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Thursday 23 May

This IMF photo shows International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Christine Lagarde shaking hands with local villagers as she visits Boubon Village in Niamey, Niger. The International Monetary Fund is almost certain to cut its world growth forecast, from the 4.0 percent estimated in September, due to the eurozone debt crisis, Lagarde said Wednesday.

Bulletin: Lagarde says IMF almost certain to cut 2012 growth forecast

Bulletin: Lagarde says IMF almost certain to cut 2012 growth forecast

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This IMF photo shows International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Christine Lagarde as she sits between Nigerian Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (L) and Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as they hold a joint press conference in Lagos, Nigeria. Lagarde warned Tuesday that the world economy is at a "very dangerous juncture."

Bulletin: World economy at a 'very dangerous juncture': IMF chief

Bulletin: World economy at a 'very dangerous juncture': IMF chief

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IMF chief Christine Lagarde (centre) met Nigeria's president Monday on her first visit to Africa as head of the fund, with the trip to focus partly on potential fallout from the European debt crisis.

Bulletin: IMF head in Nigeria for first Africa visit

Bulletin: IMF head in Nigeria for first Africa visit

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IMF head Christine Lagarde, pictured on December 15, arrived in Nigeria on Sunday for her first visit to Africa as head of the fund, a spokesman said, with the trip also to take her to the neighbouring nation of Niger.

Bulletin: IMF head arrives in Nigeria for first Africa visit

Bulletin: IMF head arrives in Nigeria for first Africa visit

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Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) French Christiane Lagarde during a press conference at the Mexican Central Bank headquarters in Mexico City, November 2011. Lagarde will visit Nigeria and Niger on December 18-22 on her first visit to Africa while leading the crisis lender, the IMF said Monday.

Bulletin: IMF chief Lagarde to visit Niger, Nigeria

Bulletin: IMF chief Lagarde to visit Niger, Nigeria

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Government vehicles of Swaziland's Kingdom are pictured in the Central Transport depot of Mbabane in July 2011. Swaziland's economic growth will grind to near zero this year as the government's fiscal crisis rocks banks and private businesses, and hits HIV/AIDs programmes, the IMF warned Wednesday.

Bulletin: Swazi fiscal crisis at 'critical stage': IMF

Bulletin: Swazi fiscal crisis at 'critical stage': IMF

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An oil platform situated off Angola. The International Monetary Fund praised Angola's economic management, saying Africa's second-largest oil producer had improved oversight of its own revenues and the state oil company Sonangol.

Bulletin: IMF praises Angola in approving loan tranche

Bulletin: IMF praises Angola in approving loan tranche

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Women carry goods on their heads as they return from shopping at the Abobo market, a suburb of Abidjan, April 2011. The International Monetary Fund awarded Friday a $616 million loan to Ivory Coast to help revive its economy devastated by post-election violence.

Bulletin: IMF approves $616 mn loan to Ivory Coast

Bulletin: IMF approves $616 mn loan to Ivory Coast

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A truck sprays water on the ground in a coal mine on the outskirts of Tete in the Moatize coal basin of Mozambique in 2010. Mozambique's economy could grow 7.25 percent this year and 7.5 percent next year, the International Monetary Fund said Friday, holding up well against a global slowdown.

Bulletin: Mozambique economy strong, on track: IMF

Bulletin: Mozambique economy strong, on track: IMF

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Coffee beans are sorted in a factory in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Sub-Saharan Africa is riding out the global economic slowdown well, an IMF report released has said, with growth across the region expected to approach 6.0 percent in 2012.

Bulletin: IMF sees growth for African economies

Bulletin: IMF sees growth for African economies

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