Ghana president says expects 'positive outcome' of IMF talks


  • World
  • Thursday, 26 Feb 2015

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama speaks during a high-level meeting on post-2015 anti-poverty goals at the Ford Foundation in New York September 24, 2014. REUTERS/John Minchillo/Pool

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's President John Mahama said he expects to announce later on Thursday a positive outcome to months of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund over a three-year financial assistance package.

The deal could help restore investor faith in Ghana, a stable democracy and oil, gold and cocoa producer whose economy lost some of its lustre after reporting a budget deficit of nearly 12 percent in 2013.

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