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A delegation from the International Monetary Fund will visit Tunisia on Monday to start negotiations over a loan programme, a Central Bank official told Reuters on Friday. This follows the...

Lebanon's Najib Mikati was named Prime Minister on Thursday, urging fractious politicians to set aside differences to secure an IMF deal which he said was the only chance to save the...

All international flights to and from Tunisia will be cancelled tomorrow due to a national public strike called by the powerful Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), a union official told Reuters today....

Tunisia's powerful labor union on Saturday reiterated its rejection of conditions proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reforming the country's economic sectors, Anadolu Agency reports. "We will...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has picked a resident representative for Lebanon, the multilateral lender's spokesman, Gerry Rice, said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Rice, who did not specify who...

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have refused to lend money to Pakistan until it secures funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) first, marking a new precedent...

Lebanon's government and its central bank have committed human rights violations by impoverishing people through the "callous destruction" of the country's economy, an independent United Nations report said today, Reuters reports....

A report by a risk consultancy has said that rising fuel and food prices are set to stoke a rise in civil unrest in developing middle income countries, with...

Since the Ukrainian war began a surge in oil and food prices has boosted the Saudi oil giant while leaving consumers less inclined to spend on non-essential products including technology

Egypt will delay the planned offering of shares on the stock exchange of a number of state companies until after the summer vacation, Public Enterprise Minister Hisham Tawfik told Reuters on Saturday. The government...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday the problem of global food security could not be solved without restoring Ukrainian agricultural production and Russian food and fertilizer output to...

A set of reforms the IMF wants Lebanon to enact before approving a funding deal for the country will largely be left for a new parliament to study, an...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, on Thursday, it had reached a staff-level agreement with Lebanon for a four-year extended fund facility that would, however, only get full approval...

A Tunisian delegation will travel to Washington on 18 April for a week of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Economy Minister Samid Saied said yesterday. Saied added...

The Central Bank of Morocco, the Foreign Exchange Authority and the Capital Market Authority have called on Moroccans to comply with laws that prohibit the use of cryptocurrency. The...

The Ukrainian embassy in Cairo has said that Russia is blocking the movement of a ship filled with wheat from Ukraine bound for Egypt. According to UkrAgroConsult, the ship carrying...

Seven human rights organisations have called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to link the new loan being negotiated with Egypt to the government granting more economic and social...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that Tunisia must take a series of measures to reduce the budget deficit and revive the economy, Anadolu has reported, including...

Monday, the Central Bank of Egypt decided, in a special meeting, to raise the overnight interest rates for deposits, lending and primary operations with 100 points (1 per cent)...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday announced that it had received an official request from Egypt to support a new comprehensive economic reform programme, Anadolu reported. "The rapidly changing global environment...

Egypt is in a new round of talks with the IMF for support, which could include a new loan, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine takes its toll on...

Tunisia may not be able to pay its debts to the International Monetary Fund if the deterioration of its economic and financial situation continues, a major US bank warned...

UK Ambassador to Tunisia, Helen Winterton, yesterday announced that Britain is willing to support the North African country in its talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "Britain is...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Lebanon to approve a comprehensive economic plan and reform laws, Anadolu reported. This came during a meeting between an IMF delegation and Lebanese President...

The IMF has asked Lebanon to fulfil a string of pre-conditions before negotiating a bailout, four sources briefed on recent talks said, pressing for steps Beirut has long failed...

The memorandum of understanding signed between Jordan and the US that was signed in February 2018 ends this month, it pledged to provide $1.275 billion annually in bilateral foreign...

Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, indicated, on Thursday, difficulties in agreeing to a financial recovery plan critical to steering Lebanon out of its devastating economic collapse, calling it a "Kamikaze...

Egyptians are crowding into banks after rumours spread that the central bank will float the Egyptian pound again. In 2016 Egypt floated its currency in a move the central...

Tunisia's government has proposed a ten per cent cut in the civil servants' wage bill, Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Noureddine Taboubi, announced yesterday. "The...

Turkey will never leave its political and economic future to the "prescriptions" of global economic institutions like the IMF, the country's president vowed on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports....

Lebanon has yet to give the IMF its estimate of losses in the financial system as discussions on the issue continue, but is working hard to sign a memorandum...

Lebanon's new government aims to make progress towards starting full negotiations for an IMF deal by the end of this year or early next year, but is not expecting...