Earthquake: India, AU, Paris, WB, IMF & EU Express Solidarity & Pledge Financial Support

September 10, 2023

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chair of the African Union & Pdt. of the Comoros Azali Assoumani, President of France Emmanuel Macron, World Bank Chief ... Read More

IMF warns climate change to exacerbate conflict, war-torn, fragile African states most at risk

September 1, 2023

Climate change that is already disproportionately affecting war-torn countries threatens to exacerbate conflict in fragile nations across the globe, but most of all in Africa, ... Read More

African central banks’ rigid exchange rate regulation scrutinized by IMF

August 15, 2023

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slammed African central banks for their misguided currency regulation, especially with regard to the ineffective disposal of their foreign ... Read More

DR Congo, UAE sign $1.9bln mining deal

July 20, 2023

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a mining deal worth $1.9 billion for which the Gulf country ... Read More