- 23 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityIMF
Poor nations pay highest debt service in 20 years -campaigners
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Developing countries are paying more to service their debt than at any other time in the past two decades, with a heavier burden on the horizon if…
Lebanese cabinet to meet next week after three-month gap, Al Jadeed TV says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's cabinet will hold its first meeting in three months on Jan. 24, a Lebanese television channel reported on Monday, after a gap in which the country's…
Donors back $280 million transfer for Afghan food, health
By Arshad Mohammed, Jonathan Landay and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donors agreed on Friday to transfer $280 million from a frozen, trust fund to the World Food Program (WFP)…
Congo an economic ‘bright spot’ in Africa, says IMF chief
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo is a rare "bright spot" in Africa's economic performance as high commodity prices and government reform improve finances, the head of the International…
Sudan cut off from $650 million of international funding after coup
By Aidan Lewis, Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan was unable to access $650 million in international funding in November when assistance was paused after a coup,…
IMF warns Bosnian Serb separatists against dismantling tax regime
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday warned Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic against dismantling the state tax authority, saying that such a move would cut off a…
Pakistan I.M.F’d
Pakistanis were ecstatic when Prime Minister Imran Khan said ‘absolutely not’ to a question on whether his country will give bases to US to carry out operations in Afghanistan. Imran’s…
By Sushant Sareen
IMF says it is engaging with Ethiopia but not holding talks on loan program
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it was continuing to engage on a technical basis with Ethiopia despite a worsening conflict in the…
U.N. urgently needs cash in Afghanistan, but struggles for solution
By Jonathan Landay and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations cannot get enough cash into Afghanistan to deliver humanitarian aid to millions of people on the brink…
China urges World Bank, IMF to help Afghanistan
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday to resume financing support to cash-strapped Afghanistan…
Afghanistan’s economic collapse could prompt refugee crisis – IMF
ALMATY (Reuters) - Afghanistan's economy is set to contract up to 30% this year and this is likely to further fuel a refugee crisis that will impact neighbouring countries, Turkey…
Lebanese minister sees ‘harmony’ in talks over financial losses
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's banking sector, central bank and other players in its financial system are working in "harmony" to agree on the size and distribution of losses sustained during…
