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TUNIS— The Tunisian government revealed plans to borrow $7 billion more from foreign lenders and domestic sources to stimulate the country’s economy next year.According to the Tunisian finance minister Sihem Boughdiri, the 2022 finance law boosts spend...

ADDIS ABABA— Ethiopia’s trade ministry said it is unhappy with the Biden administration’s decision to revoke duty-free access for the country’s exports.The US terminated on Dec 23 Ethiopia’s eligibility for benefits under the African Growth and Opportu...

Delegates Agree on 2022-2024 Scale of Assessments, Yet Argue Over Financing for Independent Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in SyriaThe Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) wrapped up the main part of its seventy-sixth session on 23 De...

WASHINGTON— The International Monetary Fund approved a disbursement of $258.1 million for Kenya after completing a second review under a 38-month program to address...

Resolutions Aimed at Protecting Global Climate, Combating Illicit Financial Flows among Those ApprovedAs the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and glaring inequities continue to wreak havoc on development, the General Assembly today adopted 37 resoluti...

WASHINGTON, December 10, 2021—Amid a severe food security crisis in the south of Madagascar, the World Bank is providing $100 million in additional financing to the Support for Resilient Livelihoods in the South of Madagascar (Mionjo) Project.“The gove...

“The ‘provider of last resort’ concept is critical to the cluster approach, and without it the element of predictability is lost. It represents a commitment of cluster leads to do their utmost to ensure an adequate and appropriate response…Where there ...

Programme Directors, His Excellency the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, Honourable Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Ghana, Mr Alan...