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14 Oct 22
High oil prices mean Chad does not require relief on its debts, according to a statement from a group of countries that had previously agreed to arrange it.
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5 Oct 22
High inflation combined with increased debt servicing costs has increased the likelihood of a debt default and led to Moody’s downgrading Ghana’s credit rating.
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22 Sep 22
Poor government leadership has left South Africa rife with corruption and with high poverty, crumbling infrastructure and human rights abuses, a pressure group has said.
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8 Sep 22
The Zambian government has requested to have billions of dollars of debt payments in the next few years relieved as it implements reforms aimed at making its economy and public finances more...
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1 Sep 22
The Zambian government has secured a $1.3bn loan from the International Monetary Fund to accelerate reforms and restore debt sustainability.
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26 Aug 22
The Nigerian government aims to raise an initial $10bn of finance to help implement its planned energy decarbonisation, ahead of an international climate change conference.
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23 Aug 22
Seventeen African countries will have interest-free loans forgiven by China, according to the Chinese foreign minister who also announced plans to use International Monetary Fund reserves and...
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18 Aug 22
Ghana’s central bank has hiked interest rates by the largest jump in 20 years barely one month after the International Monetary Fund said the country needs to “ensure credibility” in its monetary...
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15 Aug 22
High oil revenues will give Oman two years of budget surpluses, pushing its debt below many of its peers, and continuing reform efforts look set to keep its public finances on solid ground, ratings...
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4 Aug 22
Transatlantic slavery has left such long-lasting damage on Africa and Africans that the continent deserves an apology and financial reparations from the European powers responsible, according to...
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2 Aug 22
A group of Zambia’s major official creditors has announced its intention to restructure the country’s debts through a G20 initiative set up amid the disruption of Covid-19.
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26 Jul 22
Nigeria’s revenue fell below the cost of servicing its debt in the early months of 2022, despite high oil prices.
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8 Jul 22
South Africa’s struggling state-owned power company Eskom has agreed it will give workers a 7% wage increase to end a pay dispute, but said the move will be “a struggle” to afford.
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23 Jun 22
African countries continued to strengthen their efforts aimed at tackling tax evasion and other illicit financial flows last year, a report has found, but the continent continues to lose billions of...
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21 Jun 22
Annual investment of $25bn for the next decade would allow Africa to meet its energy goals and reverse current backsliding on energy access, the International Energy Agency has said, calling for...
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10 Jun 22
The Kenyan government has shelved a proposed bond sale because surging yields will see the nation seek cheaper debt on private markets, according to reports.
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10 Jun 22
Rising interest rates aimed at combating runaway global inflation are putting some governments, including in middle-income countries, at risk of debt distress, the World Bank has warned.
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1 Jun 22
Deliberate policy inaction and “elite capture” have held up the reforms that could help Lebanon lift itself out of its financial crisis, according to the World Bank.
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31 May 22
Political disagreement over how to manage the economy could mean Tunisia is forced to seek a debt restructuring before it is able to secure a much-needed programme with the International Monetary...
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26 May 22
Uganda is resisting calls to subsidise or cut taxes on imports of fuel and wheat despite rising prices hurting households, with the president saying that to do so would be economically “suicidal”.
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24 May 22
A South African government body has said it does not have the money to meet union demands for a pay rise, and encouraged its staff to be grateful for being employed at all.
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19 May 22
The Nigerian anti-corruption agency has arrested the country’s accountant general during an investigation into fraud and money laundering.
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17 May 22
A deal between South Africa and some of the world’s richest countries, hailed as a potential blueprint for future climate finance, is still under negotiation more than seven months after being...
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12 May 22
The Lebanese political establishment is “completely out of touch with reality” according to a United Nations report that had particularly harsh words about the country’s central bank’s role in the...
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11 May 22
Governments unable to maintain the economic support they put in place amid Covid-19 to help their citizens deal with rising fuel and food prices face “inevitable” civil unrest, a report has suggested.