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BMI View:Gabon has wasted decades of oil revenues, but with crude production facing steady decline, better economic stewardship is urgently needed. The IMF is once again engaged with... 2007-09-02

Togo is due to hold parliamentary elections by 22 October 2007, the date on which the current legislature's mandate expires. Although no official deadline has yet been set, late September... 2007-08-30

BMI View: We see Ghana as being on a more sound financial footing than in recent years, with foreign debt levels much improved since 2005. This should remain the case over the coming... 2007-08-22

BMI View: The shortage of light crop beans poses a risk to the nascent cocoa processing industry in Ghana. Still, we expect the higher-value processing to buoy the balance of payments... 2007-08-22

The International Monetary Fund's most recent Article IV (released on August 16) provides some important food for thought as to Cameroon's economic achievements and challenges. The... 2007-08-21

BMI View: The Central Bank of Nigeria 's (CBN) foreign exchange and monetary policy reforms will almost certainly result in greater naira appreciation going forward and greater... 2007-08-15

BMI View: We welcome what appears to be a gradual movement toward formal dialogue, with a fairly broad representation of rebel groups, but equally highlight a number of hurdles on... 2007-08-01

Signalling Liberia's gradual return from years of mayhem and economic stagnation, the government has removed the six-year-old moratorium on the mining, sale and exports of diamonds.... 2007-07-30

The peaceful transition of power to democratically elected President Sidi Mohamed Ould Chiekh Abdallahi in April 2007 has allowed the new government to concentrate on economic matters.... 2007-07-26

Judging by the Bank of Ghana's (BoG) most recent Financial Stability Report the health of the Ghanaian banking sector is on an encouraging trajectory. Strong asset growth coupled... 2007-07-26