BISSAU -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an immediate disbursement of about 3.2 million U.S. dollars to Guinea-Bissau after completing the ninth and 10th reviews under the country's Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, the IMF said.
The latest disbursement, equivalent to 2.37 million Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), brings total disbursements under the arrangement to 37.41 million SDRs, or about 50.8 million dollars, according to an IMF press release issued on Friday. (Guinea-Bissau-IMF)
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BAMAKO -- The General Staff of the Malian Armed Forces said on Saturday that its air force had carried out a successful strike against an armed terrorist group northwest of the city of Kidal.
According to a statement issued by the army, the operation was conducted on Friday as part of efforts to secure a logistical convoy. (Mali-Airstrike)
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YAOUNDE -- The death toll from a Sudanese drone strike that hit the Chadian border town of Tine on Wednesday has risen to 20, authorities said on Saturday.
Ten others sustained injuries in the attack and are being treated at a hospital in the Chadian city of Abeche, the country's Ministry of the Armed Forces, Veterans Affairs and War Victims said in a statement on Saturday. (Chad-Drone Strike)
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TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said mediation efforts are underway by several countries to end the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran.
Araghchi made the remarks in a Friday interview with Japan's Kyodo News, published Saturday, while voicing Iran's openness to any initiative to that end. (Iran-Mediation) Enditem
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