Botswana: Rough diamonds exports fall 15 % in 2015
The value of rough diamonds exports from Botswana’s mines fell 15 percent in the first six months of the year 2015 to $1.7 billion, official […]
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Chad: Boko Haram plunges GDP forecast to 1%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that Chad’s GDP will contract to 1 percent this year as compared to the 5 percent growth […]
Zambia to export power in a year
Zambia’s government is taking measures to ease power shortages and the southern African nation will be a net exporter of electricity within 12 to 13 […]
Mali: Weakening manufacturing output to slow economy to 4.9 %
Mali’s economic growth is set to slow this year to 4.9 percent, because of weakening manufacturing output, despite a strong harvest, the International Monetary Fund […]
DRC: Opposition determined to stop Kabila’s third term
Thousands people gathered in the capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday to oppose President Joseph Kabila’s unconstitutional third term Kabila, in office since 2001, is constitutionally ineligible […]
Zambia to issue $2 bln 10-year Eurobond
Zambian government plans to issue a 10-year Eurobond which could reach up to $2 billion to be mainly used to fund its budget deficit that […]
Mozambique recorded 9.6% growth in 2014
According to a statement released by the Mozambican government on the 11th February, the economy of the country has grew 9.6% in 2014, a higher […]
Algeria : IMF says high debt levels and risk of negative impacts if no deep control
Algeria could reach 100% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as debt levels if it fails to review its spending policies, reduce its dependency on […]
Mauritania: Economy scored better-than-expected performance
Mauritanian economy has scored better-than expected performance and was resilient to exogenous shocks thanks to a fiscal and external policy space that have reached unprecedented […]
Jordan: easing government financial constraints
The law that will make the issuing of sovereign sukuk possible in Jordan has been approved by the upper house and it’s now awaiting promulgation. […]