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IDB Provides Aid to Pakistan and Burkina Faso 

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has agreed to provide aid worth $16.5mn to Pakistan and Burkina Faso, according to two agreements signed last week. Pakistan will receive a loan worth $15mn to pay for crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia while Burkina Faso will receive $1.5mn in two technical assistance grants for an aerial geophysical survey of the Boromo strip to identify possible mineral deposits and a...