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Central Africa
BEAC changes tactics with mining and oil operators

With foreign exchange reserves dwindling, member states, in the midst of negotiations with the IMF, asked the central bank for progress on the issue of repatriating funds for the rehabilitation of mining and oil sites [...]

Published on 09/03/2026 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Central Africa
BEAC changes tactics with mining and oil operators

Central Africa
Discussions on funding for mining and oil site restoration reach impasse

Senegal
IMF unlikely to force Dakar to restructure its debt

Ethiopia
At the heart of IMF programme, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia under pressure

Ethiopia
$500m World Bank-funded energy access project flounders

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Donors back $10.5bn IMF support programme for Addis