Ghana's hung parliament will test Akufo-Addo's control

The opposition continues to denounce the election results which show a hung parliament

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Russia seeks return to oil growth despite demand fall

Reviving oil output may look like the obvious way out of Russia's economic troubles, but the global market is changing

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Renewed COVID-19 restrictions and dampened global demand will curtail badly needed recovery in the important sector

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Growth in GDP, private and government consumption, investment and stocks, exports, imports and domestic resource gap

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The South-east Asian and European regional blocs have elevated the status of their relationship

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Economic activity fell by an estimated 5.8% in October, following a 14.5% contraction in the first nine months of 2020

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Riyadh has published its 2021 budget, with an optimistic projected deficit of 5% of GDP

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Budget plans envisage higher spending on the National Projects programme, though its end date is postponed

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After 15 months of closure, Abuja has touted the potential reopening of the country’s land borders

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For UK, US, EU and emerging market banks, timing the resumption of dividend payouts will be tricky but key to recovery

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