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IN FOCUS: Egypts Economic Crisis: Still Waiting on the IMFBy Nikola Kova

Egyptian Economy since the Arab SpringAfter ten days of discussions, an International Monetary Fund delegation (IMF) departed Cairwithout concluding a loan agreement that would have resuscitated Egypts beleaguered economreports Bloomberg. The IMF delegation arrived in Egypt on 04 April 2013, to resume negotiatioof the crucial USD 4.8 billion loan, according to Reuters. The countrys economy has continueddownward spiral since the popularArab Springrevolution in 2011, which has failed to provide expected economic opportunities, informs Voice of America (VOA). The economy continues to worseduring the two years since the revolution, pushing the country closer to bankruptcy. According VOA, dire socio-economic issues remain unaddressed as the democratically elected government o

President Mohammed Morsi struggles to manage persistent security and political problems. Despiintermittent negotiations with the IMF since 2011, a deal has not materialised, primarily due tMorsis reluctance to implement MF required structural reforms which will likely trigger furthpublic protest. Hence, the urgent need for economic assistance has led Cairo to continue its pursuof IMF funding.

Egypts loss of USD 20-30 billion in foreign exchange reservesover the past two years appears be the most immediate problem for the country. According to an Associated Press (AP) wire, onUSD 13.4 billion remains of the over USD 36 billionin reserve prior to the ouster of former Presdent Hosni Mubarak. Persistent unrest and violence over the past two years has deterred both touists and potential investors, Egypts main sources of foreign currency income. The fact that Egypt running out of hard currency makes immediate international loansessential to salvage its economFurthermore, the dwindling of reserves jeopardises the countrys ability to import both fuel an

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North AfricaEray Basar [email protected]

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Algeria

Two days ofviolent protestserupted on 10 April in the southern Algerian town of Ourgla, during which at least 40 people including22 riot police members were seriously injured, reports Al Arabiya. Demonstrators were protesting the lack of transparency in the

distribution of free housing for the poor. A similar protest broke out in Constantine Province two days prior. Similar to what hap-

pens before every political event, authorities seek to offer social bribes to people, to license their political projects said Mohamed

Hadibi, spokesman of the Islamic Renaissance Movement, referring to the upcoming elections in 2014. Chairman of the National

Committee for the Unemployed Taher Belabbas said, the cause behind the protests in the city of Ouargla is the false promises made

by the government about housing the poor, employing the unemployed, and solving the problems around development in the South-

ern region in general.

Algeria will clear the criminal recordsof over a million people who have served their prison terms, reports ANSAmed. However, the

measure does not extend to all such criminals; it will take into consideration the seriousness of the crimes committed. Only those

sentenced to less than eighteen months and have not committed any other crimes in the subsequent ten years are considered eligible.

As a part of government efforts to open up the domestic labour market even to convicted criminals this measure is aimed at ame-

liorating the high youth unemployment; those with a clean record can pursue better employment opportunities.

Within the past decade China has investedUSD 1.5 billion in Algeria with fifty Chinese companies based in Algeria, reports Agence

France-Presse (AFP). More than 30,000 Chinese people work in Algeria in sectors including railway and road construction. They

are also helping to develop the water sector, said Liu Yuhe, Chinese Ambassador to Algiers. The total worth of building contracts

granted to Chinese companies in Algeria is USD 20 billion and the total trade volume between the two countries in 2012 was USD

200 billion almost twice the US trade with the entire continent.

EgyptTwo Muslim Brotherhood members have been charged with detaining and torturingstudents during a protest against the president in

November 2012, reports Reuters. A trial date has not been determined. Although previous allegations of attacks have been levied

against members of President Mohammed Morsis Muslim Brotherhood, this is one of the first efforts by an Egyptian the court to

prosecute them.

The judge overseeing the retrialof former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak removed himself from the case on 13 April, reportsBBC. The judge indicated that he would refer the trial to another court, as he felt unease in presiding over the case. Mubarak was

first convicted in June 2012 and sentenced to life in prison for conspiring to kill protesters during the 2011 Arab Spring Revolution.

However, Mubarak appealed the sentence and in January 2013, a retrial was ordered. It is expected that a new judicial panel will be

appointed to oversee the case.

As Egypts economic crisis deepens, both Libya and Qataroffered Cairo large loans to keep the country afloat, reports Reuters. Lib-

ya pledged to provide Egypt with a USD 2 billion interest -free loan, while Qatar will purchase Egyptian government bonds and

make deposits worth USD 3 billion. Meanwhile, officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in the country on 04

April to resume negotiations for a USD 4.8 billion loan intended to resuscitate the Egyptian economy. The loan terns demand the

implementation of several strict and controversial policy conditions, including the reform of subsidies and tax increases. Although

the IMF delegation departedon 15 April without concluding an agreement, Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil indicated that

negotiations would continue in Washington, DC in the future, according to Bloomberg. (Please see this weeks In Focus).

LibyaSufyan bin Qumu, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner and the leader of the extremist militiaAnsar al Sharia, which was suspected

of involvement in the deadly attacks on the US consulate in Benghazi, was shot on 14 April in the eastern city of Darna, reports As-

sociated Press (AP). According to an anonymous security official, Qumu was taken to a nearby hospital and is under intensive care.

According to Reuters, gunmen firedupon the convoy of two cars carrying Qumu, where the driver of one of the cars was injured.

However, a witness to the incident provided a partially conflicting account of the events. According to the unidentified Derna resi-

dent Qumu was not shot, he was only lightly injured

Libyan authorities arrested twenty people following an armed attack on a police vehicle compoundin the southern town of Sabha on

11 April, reports Reuters. One person reportedly died from his wounds. Army Chief of Staff Yusef al -Mangoush said that gunmen

attacked the compound and stole several vehicles, which were later recovered. Investigations into the attack and the identities of
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those arrested are on-going. The incident came a week after anotherpolice station attackin Tripoli, where armed men detonated a

bomb at the station, tied up seven police officers, and escaped with three rifles and two detainees on 04 April. No one was hurt in

the incident.

Migrants attempted to immigrate illegally in recent weeks. On 13 April, the Libyan Coast Guard rescued 89 sub -Saharan African

migrants who had been adrift on a boatfor five days, reportsReuters. The migrants reportedly disposed of the bodies of five people

who died during the attempted Mediterranean crossing. Colonel Ayub Omar Gacem of the Libyan Navy said this was the second

illegal migration incident in the area within the past two weeks; the Libyan Coast Guard reportedly saved 34 people in the previous

incident. In addition, on 12 April, the Italian Coast Guard rescued almost 500 migrants who were found on five small inflatable

boats. The migrants were later brought to the Italian island of Lampedusa, where thousands of immigrants arrive each year.

An aide to Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, Mohamed al Ghattous, who was kidnapped on 01 April, was freed on 09 April, re-

portsBBC. The Prime Ministers office confirmed his release, stating [w]e thank everyone for all the efforts exercised by the vari-

ous sides and who made contacts and tried helping to secure his release and return. However, the office did not disclose any infor-

mation on the identities of the kidnappers. The Libyan National Congress passed a law criminalising kidnapping, torture and illegal

detention in order to fight the widespread culture of impunity in the country.

MoroccoFrench President Franois Hollande hailed the decisive steps Morocco took towards democracy and asked for resolution on the

issue of Western Sahara during a speech at the Moroccan Parliament on 04 April, reportsFrance 24. He also praised the stability of

the country and tolerance guaranteed in the new constitution introduced by King Mohammed IV, which, according to Hollande,

recognised the diverse character of Moroccos identity. Regarding Western Sahara, Hollande said [t]he economic potential is

enormous. But I am also aware of the obstacles and the question of the Western Sahara, which has been waiting to be resolved for

more than 30 years and added [t]he current stand-off is detrimental to everyone, to the separated families, to the refugees, to the

tensions between the Maghreb countries. And the crisis in the Sahel makes it more urgent to put an end to this situation.

Investors are exhibiting growing interest in Moroccos vast offshore explorationarea, which

is speculated to hold oil and gas reserves that could place the country among the worlds top

oil and gas provinces, reports Proactive Investors. Companies involved in the region range

from large multinationals such as Total and Chevron to smaller firms such as Cairn and Gen-

el. Cairn is scheduled to commence a drilling campaign of ten wells as early as the second

half of 2013.

TunisiaOn 07 April, police dispersed on a group ofpro-Ennahda demonstrators, protesting a meeting

of the secular opposition party Nidaa Tounes, reportsAFP. They chanted vulgar expressions

against the Nida Tounes leader, Beji Caid Essebsi, a prominent opponent of the governingEnnahda party. Essebsis party is often the target of attacks by pro -Ennahda groups, while the

Ennahda government argues that Nida Tounes harbours the remnants of Zine El Abidine Ben Alis regime.

Islamist hardliners stormedManzel Bouzelfa secondary school and attacked the principal, Abdelwahed Sentati, before fleeing the

premises on 10 April, reports Middle East Online. The assailants stormed the compound because the principal did not allow a girl

with a full-face veil (niqab) to enter the school. The number of attackers was not immediately clear but teachers who witnessed the

incident reported dozens of radicals shouting anti-secular slogans. The Ministry of Education retained a law banning the full -face

veil in schools after debating the issue extensively last year.

Abu Zaid Tounsi, an Islamist militant encouraged young Tunisians to join the fight in Syriaduring a television interview the previ-

ous week, was jailed on charges of inciting terrorism, reports Reuters. Tounsis call brought strong criticism from secular opposition

parties against the Islamist government of Tunisia for remaining silent and not doing enough to address the issue. According to Tu-

nisian media, shadow networks recruit the youth to fight for the Syrian rebel cause.

Source: 2b1st Consulting
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Northeast AfricaTrista Guertin [email protected]

Cross-border Issues between South Sudan and Sudan For the first time since South Sudan gained independence in 2011, Sudanese President Omar al -Bashir made a historic visitto Juba

on 12 April to meet with President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, reports Voice of America (VOA). Bashir and Kiir discussed implemen-

tation of security and oil agreements signed in 2012, on which the two countries did not reach consensus until March 2013. President

Kiir stated that the meeting was cordial, adding that both consented to free trade and agreed to improve security along their shared

border. According to BBC, in a speech following the meeting, President Bashir ordered the opening of the borderbetween the two

countries, stating I have instructed Sudans authorities and civil society to open up to their brothers in the Republic of South Su-

dan.Both the United Nations (UN) and the African Union(AU) welcomed the meeting as a sign of improving relations, reports

Sudan Tribune. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement saying he is encouraged by the constructive discussion by

the two leaders, but pressed both leaders to maintain this positive momentum. Although no conclusive agreement was reached on

the disputed region of Abyei, Bashir and Kiir agreed to continue negotiations. Most significantly, oil productionin South Sudan re-

sumed on 07 April, reports The Financial Times. South Sudan, which needs to export its oil through Sudan, shut down production in

January 2012 after a disagreement with Khartoum regarding transit fees, subsequently damaging the economies of both countries.

Paul Adong Bith Deng, managing director of state oil group Nile Petroleum, confirmed that oil production had resumed. On 14

April, Sudan Ministry of Oil stated that the first crudefrom South Sudan had reached Sudan, reports Australian Associated Press

(AAP).

South SudanFive Indian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) were killed in an ambush by

armed rebels on 09 April while escorting a convoy in Jonglei state, reports BBC. Two UNMISS national staff and five civilian con-

tractors were also killed in the attack, while nine others sustained injuries. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement

asking South Sudanese to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice, further stating that he was appalled by the attack. The

UN blamed rebels led by David Yau Yau for the attack. South Sudan says Yau Yau is being armed by Sudan. Jonglei has been

plagued by insecurity over the past few years, aggravated by an intense cattle-raiding feud between rival ethnic groups, which has

left hundreds of people dead and approximately 100,000 displaced.

SudanA military court in Khartoum sentenced seven army officersto prison for up to five years and dismissed them from military service

on 07 April for their role in a purported coup attempt against President Bashir in November 2012, reports Sudan Tribune. Colonel al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad, an army spokesperson, confirmed the sentences and indicated that the group of seven stand convicted of

planning to undermine the constitutional and security order as well as endangering the army and national unity. The sentences must

be endorsed by President Bashir in his role as Supreme Commander of the Sudan Armed Forces. Saad noted that the convicted have

fifteen days to appeal their sentences.

After new tribal fighting erupted in the region of Darfur on 08 April, approximately 50,000 Sudanesesought refuge in south-eastern

Chad, reports Reuters. A spokeswoman for UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Melissa Fleming, stated the fighting

had escalated as reinforcements on both sides arrived to support their tribal allies. During a press conference in Geneva, Fleming

stated: People are arriving wounded and telling us their houses are destroyed and their villages completely burned down, with many

people killed. The area is very remote. They [are] left with nothing: there is no water, no food. They are sleeping under trees.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi visited Sudan on 11 April, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). The meeting, called

historic by Khartoum, aimed to strengthen ties between the two countries. Egyptian presidential spokesman Ambassador EhabFahimi stated during a press conference that the meeting developed the basis for good relationsbetween the two countries, reports

All Africa. Fahimi noted that both leaders agreed to upgrade joint cooperation, particularly in the areas of economic and political

integration, which will include developing joint ventures agriculture and industry.

The first shipment ofUN food aidentered Blue Nile state, in what the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is calling a major break-

through, reports AFP. Adnan Khan, director for WFP in Sudan, states that this delivery was the first allowed by the government

since conflict broke out in the state in September 2011. After being granted access to assess the needs of Geissan and Kurmuk dis-

tricts last month, WFP will distribute rations to approximately 12,000 people in Geissan and 39,000 in Kurmuk, including sorghum,

lentils and salt. According to WFP, a majority of the beneficiaries are internally displaced persons (IDPs).

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DjiboutiAuthorities in Djibouti released fourteen members of the opposition party Union National Salvation (USN) on 10 April, reportsReuters. The USN members were jailed in March for connections to protests that alleged government fraud in Februarys parlia-mentary elections. This release is encouraging but is not enough and the struggle will continue until all opposition leaders to bereleased, said USN Secretary-General Abdurahman Mohamed Guelleh.

EritreaOn 11 April, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, announced the Eritrean government con-tinues to deny her accessto the country. I have urged the Eritrean authorities to cooperate with my mandate, as required by the UNHuman Rights Council, said Keetharuth. Although denied entry to Eritrea, the special rapporteur disclosed plans to undertake amission to neighbouring countries to assess the status of Eritrean refugees. The trip comes in preparation for a June 2013 report forthe UN Human Rights Council. Keetharuth, a lawyer from Mauritius, intends to work with both victims of human rights abuses andcivil society organisations in the region.

EthiopiaThe Committee to Protect Journalists raised concerns that Ethiopia plans to move Reeyot Alemuinto solitary confinement. Jailedsince January 2012, the award-winning journalist was convicted of involvement in a vague terrorism plot and sentenced to five

years in prison. The Sudan Tribune notes that Alemu has been deniedmedical treatment in prison. Human rights groups accusedAddis Ababa of using its anti-terrorism law to stifle media, and in March the Ethiopian government blockedAl Jazeera websites inan effort to limit citizen access to free press.

KenyaThe International Criminal Court (ICC) will likely facilitate remote proceedingsfor the trials of newly elected President Uhuru Ken-yatta and Vice President William Ruto, reports Capital FM. According to ICC Registrar Silvana Arbia, a video link is available towatch the trial at a cost of EUR 50,000 (approximately USD 65,000) per year; however, the connectivity requires implementation ofan elaborate list of requirements to include reliable internet, uninterrupted power supply and video teleconference system compo-nents.

On 11 April, President Kenyatta announced the representatives to the Committee on Appointments, reports Standard Digital. Thecommittee will vet nominations for cabinet secretaries and principal secretaries before forwarding the slate to the National Assem-bly for approval. Additionally, Standard Media also reports that Kenyatta is slated to announce his legislative agendaon 16 April tothe first joint session of the Senate and National Assembly. In local election news, The Starannounced on 12 April that the coun-trysjudicial branchmust review 145 election petitions that allege fraud or voter error in the election of 56 members of parliament,

54 county assembly representatives, 20 county governors, 5 women representatives and 3 speakers of the National Assembly. Mostof the petitions concern local elections related to the countrys newly devolved system of governance. Supreme Court Chief JusticeWilly Mutunga cancelled leave for justice officials until October 2013 to focus on addressing the disputes.

In technology news, Twitter announced that Kenya was among 160 new additions to its Twitter Trendsproduct in April, reports AllAfrica. Twitter Trends is a mobile platform that allows users to discover news and discussion topics around the globe. Other coun-tries introduced to Trends include: Belgium, Greece, Norway and Portugal. On 15 April, Googles Kenya domain was hackedby anindividual in Bangladesh identifying himself as TiGER M@TE. News of the cyber-attack spread quickly on social media andscreenshots went viral, according to Standard Digital.

SomaliaAl Shabaab suicide bombersstruck Mogadishu in two coordinated attacks on 15 April, reports Al Jazeera. Nine attackers broke intothe Supreme Court around noon, killing at least 35, including guards, lawyers, a court spokesperson and 10 members of the SomaliSpecial Forces and holding an unknown number of hostages. Six attackers detonated themselves, wounding at least fifty people.The assault was the deadliest strike on the capital since al Shabaab was driven out of Mogadishu two years ago by the African Un-ion Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The attack ended after reinforcements from the AMISOM peacekeeping force killed the re-maining three jihadists. Al Shabaab stated the Supreme Court was targeted because it was an official state institution. Hours later,several Turkish citizens, believed to be either aid workers or security officials, were killed when a car bomb exploded on the busyairport road, reportsBBC. On 05 April, the British government warnedits citizens that terrorists were in the final stagesof preparingan attack in the countrys capital city and encouraged British expatriates to leave the country.

In political developments, Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon travelled to neighbouring Horn of Africa countries seekingregional support, informsAll Africa. On 10 April, he visited Uganda, where he discussed humanitarian assistance, service deliveryand security initiatives with officials in Kampala. He also encouraged expanding the scope of AMISOM due to its success in recentyears. On a similarvisit to Ethiopia, Shirdon met with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and attended a meeting of the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a powerful, multi -lateral economic institution in the region. Additionally, Yeme-niPresident Abdi Rabi Mansur wrote off long-standing Somali debts in an encouraging sign of support from the Middle East re-gion. Finally, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) published a primer on the tensions over Jubalandin anticipation of Turkish-backed talks between Jubaland representatives and the Somalia Federal Government.
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wheat. Estimates suggest Egypt importssixty per cent of its food and forty per cent of its fuel. The national currency, the Egyptianpound (EGP), has steadily weakened against the US dollar, from EGP 5.79 per dollar in December of 2010 to EGP 6.87 per dollarcurrently and rising to EGP 8.25 on the black market, according to Daily News Egypt. The devaluation of the pound is presenting aproblem for Egypts highly import dependent economy. According to The New York Times (NYT), reportsof fuel and electricityshortages as well as soaring food prices are increasing. Credit agencies downgraded Egypts credit ratings, with Moodysciting thechance of default in the next five years is 40 per cent after it downgraded Egypt for the sixth time since 2011, according to VOA.

Overall, economic growth has declined dramatically since the revolution. In 2010, GDP growthamounted to 5.1 per cent while in2011, following the revolution, it fell to 1.8 per cent and failed to rise above 3 per cent in 2012. The government has recently issuedits socio-economic plan for 2013/2014, forecasting growth of 4.1 per cent. President Mohamed Morsiis expecting growth in 2014 toreach 5.5 per cent while also announcing the creation of 750,000 new jobs on an annual basis, informs Reuters. Egyptian optimismis not shared by banks and world financial institutions. Standard Chartered has lowered its predictions of growth for 2013 from 3 to2 per cent, while the World Bankprovided more conservative figures of 3.8 per cent for 2013/14 and 4.7 per cent for 2014/15, ac-cording to Egypt Independent. According to the World Bank, Egyptian economy will depend upon bilateral and multilateral loanswith special focus on the IMFs pending approval of the Egyptian credit request. Political instability and riots have been tagged asthe main causes of belated economic growth. Revenues from tourism, which accounted for 11 per centof the Egyptian economy,also declined significantly since the revolution, despite recording more tourists in 2012 than 2011. Once a popular tourist destina-tion, Egypt ranked last in terms of security and safety on the World Economic Forums 2013 Travel and Tourism CompetitivenessIndex, reportsBloomberg.

The IMF Talks

Egypt initially began negotiations with the IMF in June 2011; the interim government, led by a military council, agreed to a USD 3billionpackage to boost the Egyptian economy after the revolution, according to The Guardian. However, the plan was droppeddueto public pressure and the overwhelming unpopularity of IMF measures in Egypt, according to BBC. Egyptian refusal of the loaninfluenced the IMF to ensure that future loan plans first gain popular support in Egypt. By 2012, among worsening economic condi-tions, the talks resumed with the IMF offering USD 3.2 billion loanto Egypt, according to Middle East Online. Political leaders ofthe Muslim Brotherhoodvoiced opposition to the plan, placing the interim government, still led by the military council, under publicpressure once again and causing the negotiations to stall again, according to Financial Times. Egypt once again turned to the IMFfollowing the June 2012 elections which brought victory to Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, according to BBC.Morsi requested in USD 4.8 billionin August 2012, with an interest rate of 1.1 per cent. Although the IMF has voiced satisfactionwith initial economic plans of Morsis government, the realisation of the loan stalled once again in November 2012 as furtherpoliti-cal instabilityobstructed an agreement, according to The Guardian. Following the issuance of a presidential decree in which Morsisignificantly expanded his powers, thousands of Egyptians took to the streets in protest. The IMF voiced concernover the politicalinstability, warning it could further postpone the agreement, informs Ahram Online. As instability increased, the Egypt governmentitselfasked for the delay of the loan, according to The Wall Street Journal. The economic policies of Morsi, who capitulated to pub-

lic outcry by renouncing planned tax increasesin December 2012, induced further IMF reservations about the plan.

As negotiations with the IMF resumed in 2013, the Egyptian economy continued its decline, pushing the country closer to the edgeof bankruptcy, according to Christian Science Monitor. The biggest obstacles to realising the loan are the IMFs requests for taxincreases and subsidy cutswhich are highly unpopular measures for the Egyptian public. Especially contentious, according to theCouncil on Foreign Relations, is the issue ofstate subsidies, mainly for prices of fuel and food, which account for approximately tenper cent of Egypts GDP, and are viewed by the IMF as unsustainable. Due to the grave economic situation in Egypt, the IMF pr o-posed an emergency loan of USD 750 million which Egypt declined in late March, according to anAPwire. The Egyptian govern-ment restated its interest in the original long-term 4.8 billion credit, further iterating the need for an emergency loan. Daily NewsEgyptreported thatprotestorsgreeted the IMF delegation upon arrival in front of the high court in Cairo on 04 April. Protesters seethe IMFs conditions as detrimental for the most vulnerable segments of society. Reduction of state subsidies requested by the IMFwould further increasethe price of food and fuel already regarded as too high for poor Egyptians, informs National Public Radio(NPR).

As the delegation departed Cairo, Egyptian Prime Minister Hashim Qandil said that talks with the IMF would continue in Washing-ton, DC; however, no dateswere given. Some speculate that the recentbilateral loansfrom Libya and Qatar have led Egypt to easeoff its pursuit of IMF funding, according toAl Abrabiya. Qatar has offeredto purchase USD 3 billion in Egyptian bonds, comprisingthe second aid package from Qatar to Egypt since the Arab Spring, according to Al Jazeera. Libya has pledgedUSD 2 billion inorder to help the Egyptian economy and enhance its currency reserves, informs Egypt Independent. While the loans from Qatar andLibya will not save the Egyptian economy outright nor reduce the need for the IMF, they might provide some leveragein negotia-tions with the IMF and slow the decline of the Egyptian pound, thereby weakening the black markets, according to Reuters. Theseloans will not sufficiently enable the Egyptian economy to revive itself, but the IMFs approval will open doors for further foreigninvestmentsand raise confidence in Egyptian economic reforms.

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