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An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission has arrived in Lusaka to commence the first review of Zambia’s IMF Program under an Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, and Article IV consultations.…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has reached a staff-level agreement with Ukraine on funding worth $15.6bn (£12.8bn). The organisation’s first loan to a country at war is expected…
By Sean Tembo – PeP President 1. On 2nd September 2021, barely 8 days after being sworn in as Zambia’s 7th President, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema announced that he was going…
Human rights defender Laura Miti says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal and conditions is punishment for bad economic behaviour. She says the time for citizens talk loud was when…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has so far disbursed over 195 million United States dollars to Zambia as the first installment for the 1.3 billion approved bailout package. The Ministry…
Government says although the reinstatement of Value Added Tax (Vat) on fuel and increase in the electricity tariffs being one of the harsh conditions that comes with the IMF package,…
The government has been urged to fulfil all future debt obligations to creditors, on the backdrop of the recently approved International Monetary Fund (IMF) US$1.3 billion facility. The Centre for…
Development activist Dr Canisius Banda says Zambians should not celebrate the recent US1.3 billion bailout as government is planning to put it to bad use. Banda, says the disclosure by…
The Zambian kwacha this afternoon appreciated further against major currencies following an International Monitory Fund (IMF) approval of $1.3 billion bailout to the Southern Africa county. Zambian Eye’s Asa Manda…
Hiyvie Hamududu has praised President Hakainde Hichilema (HH) for managing to secure the International Monitory Fund (IMF) 1.3 billion bailout fund for Zambia. The IMF has just approved the long…