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IMF says vaccines to fuel Mideast recovery, tough path ahead
Middle East

IMF says vaccines to fuel Mideast recovery, tough path ahead

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Broad access to different coronavirus vaccines remains crucial for an economic recovery in the…
US, Sudan agree to settle African country’s World Bank debt
Middle East

US, Sudan agree to settle African country’s World Bank debt

CAIRO (AP) — The US and Sudan on Wednesday agreed to settle the African’s country’s debt to the World Bank,…
Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms
Middle East

Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Kuwait emerged from a months-long coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened…
Zambia’s risk of default highlights Africa’s debt crisis
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Zambia’s risk of default highlights Africa’s debt crisis

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Facing financial difficulties aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, the southern African nation of Zambia appears headed…
‘Fresh paint on crumbling building’: Lebanon bank clean-up raises doubts
Middle East

‘Fresh paint on crumbling building’: Lebanon bank clean-up raises doubts

LONDON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Bankers and analysts have voiced skepticism about attempts by Lebanon’s central bank to clean up the country’s…
Tunisia president designates new PM amid hopes of ending political crisis
Middle East

Tunisia president designates new PM amid hopes of ending political crisis

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied on Saturday designated the interior minister as the new prime minister to succeed…
Public debt, populism and protests as Tunisia faces crisis
Middle East

Public debt, populism and protests as Tunisia faces crisis

TUNIS (Reuters) – The collapse of Tunisia’s shortest-lived government since its 2011 revolution has plunged its young democracy into a…
Debt moratorium ‘essential’ to help Africa fight coronavirus: Macron
World

Debt moratorium ‘essential’ to help Africa fight coronavirus: Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the debt of African countries as “an essential step”…
Lebanon to stop paying back all debt in foreign currencies
Middle East

Lebanon to stop paying back all debt in foreign currencies

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon will stop paying all maturing Eurobonds in foreign currencies amid a crippling economic and financial crisis…
CBE to cancel LE10 bn worth of debt owed by 940,000 customers
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CBE to cancel LE10 bn worth of debt owed by 940,000 customers

The Central Bank of Egypt will cancel around LE 10 billion in debt owed to banks by 940,000 customers, as…
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