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Cameroon / Economy
BMI View: Cameroon's government revenues will be robust in the coming years, as we expect the price of oil, a key export, to remain at historically high prices. However, expansive government spending, on both capital expenditures and current expenditures such as food and fuel subsidies, will keep the budget balance negative. We are forecasting a shortfall equal to 0.3% of GDP...
2012-01-27Ghana / Economy
BMI View: Annual inflation in Ghana rose slightly to 8.58% in December 2011 from 8.55% in November. Although inflation remains contained for now, we see upside risks over the coming...
2012-01-27Cameroon / Economy
BMI View: A projected multi-year increase in real GDP growth will bring the fiscal deficit back into balance by 2015, but absent reforms to tax collection and subsidy programmes,...
2012-01-27Country Risk Rating
Ghana
The announcement by Ghanaian president John Atta Mills that the government is now seeking alternatives to the US$10bn STX housing project would appear to be the final nail in the coffin...
2012-01-27Cameroon
Cameroon's Minister of Labour and Social Security, Grégoire Owona, successfully negotiated a resolution between workers' unions and the management of the rubber production company,...
2012-01-27Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan has made a preliminary attempt at negotiating with the terrorist organisation Boko Haram, which has killed hundreds of police officers, community leaders,...
2012-01-27Cote d'Ivoire
The Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI) announced one of its supporters died when stone-throwing youths attacked a party rally on January 21. The FPI went on to claim that the assailants...
2012-01-25Cameroon
BMI View: Cameroon's government revenues will be robust in the coming years, as we expect the price of oil, a key export, to remain at historically high prices. However, expansive...
2012-01-27Ghana
BMI View: Annual inflation in Ghana rose slightly to 8.58% in December 2011 from 8.55% in November. Although inflation remains contained for now, we see upside risks over the coming...
2012-01-27Cameroon
BMI View: A projected multi-year increase in real GDP growth will bring the fiscal deficit back into balance by 2015, but absent reforms to tax collection and subsidy programmes,...
2012-01-27Nigeria
BMI View: Inflation is expected to remain in double digits in 2012 despite relatively tight monetary conditions. The moderation in global commodity prices will be offset by domestic...
2012-01-27Nigeria
BMI View: In the wake of some of the most violent attacks ever attributed to the terrorist organisation Boko Haram, the complicated security situation in Nigeria is fast deteriorating...
2012-01-23Nigeria
BMI View: The recent attacks by the terrorist organisation Boko Haram portray an increasingly brazen, coordinated effort to wreak havoc in the north-eastern parts of Nigeria. The...
2011-11-11Cameroon
The October 9th 2011 presidential election in Cameroon avoided violence but there were a significant number of reported irregularities. President Biya will in all likelihood comfortably...
2011-10-10Nigeria
BMI View: Terrorism is on the rise in Nigeria, with serious attacks on the northeast and Abuja reported on August 25 and 26. We maintain that the amorphous nature of terrorist...
2011-08-26
