The International Monetary Fund's head of mission to Zambia is set to take up the same role for Senegal early next year, overseeing a country facing a financial crunch after uncovering billions of previously undisclosed state borrowing.
Melissa Joan Hart opens up to Fox News Digital about how Christian faith guides her family life, from Sunday church to World Vision work in Zambia with her three sons.
Zambia has shaken off five years with a debt-default tag, with Fitch Ratings upgrading its assessment of the southern African nation's credit to B- and a stable outlook. Yields on its dollar bond edged lower.
Zambia's presidency rejected proposed regulations that seek to give the state a minimum 15% stake in mines producing copper and other critical minerals without having to pay for it.
Zambia's dollar bonds rose after S&P Global Ratings ended its default rating for Southern African country, five years after it became the continent's first pandemic-era sovereign defaulter.