IMF says Ghana targeting $10.5 billion in external debt relief
By Rachel Savage and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila JOHANNESBURG/ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana is targeting $10.5 billion of external debt service relief from…
Africa
Sudan’s conflict inflicts heavy toll on children
By Mai ShamsElDin and El Tayeb Siddig CAIRO (Reuters) – After surviving weeks of fighting in Khartoum, Sanaa Mahmoud has…
IMF: Ghana intends to agree debt rework MoU with official creditors before November
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ghanaian authorities aim to agree a memorandum of understanding with official creditors before the first IMF programme…
A second exile: Sudanese refugees flee again to destitute Chad
By Zohra Bensemra and Mahamat Ramadane KOUFROUN, Chad (Reuters) – Fleeing the village to escape from attackers, crossing a desert…
EBRD pledges more support for Ukraine with capital boost
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (Reuters) -At a meeting in Russia’s former Central Asian backyard, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on…
With China looming, Biden plans new Pacific islands summit after PNG no-show
By Jeff Mason and Kirsty Needham ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/SYDNEY (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will arrange another summit of…
Global debt on the rise, EM crosses $100 trillion mark – IIF
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – A measure of debt across the globe rose in the first quarter to…
Arab League head welcomes Syria back into the bloc
DUBAI (Reuters) – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit welcomed Syria back into the bloc on Wednesday, as Arab…
Syria’s Assad to steal spotlight at Arab summit after years in the cold
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH(Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a pariah for more than a decade, is expected to…
Air strikes, artillery fire escalate as factions battle in Sudan capital
By Khalid Abdelaziz DUBAI (Reuters) – Air strikes and artillery fire intensified sharply across Sudan’s capital on Tuesday, residents said,…