The Morning Call
Algeria is facing several years of suppressed growth and rising macroeconomic challenges in part as the government now turns to austerity measures in response to its major exchange earner, oil revenues. The measures have resulted in strikes by several public sector trade unions as economic indices have shown the continuing slump in global energy prices will massively affect the country’s growth and GDP in the coming months.
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An African mediation mission will visit Russia and Ukraine
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Kenyan opposition MPs walk out of Parliament as budget is unveiled
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South Africa's economy avoids recession with slim first-quarter growth
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