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UNICEF/Ayene In Ethiopia, a nine-year-old child carries jerry cans filled with water to her home, four kilometers away from the borehole.

UNITED NATIONS | Guterres wants agreement over Ethiopian Nile dam project

NEW YORK, NY, May 19, 2020 - Through his spokesperson, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted on Tuesday…

May 20, 2020
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IMF Executive Board approves Immediate Debt Relief for 25 countries

Washington, DC – April 13, 2020 The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms. Kristalina Georgieva,…

April 13, 2020
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International Impact of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic

IMF | "Blunting the Impact and Hard Choices: Early Lessons from China"

WASHINGTON, DC, March 21, 2020 - The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact…

March 21, 2020
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UNITED NATIONS | COVID-19 wipes $50 billion off global exports in February alone

NEW YORK, NY, March 5, 2020 - The extent of the damage to the global economy caused by…

March 5, 2020
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Antoinette Sayeh proposed as Deputy Managing Director of the IMF

UNITED STATES, February 25, 2020 - Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), today proposed…

February 25, 2020
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China Forecasts slower Economic Growth in 2020 due to Covid-19

Beijing, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will lose momentum and will only expand between…

February 24, 2020
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IMF Concerned about Impact of COVID-19 Virus on World Economy

RIYADH, February 22, 2020 - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva today sounded…

February 22, 2020
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Netanyahu and Trump, on the separation wall in Bethlehem. E K

Palestinians will never be convinced a deal with Israel is worth making if annexation is packaged as peace

With typical Trumpian bombast, the so-called “deal of the century” for Israel-Palestine “peace” was unveiled in Washington on…

January 31, 2020
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Construction underway of a new port at Lamu, Kenya. Michael Edward Walsh/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

How mega infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are reshaping development

Huge investments in infrastructure are redefining global development, from China’s Belt and Road Initiative to infrastructure development plans…

November 2, 2019
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (waving) with some of the heads of state who attended the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia. SEFE-EPA-Pool/Sergei Chirikov

Russia steps up efforts to fill gaps left by America’s waning interest in Africa

The Russian government and state companies signed dozens of memoranda of understanding and agreements during the first Russia-Africa…

November 2, 2019
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Trump considers delisting Chinese firms from U.S. markets: sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delisting Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges, three sources…

September 28, 2019
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