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Africa to break neocolonialist shackles of WB-IMF to leverage AfCFTA — Nigeria’s ex-president

African nations must flee from the subtle recolonization tactics being pursued through the “honeyed policy shackles” of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the United Nations dogma, according to Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. Yet, he has also attributed the continent’s rising poverty and underdevelopment to poor leadership, bad governance, and massive corruption by […]

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WB-IMF annual meetings: preparations discussed in Rabat

Preparations for the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund were at the focus of talks, held Thursday in Rabat, between Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah, Central Bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri, WB Vice-President and Corporate Secretary, Diariétou Gaye, and IMF Secretary-General, Ceda Ogada. The meeting was held part […]