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Kenya’s IMF programme will help close financing gap

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KENYA

Facing a worsening fiscal situation amid the COVID-19 pandemic but reluctant to participate in G20 debt restructuring, Kenya arguably had few other options than to apply for new…

Rwandan leader's term plans to face minimal resistance

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RWANDA

Political economy outlook for Rwanda.

Somalia faces long road to economic reconstruction

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SOMALIA

Despite the government’s genuine efforts to implement policy reforms, low to non-existent institutional capacity will continue to impede the emergence of a more formalised…

African central banks face growing political pressures

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AFRICA

The move confirms long-held suspicions that the BoZ is subject to considerable political interference, which has increased as COVID-19 exacerbates the economic pressure on the…

Politics will dictate Sudan’s economic outlook

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SUDAN

The dialogue explicitly aims to assist Sudan’s military rulers and political forces to agree on reviving the transition to democracy. It is also critical to the economic outlook…

Prospects for Africa in the third quarter

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PROSPECTS Q3 2015

Prospects for Africa in the third quarter.

Ethiopia's Tigray standoff will challenge aid response

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ETHIOPIA

ETHIOPIA: Tigray standoff will challenge aid response

Ethiopia’s conflict clouds the economic outlook

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ETHIOPIA

Both are desperately needed, as G20 debt service relief will soon expire, and as the conflict in northern Ethiopia increasingly strains the economy and the government’s finances.

Funding causes concern as famine looms in East Africa

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EAST AFRICA

Yet despite this significant new commitment, and effective early warning of the risk of famine, a dysfunctional humanitarian funding architecture and a lack of engagement from…

South Sudan faces a bleak development outlook

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SOUTH SUDAN

A 2018 peace agreement was meant to provide space for economic reform and recovery, but it has failed to deliver this. Moreover, the outlook for improvement remains poor.