Exclusive-Voting delays risk starving Somalia of budget funds, says IMF


FILE PHOTO: A general view of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu October 25, 2015. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A key IMF-supported programme funding military wages and other essential services in Somalia could expire in May if there are any further delays to elections, the chief International Monetary Fund representative in the country said.

Riven by civil war since 1991, the impoverished Horn of Africa nation has paid its bills since 2017 thanks to the IMF as it slowly rebuilds its institutions despite a ferocious Islamist insurgency.

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