'Wake up politicians'

04 May 2016 - 15:04
By Reuters

Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa was likely to slow this year to its weakest in nearly two decades, hurt by a slump in commodity prices, drought and the after-effects of the Ebola outbreak, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. In its African Economic Outlook, the IMF forecast growth would slip to 3% this year - the lowest rate since 1999 - from 3.

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