The UN said in a statement that it has allocated US$9mn to help people displaced in northeast Nigeria by an insurgency sparked by Boko Haram
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"We must let Africa evolve," says President Emmerson Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Africas problem is "the failure of leadership" and it needs to evolve
Moody's affirms Côte d'Ivoire's rating on fiscal policies, lower cocoa dependence
Moodys on Tuesday affirmed Côte dIvoires sovereign rating citing the economys diversification from cocoa and the governments fiscal policies
Signing of the Line of Financing agreement between ICD and Nigerian Banks
The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private sector (ICD) and Jaiz Bank, SunTrust Bank and Wema Bank have signed a Line of financing agreements for a US$20mn, US$10mn and US$20mn respectively
IMF reviews progress of Madagascar’s economic programme
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Marshall Mills, mission chief for Madagascar, visited Antananarivo from 14–28 March 2018, to hold discussions on the third review of Madagascar’s economic reform programme supported by the IMF’s three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF)