The Democratic Republic of Congo joins Chad in negotiation for debt relief with trading partners; with the appointment of investment bank Lazard as an advisor. IMF has stopped Kenya from accessing a $1.5 billion standby credit facility last June after failing to agree with the government on a reduction of the fiscal deficit. Qatar injected roughly $43 billion into banks in 2017 after a Saudi Arabia-led boycott resulted in a drop in deposits.

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