The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed its 2026 Article IV Consultation with Namibia, warning that rising global tensions, weaker diamond demand and fiscal pressures are weighing heavily on the country’s growth outlook.

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and its partners have taken stock of progress and set priorities for the next phase of a regional agriculture initiative that has significantly strengthened food security in Burundi, Comoros, Somalia and South Sudan.

Apple on Friday ​said it has ‌hired Lilian Rincon, who previously spent ​nearly a decade ​at Google overseeing its ⁠shopping and ​assistant products, as the ​Vice President of product marketing for artificial ​intelligence, reporting to ​its Marketing Chief Greg “Joz” ‌Joswiak