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Burkina Faso: Gilbert Diendere charged over the murder of Sankara

December 7, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

Gilbert Diendere, the shadowy general behind the September failed coup in Burkina Faso, has now been formally charged over the murder of former President Thomas […]

Air France-KLM to make Abidjan a regional hub by 2025

December 2, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Air France-KLM group on Tuesday said it expects to turn Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan into its West African regional hub within a decade. “In […]

Morocco: IMF revisits Morocco’s 2016 economic growth forecast

November 7, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Morocco’s 2016 economic growth forecast has been slightly reduced from 3.7 to 3 per cent following a re-study of the projection by a team of […]

IMF sees Liberia’s economic growth slow to almost zero in 2015

November 5, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday Liberia’s economic growth will slow to almost zero in 2015 as the country continues to recover from […]

Ivory Coast: Incumbent Ouattara re-elected in landslide victory

October 28, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast’s incumbent president, was re-elected in the first round in a landslide victory, the Independent Electoral Commission said this Wednesday (Oct. 28.) […]

IMF downgrades Sub-Sahara’s growth forecast to 3.75% for 2015

October 27, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

In its latest African Economic Outlook released on Tuesday under the title “Dealing with the Gathering Clouds,” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that sub-Saharan […]

Zambia forecasts 15% drop in copper output

October 14, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Zambia is expected to produce 600 000 tons of copper this year, down 15 percent from 708 000 tons in 2014, a government official said […]

Nigeria: IMF urges central bank to review forex policy

October 12, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The African Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Antoinette Sayer has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review its foreign […]

Côte d’Ivoire: GDP to grow by 8.4 % in next two years

September 26, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

The International Monetary Fund projected on Friday that the economy of Côte d’Ivoire will grow by 8.4 percent while inflation is expected to remain moderate […]