Ghana, IMF in talks over rescue package


FILE PHOTO: People walk on the street around Kwame Nkrumah circle in Accra, Ghana, December 2, 2016. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana began talks with the International Monetary Fund on Monday for an IMF-supported lending programme, the government said in a statement, in a bid to reduce economic hardship that spurred street protests.

The IMF staff team is discussing policies and reforms with officials at Ghana's finance ministry and central bank after the West African country requested a loan from the Fund in July.

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