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Libby George

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Emerging Markets Correspondent at Reuters

Reuters emerging markets correspondent in London. Previously Lagos and D.C. Wisconsinite at heart. Pulitzer finalist. Covered energy, politics and now money.

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  • 6 days ago | reuters.com | Libby George |Olena Harmash |Marc Jones

    Ukraine's finance ministry said on Friday it would not be paying more than half a billion dollars due to holders of its GDP warrants, marking the first payment default since it created the instruments.

  • 6 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Karin Strohecker |Libby George |Francis Kokoroko

    Afreximbank has signalled that Ghana has kept up loan repayments to it, two sources told Reuters, potentially setting Accra on a collision course with its other lenders that have already agreed to take losses to help the country recover from default.

  • 1 week ago | reuters.com | Karin Strohecker |Libby George

    Afrexim says it is exempt from losses, others disagree Dispute underscores "grey zone" around multilateral lenders Any payments could impact bondholder, official creditor deals Ghana, Zambia have said they will restructure Afrexim loans LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - Afreximbank has signalled that Ghana has kept up loan repayments to it, two sources told Reuters, potentially setting Accra on a collision course with its other lenders that have already agreed to take losses to help the country...

  • 1 week ago | reuters.com | Libby George

    LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - Five candidates are running to become President of the African Development Bank in an election on Thursday during the lender's annual meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Tectonic shifts in global development finance with shrinking concessional funding, cuts to wealthy countries' aid spending and whipsawing borrowing costs have made the bank's $318 billion capital more crucial to Africa's development. Sign up here. Who are they and what do they want to do?

  • 1 week ago | in.marketscreener.com | Libby George |Karin Strohecker

    LONDON (Reuters) -Five candidates are running to become President of the African Development Bank in an election on Thursday during the lender's annual meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Tectonic shifts in global development finance with shrinking concessional funding, cuts to wealthy countries' aid spending and whipsawing borrowing costs have made the bank's $318 billion capital more crucial to Africa's development. Who are they and what do they want to do?

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