VOL. XL

No. 7

17-February-1997

SUDAN

Sudan Stays In The IMF

On 13 February, the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) granted Sudan a reprieve of six months before it stands to become the first member state to be expelled from the multilateral body. A Fund spokesman said that "this is the very last opportunity of showing some willingness (on the part of the government) to straighten out the situation in the next six months" and that Sudan, which owes $1.65bn and had its voting...