Major World Events by Morning of July 16
Major World Events by Morning of July 16
🟠Botswana's President Duma Boko unveiled the Botswana Economic Transformation Program, calling for bold ideas to boost the country's growth and spur national development;
🟠Senegal began recalculating its GDP using an updated base year, which could lead to improved debt metrics, the country's finance ministry said in response to a credit rating downgrade by S&P;
🟠Growth in the 15-member ECOWAS region is likely to slow to 5.0% in 2025, down from 5.1% last year, the bloc's regional development bank said;
🟠Cyril Ramaphosa appointed SA's Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe as acting police minister, after Minister Mchunu's suspension over corruption allegations;
🟠The SCO Summit will be held in the city of Tianjin from August 31 to September 1, Chinese FM said;
🟠The Kremlin urges all parties to put pressure on Ukraine to continue negotiations with Russia;
🟠Putin and Trump are not planning to hold a phone conversation in the near future, the Kremlin said.
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