TEHRAN (ANA)- The Suez Canal transit receipts decreased by 57.2 percent to register 959.3 million U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2024, according to a statement released by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).

TEHRAN (ANA)- Kenya unveiled a five-year strategic plan aimed at enhancing the country's dairy exports.

TEHRAN (ANA)- El-Nino-induced drought during the 2023/2024 cropping season has reduced Botswana's gross domestic product (GDP) by 38 percent, said a local climate change advocacy organization in its recent report.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives (HoPR), the lower house of parliament, approved a record budget of 971.2 billion Ethiopian birrs (about 16.83 billion U.S. dollars) for the 2024/2025 Ethiopian fiscal year, commencing on July 8.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Tunisia loses over 1.2 billion U.S. dollars annually due to illicit financial activities such as tax evasion, organized crimes, terrorism, and so on, Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved the third review of Zambia's extended credit facility, greenlighting an immediate disbursement of about 569.7 million U.S. dollars, a senior government official said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- South Sudan faces a "perfect storm" of violence, floods, an economic crisis and hunger, with 79,000 people in Jonglei State facing catastrophic food insecurity, UN humanitarians said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Namibia has reduced its central government debt as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) to 66 percent at the end of March 2024, down from 67.2 percent a year earlier, despite a slowdown in economic growth, the central bank said in a statement.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Zimbabwe's economic growth is expected to decelerate to 2 percent in 2024 from 5.3 percent last year due to the effects of an El Nino-induced drought, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Kenya's exports to other African countries rose 16.5 percent to 113.1 billion shillings (about 874 million U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2024 from 749 million dollars during a similar period in 2023, the Central Bank said in an economic report.