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CARICOM | Afreximbank Deploys US$10 Billion Shield as Gulf Crisis Bleeds Caribbean and African Economies

KINGSTON,  Jamaica, April 9, 2026 - Calvin G. Brown - The numbers tell a brutal story. Oil prices surging. Freight costs spiking. Remittances disrupted. Tourism revenues in freefall. For the fifteen member states of the Caribbean Community and their counterparts across the African continent, the escalating Middle East conflict that ignited in late February 2026 has not stayed neatly confined to the Gulf.

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Dr. George Elombi, President and Chairman of Afreximbank
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