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11 May 2020
www.financialafrik.com
Le sud-africain Cyril Ramaphosa, président en exercice de l’Union Africaine, exige un moratoire de deux ans de la dette africaine, selon le compte rendu d’une conférence call entre les pays voisins d’Afrique Australe qui a eu lieu le week-end dernier. Une demande plausible mais difficile à mettre en oeuvre compte tenu des réticences des partenaires. Selon la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (...
11 May 2020
www.lecourrier.vn
Un confinement total d'une durée d'un mois à travers toute l'Afrique coûterait au continent environ 2,5 % de son PIB annuel, soit environ 65,7 milliards d'USD américains par mois, selon un rapport rendu public dimanche 10 mai par la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l'Afrique.
11 May 2020
www.lopinion.ma
Selon des estimations de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA-ONU), institution basée à Addis-Abeba (Ethiopie), le continent africain perd environ 2,5% de son PIB en un mois de confinement, soit 65 milliards de dollars. C’est qui ressort d’un débat mondial en ligne initié, récemment, par la CEA-ONU sur les stratégies de déconfinement de l’Afrique face au Covid-19.
11 May 2020
https://news.bloomberglaw.com
When African ministers held a video conference call to discuss debt relief last week, the same concern kept cropping up: how to cut the payments without jeopardizing future access to markets.
11 May 2020
www.newsday.co.zw
THE United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has proposed various coronavirus exit strategies following the imposition of lockdowns that helped suppress the disease, but with devastating economic consequences.
11 May 2020
www.bloombergquint.com/
African countries require a two-year debt standstill to provide governments with the fiscal space to fight the coronavirus pandemic, according to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The continent needs an immediate emergency economic stimulus of $100 billion to combat the impact of the disease and almost half of that could come from waiving interest payments, according to the United Nations.
11 May 2020
http://cityvoiceng.com
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has released a new report proposing to African nations various coronavirus disease (COVID-19) exit strategies following the imposition of lockdowns that helped suppress the virus but with devastating economic consequences.
11 May 2020
www.monitor.co.ug
The African Union Commission (AUC), Afreximbank, AfroChampions and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) have jointly advised African Union member states to resist the temptation to adopt nationalist and protectionist measures by imposing restrictions to trade and disrupting value and supply chains.
10 May 2020
africa.cgtn.com
10 May 2020
afriqueactudaily.com
10 May 2020
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
10 May 2020
www.xinhuanet.com
10 May 2020
afrique.latribune.fr
10 May 2020
ethiopianmonitor.com
10 May 2020
https://maghrebemergent.info/
Les pays africains se penchent sur les plans de déconfinement afin de limiter les dommages économiques et sociaux. Selon les chiffres de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) « le continent perd environ 2,5% de son PIB en un mois de confinement, soit environ 65 milliards de dollars ».
10 May 2020
www.jeuneafrique.com
10 May 2020
menafn.com
10 May 2020
www.pmnewsnigeria.com
10 May 2020
www.theafricareport.com
Oby Ezekwesili is not backing down in her belief that China should pay African countries for the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
10 May 2020
www.newtimes.co.rw
The COVID-19 pandemic is not a reason to delay the start of trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), on July 1, 2020 as earlier envisaged, according to African trade experts and business leaders.
L'Afrique perd environ 65 milliards dollars en un mois de confinement, soit 2,5% du PIB du continent
9 May 2020
2m.ma
9 May 2020
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/ea/African-countries-gradually-ease-measures-slow-coronavirus/4552908-5547176-3ximiz/index.html
8 May 2020
afrique.latribune.fr