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Nigeria says banks can make Eurobonds pitches until Sept 19-debt official

September 16, 2016/Reuters Nigeria will accept proposals from international and local banks to sell Eurobonds worth $1 billion until Sept 19, a senior debt official said on Friday. “And days after that, we will fast track the process of vetting, screening and selection,” Abraham Nwankwo, director general of the debt […]

Nigeria to sell $1 bln worth of Eurobonds by mid-Dec -debt official

September 16, 2016/Reuters By Camillus Eboh Nigeria expects to raise $1 billion from Eurobonds by mid-December, a senior debt official said on Friday as the government planned to inject another $1.1 billion into Africa’s biggest economy, which has been hit by recession. Nigeria has been scrambling to fund a record […]

The Calculus of Conflict in the Middle East

September 16, 2016/iMFdirect By Christine Lagarde As world leaders head to New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, there is still no end to the heart-breaking images of war-torn cities in the Middle East and North Africa, and of a massive exodus of people looking for sanctuary […]