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Niger: IMF Executive Board Completes Reviews of Niger’s ECF Arrangement, Approves US$53.7 Million Disbursement, Increases Access and Extends the Program
International Monetary Fund
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November 30, 2015
Press Release No. 15/541 November 30, 2015 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the sixth and seventh reviews of Niger’s economic performance under the program supported by an Extended Credit Facility (ECF)1...
IMF Executive Board Approves the US$19.5 Million Disbursement to Niger to Strengthen Macroeconomic Stability
International Monetary Fund
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December 10, 2018
December 10, 2018 IMF Executive Board completes the third review under the Extended Credit Facility It enables the disbursement of SDR14.1 million (about US$19.5 million) to Niger and increasing its access to IMF resources from 75 percent to 90...
International Organization for Migration (IOM) returns 1000th Ghanaian from Libya, Niger since 2017
African Press Organization
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February 1, 2019
Download logo The International Organization for Migration (IOM) received a mandate in December 2016 to help rescue vulnerable migrants from Ghana stranded en route to Europe. The plan was to bring 650 men and women home within three years. This...
EUCAP Sahel Niger: Council extends the mission for two years
African Press Organization
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September 18, 2018
Download logo On 18 September 2018, the Council extended the mandate of EUCAP Sahel Niger until 30 September 2020 and agreed on a budget of €63.4 million for the period 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2020. The Council also updated the mission's...
Petrogress, Inc. Announces Partnership with Deliman Oil to Expand Distribution Operations into Gas Stations in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Niger
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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December 12, 2018
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Petrogress, Inc. (OTC:PGAS) announces that its Petrogress Int’l, LLC (“PIL”) subsidiary has entered into a Partnership Agreement with Deliman Oil Company Limited, a Ghanaian corporation (“Deliman”) to...
Niger: IMF Staff Completes Review Mission
International Monetary Fund
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May 18, 2015
Press Release No. 15/226 May 18, 2015 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Cheikh Anta Gueye visited Niamey from April 27 to May 8, 2015 for the sixth review of Niger’s financial and economic program supported by the Extended Credit...
Remarks at Security Council Debate on “Understanding and Addressing Climate-related Security Risks”
African Press Organization
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July 11, 2018
Madame President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I commend the Security Council for focusing its attention on climate-related security risks. I would like to address four key issues today: firstly, the nature of the challenges to our common...
Tajani visit to Niger: we must support and expand Niger’s well-functioning model to reduce irregular migration flows
African Press Organization
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July 16, 2018
“Niger plays a key role to drastically reduce irregular migrants’ flows to Libya and the EU. My visit to Niamey aims at strengthening our partnership with this country, discussing how the EU can promote investments and make more funds available. I...
IMF Staff Completes Review Mission to Niger
International Monetary Fund
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October 30, 2018
October 30, 2018 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the...
Tajani visit to Niger: 95% decrease in migration flows to Libya and Europe thanks to EU partnership and funds
African Press Organization
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July 13, 2018
''Through financial support and a strong partnership, the European Union has helped Niger to reduce migratory flows to Libya and the EU by over 95%. In 2016, 330,000 people crossed Niger primarily directed to Europe via Libya. In 2017, this number...
Baker Hughes Company Announces First-Quarter 2025 Results
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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April 22, 2025
First-quarter highlights Orders of $6.5 billion, including $3.2 billion of IET orders. RPO of $33.2 billion, including record IET RPO of $30.4 billion. Revenue of $6.4 billion, consistent year-over-year. Attributable net income of $402 million....
African tourism administrations undersign the Declaration of Kinshasa on fostering tourism as a driver of biodiversity and environmental protection
African Press Organization
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April 12, 2018
An intense week of exchange of experiences and capacity building linked to wildlife and biodiversity protection has taken place in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A major result of the regional initiative that lies under the...
Canada announces funding for humanitarian assistance in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria
African Press Organization
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April 10, 2018
On behalf of the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Matt DeCourcey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced over $27 million in funding to humanitarian...
President João Lourenço reaffirms support to climate initiatives
Angola Press Agency
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April 30, 2018
Brazzaville, ANGOLA, April 30 - The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, reaffirmed this Sunday in Brazzaville (Congo), the support to the implementation of initiatives for the preservation of the Congo basin and the world?s environment.,...
Niger: Statement by the IMF Staff Mission
International Monetary Fund
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November 7, 2014
Press Release No. 14/507 November 7, 2014 A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mr. Cheikh Anta Gueye visited Niamey from October 21to November 3, 2014, for discussions on the 2014 Article IV consultation and the fourth...
IMF Executive Board Completes Second Review of Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Niger and Approves US$20 Million Disbursement
International Monetary Fund
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June 1, 2018
June 1, 2018 The approval brings total disbursements under the arrangement to SDR 42.3 million (about US$60 million). Program performance in 2017 was satisfactory, despite an underperformance of fiscal revenue mobilization. Niger’s economic...
Africa: Conflicts and weather patterns strain food security
African Press Organization
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March 5, 2018
High levels of food insecurity persist in the world, due largely to conflicts and to adverse climatic shocks that are taking a toll, particularly in East African and Near East countries, where large numbers of people continue to be in need of...
Initial Global Atomic Drilling Intersects High Grade and Offscale Uranium Mineralization at its DASA Project, Republic of Niger
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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February 22, 2018
TORONTO, Feb. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Atomic Corporation (“Global Atomic” or the “Company”), (TSX-V:GLO) is pleased to report initial gamma probe results from its current drill program at the DASA deposit (“DASA”) in the Republic of...
International Monetary Fund Staff Completes Visit to Niger
African Press Organization
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April 11, 2018
Staff-level agreement was reached with the authorities on economic and financial policies that could support completion of the second program review Economic activity expanded by 4.9 percent in 2017, with growth of 5.2 percent expected for 2018....
Towards a basis for sustainable peace and stability in Mali
African Press Organization
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April 12, 2018
Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN Security Council on the situation in Mali: Thank you very much Mr President. Thank you Mr Foreign Minister for taking time to join us today and I’d like to join colleagues...