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IMF, Mozambique to discuss first credit facility since $2-bn graft scandal
The International Monetary Fund will start discussions next month on an extended credit facility with Mozambique, the fund said on Tuesday, its first potential programme with the country since suspending support in 2016. That year Mozambique unveiled hefty state-backed borrowing it had previously failed to disclose, in a 2-billion-dollar corruption scandal that prompted donors to cut off aid and sparked…
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Africa
Africa COVID-19 Index shows the 10 most vulnerable regions
Africa COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index shows the 10 most vulnerable regions in Africa are found in six countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Cameroon, and Madagascar A new index designed to fill a critical information gap and help African governments, health officials, non-governmental organizations, and others respond to the coronavirus pandemic finds that although Africa has not yet…
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Technology
Movitel, SA Presented Wins Mobile Innovations Awards
A nascent joint venture between Vietnamese telecommunications group Viettel and Mozambique’s SPI company – has just dramatically won the “Best Mobile Innovation Award” in the Mobile Innovations Awards 2014, becoming the first and the only operator in Africa to win 3 prestigious international awards in 3 consecutive years. This is the most notable prize among the 18 others of the…
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Africa
Morocco rejects African Union’s new special envoy for Western Sahara
Morocco rejects the African Union’s decision to appoint a special envoy for the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano was appointed as a special envoy for Western Sahara at a meeting in Equatorial Guinea last week of the African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security…
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