No playbook for COVID-19, says IMF facilities manager

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No playbook for COVID-19, says IMF facilities manager

Jamaican Jennifer Lester, who wields management power at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said the pandemic sweeping the world is unprecedented and there is no playbook to predict or determine the devastating tentacles of the disease, which...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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East Africa: Fear of COVID-19 Slows Trucking in East Africa

As trucks stacked up for days, Rwanda and neighboring Tanzania worked out a deal that scrapped plans for relay drivers but mandated transferring cargo at the border, “except for trucks carrying perishable goods and petroleum products destined to Rwanda,” the Kigali government said in a news release

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Sudan: Govt Has No Cash to Pay Damages for 1998 Embassy Bombings - Analyst

A Sudanese political analyst says Sudan will have a hard time finding the cash to pay the punitive damages imposed by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in connection with the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and

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Local debt grows with Sh106bn Bretton Woods loan

Given Kenya’s classification as a lower middle-income country, the loan comprises a Sh79.5 billion credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and Sh26.5 billion from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Rwanda Donates Medical Kits to Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan

The Government of Rwanda has donated testing medical kits to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) as part of its response to the Covid-19

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East Africa: Regional Court Ruling Upholds Media Freedom

When the Tanzanian newspaper, Mseto, was controversially banned for three years in 2016, the move sparked years of litigation at the East African Court of Justice, litigation that now seems to have been brought to an end by an appeal decision from that court delivered last

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Debt-to-GDP ratio to exceed 100%

THE Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (Zeparu) says the country’s debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio will balloon to 101,6% by year end due to legacy debt, farmers’ compensation and

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Burundi: Nkurunziza Leaves a Mixed Legacy

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died of a heart attack aged 55 according to an official statement released on Tuesday, has left behind a mixed

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Africa's Debt Crisis Grows Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

[DW] Amid falling prices of raw materials, recession, and now COVID-19, Africa is in serious trouble as debt burden grows. Zambia is on the brink of defaulting on its foreign debt as a so-called grace period expires.

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Kenya: Facebook Steps in to Help Kenya's Drying Blood Bank

The Health Ministry has partnered with Facebook to drive a blood donation campaign among users in Kenya in order to help get more blood in the

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ANC reported to IMF for 'misusing $4.3bn loan to bailout SAA'

Shadow minister Geordin Hill-Lewis has claimed that the government used the billion-dollar IMF loan to help bailout SAA last month.

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Zimbabwe security forces ordered mobile money ban: sources

Zimbabwe’s security force leaders sidelined the nation’s economic chiefs and forced the government to issue an order to close the stock exchange and halt most mobile money transactions, people familiar with the situation

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EXPLAINED | Nine things you should know about Tito Mboweni's budget

During his budget speech, Mboweni said the country is facing a sovereign debt crisis if spending isn't changed soon, and that debt to GDP will reach 106% by 2023 if nothing

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Kenya: Junior Athletes in Kisii Get Aid

At least 50 athletes from Mogonga Camp in Kisii County Tuesday received a major boost after the Ministry of Sports gifted them foodstuffs and cash to cushion them against the effects of Covid-19

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CARICOM again calls for closer ties to Africa | New York Carib News

Mottley said it was also important to recognize that 75 years after the establishment of the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions –the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank – “to come together to determine how best we can re-fashion how they function and how they look to

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Kenya: Actor Pete Openda Succumbs to Cancer

Renowned actor Pete Openda has died after a long battle with

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Mboweni warns of debt crisis as he prepares to slash spending

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Forex reserves swell to four-month high on IMF Sh79bn injection

Forex reserves swell to four-month high on IMF Sh79bn injection

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Pandemic may push 50 million Africans into extreme poverty - AfDB

Nearly 50 million Africans could be driven into extreme poverty in the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, says the AfDB.

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Congo-Kinshasa: Top Congolese Opposition Member Dies of COVID-19

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Rwanda: Kagame, Canadian Premier Hold Discussion Over COVID-19

Kagame expressed gratitude to the Canadian Premier for his country's support towards Rwanda's Covid-19 fight and other areas in which Canada supports

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COVID-19 not covered under business interruption policies, says IAJ

Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) President Vernon James says while industry players empathise with businesses that have been impacted by the current health crisis, business interruption insurance policies do not cover losses due to viruses such as

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Rwanda Receives a Further U.S.$111 Million From IMF

Rwanda will receive a further $111.06m from the International Monetary Fund as part of the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to support recovery amidst the Covid-19

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Uganda: Private Schools Ask Govt to Pay Teachers' Salaries for One Year

The National Private Education Institutions Association (NPEIA) wants government to pay salaries for teachers in private schools for at least a year if there are no plans to reopen the learning

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Egypt: IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement On a 12-Month U.S.$5.2 Billion Stand-By Arrangement

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to

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Mauritania became an independent nation on Nov. 28, 1960, and was admitted to the United Nations in 1961 over the strenuous opposition of Morocco, which claimed the territory. In the late 1960s, the government sought to make Arab culture dominant. Racial and ethnic tension between

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US wrestles with economic response to coronavirus pandemic | Afro

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $3 trillion stimulus bill, known as the Heroes Act, last month that would provide an additional $1,200 direct payment per family member and $600 per household, close to $1 trillion to state, local, territorial and tribal

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