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IMF reaches agreement with Burkina Faso on programme review, funding increase

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has reached a staff-level agreement with Burkina Faso on the fifth review of the country’s programme under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), alongside discussions on additional financing and climate-related reforms.

IMF completes review of Seychelles programme, approves $41 million disbursement

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed its Article IV consultation with Seychelles and concluded the fifth and sixth reviews under the Extended Fund Facility (ECF) and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangements.

Guinean opposition alliances demand election boycott

Coalition of major opposition parties and prominent civil society organisations in Guinea have issued a joint call to boycott the upcoming legislative and municipal elections

Benin signals diplomatic thaw with Niger, AES states

Benin’s newly inaugurated President, Romuald Wadagni, has extended an olive branch to the Alliance of Sahel

Zambia President pardons over 1 500 inmates to commemorate Africa Day

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has exercised his constitutional prerogative of mercy to pardon 1 505 prisoners

Calls for African-centred football solutions at Ted Dumitru Lecture

Throughout the lecture, Dlangalala repeatedly stressed Dumitru’s conviction that African football talent needed to be nurtured.