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6 April 2020
https://allafrica.com
The Bureau of the Sixth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) has met and adopted an action plan establishing key priorities for implementing key messages from the forum that was held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in February.
6 April 2020
https://weetracker.com
The pandemic outbreak is already starting to sound like a broken record. However, the world is yet to heal from it, as does its economies. Meanwhile, Africa’s coronavirus cases—now above 9,000—are but a tiny fraction compared to the impacts on the continent’s rather fragile economies.
6 April 2020
www.modernghana.com
The Bureau of the Sixth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) has met and adopted an action plan establishing key priorities for implementing key messages from the forum that was held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in February.
6 April 2020
www.afrigatenews.net
انعكست المخاوف من انتشار فيروس كورونا على الاقتصاد الليبي،إذ ضاعفت حجم معاناة مستمرة منذ إغلاق المنشآت والموانئ النفطية في التاسع عشر من يناير الماضي، وهي الأزمة التي كبدت البلاد خسائر تقدر بنحو أكثر من ثلاثة مليارات دولار.
5 April 2020
punchng.com
A former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has supported the call by African ministers of finance to seek for debt relief from bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners to cushion the negative impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the economies of countries within the region.
5 April 2020
www.independent.co.uk
Africa is facing the “complete collapse of economies and livelihoods” unless the spread of coronavirus can be contained, UN official Ahunna Eziakonwa has warned.
5 April 2020
www.dtnpf.com
Some of Uganda's poorest people used to work here, on the streets of Kampala, as fruit sellers sitting on the pavement or as peddlers of everything from handkerchiefs to roasted peanuts.
5 April 2020
www.capitalethiopia.com
African Ministers of Finance held a second virtual meeting, against the backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases in Africa. The meeting was hosted by Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, and co-chaired by Ministers Tito Mboweni of South Africa and Ken Ofori-Atta of Ghana.
5 April 2020
www.algerie-eco.com
Il y a un peu moins de 2 semaines, les ministres africains des Finances ont lancé un appel à l’aide à destination de la communauté internationale. Ils ont notamment demandé que leur soit accordée une exonération du paiement des intérêts sur les dettes et obligations de leurs pays respectifs.
5 April 2020
www.rfi.fr
La crise du coronavirus est pour l’instant une crise sanitaire. Les analystes expliquent qu’elle va également rapidement devenir un choc économique, surtout là où des formules de confinement risquent de paralyser l’activité.
4 April 2020
fr.cameroonmagazine.com
Les 11 grandes économies africaines, en l’occurrence le Nigeria, l’Afrique du Sud, l’Egypte, l’Algérie, l’Angola, l’Ethiopie, le Kenya, la Cote d’Ivoire, le Ghana, la Zambie et le Mozambique, feront face à des déficits budgétaires énormes, selon la Commission économique africaine (CEA) de l’ONU. Ces prévisions interviennent alors que le nombre des infections du Covid-19 en Afrique continuent d’...
4 April 2020
southerntimesafrica.com
Coronavirus hit African economies may get relief as multilateral and bilateral financial institutions are considering availing US$100 billion to counter devastating effects of the plague.
4 April 2020
www.foxnews.com
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed also warns of ‘existential threat’ to way of life
Africa is facing the “complete collapse of economies and livelihoods” unless the spread of coronavirus can be contained, UN official Ahunna Eziakonwa has warned.
4 April 2020
news.aniamey.com
Il n’est pas resté insensible devant la crise à coronavirus qui décime l’humanité et menace l’Afrique, son continent. L’ex-patron de Crédit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, œuvre à sa manière pour contribuer à freiner cette pandémie, notamment sa propagation dans les pays africains.
4 April 2020
www.batimes.com.ar
Some of Uganda's poorest people used to work here, on the streets of Kampala, as fruit sellers sitting on the pavement or as peddlers of everything from handkerchiefs to roasted peanuts.
4 April 2020
www.youm7.com
3 April 2020
www.algerie-eco.com
Les ministres africains des Finances annoncent des mesures visant à atténuer l’impact économique du coronavirus sur le continent. L’information a été donnée, mardi 31 mars 2020, à l’issue d’une deuxième visioconférence relative à la crise sanitaire.
3 April 2020
www.sunnewsonline.com
A fortnight ago, life was pretty normal in Africa – open markets, weddings, funerals – while Europe, China and increasingly other parts of the world had become locked down as a result of the rampaging coronavirus. In the past week, though, the region has joined the rest of the world, locking down cities and states.
3 April 2020
www.marketscreener.com
Signed by 52 African countries, the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), judging by the number of participating countries, is the most important trade agreement since the creation of the World Trade Organisation.
3 April 2020
www.scmp.com
African countries ask for relief to focus on containing pandemic and absorb its impact on exports and GDP
3 April 2020
www.agenceecofin.com
Il y a un peu moins de 2 semaines, les ministres africains des Finances ont lancé un appel à l’aide à destination de la communauté internationale. Ils ont notamment demandé que leur soit accordée une exonération du paiement des intérêts sur les dettes et obligations de leurs pays respectifs. Ce montant est estimé pour 2020 à 44 milliards $, selon la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA).
3 April 2020
www.sunnewsonline.com
A fortnight ago, life was pretty normal in Africa – open markets, weddings, funerals – while Europe, China and increasingly other parts of the world had become locked down as a result of the rampaging coronavirus. In the past week, though, the region has joined the rest of the world, locking down cities and states.
3 April 2020
/www.tustex.com
L’économie africaine est confrontée à un ralentissement profond et synchronisé et ne pourra s’en remettre qu’au bout de trois ans. Telle est la conclusion des ministres africains en charge de l’Economie et des Finances, réunis à Addis Abeba par visioconférence, cette semaine.
2 April 2020
www.china.org.cn
African ministers of finance have urged immediate emergency financing of 100 billion U.S. dollars to deal with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on the continent.
2 April 2020
www.thisdaylive.com
Ministers of Finance from Nigeria and other African countries have called for debt relief from bilateral, multilateral and commercial partners, due to the ravaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has plunged the world into an economic crisis.