April 22, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government Saturday has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) to help in cancelling Khartoums foreign debt according to the international initiatives.

Sudanese finance minister Badr al-Din Mahmoud

According to latest IMF reports, Sudans external debt stood at approximately $51 billion in 2016 from $39.5 billion in 2010.

Sudans Finance Minister Badr al-Din Mahmoud and the governor of the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) have discussed with the IMF, WB and UK International Financial Cooperation Agency executive directors Sudans foreign debt on the sidelines of the spring meetings in Washington.

The official news agency SUNA reported that Mahmoud has briefed the IMF an…

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