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* Aim is for central bank to once again influence interest rates* Zimbabwe ditched its own currency in 2009 due to hyperinflation* Money market rates chaotic since thenBy MacDonald DzirutweHARARE, March 22 (Reuters) - The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) on Saturday gave Zimbabwe a $100 million loan to allow its central bank to set up an inter-bank market for the first time in five years, whic

(Adds detail, background) KIEV, March 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine will need energy from the European Union to protect it from repercussions of its standoff with Russia, on which it depends for over half its oil and gas supplies, Prime Minister Arseny...

Egypt is targetting between 3 to 3.4% growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) next fiscal year, the country's Planning Minister Ashraf al-Arabi said on Saturday.

(Repeats story with no changes to headline or text) By Warren Strobel, Anna Yukhananov and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - U.S. sanctions this week against Russia were carefully crafted in an attempt to target President Vladimir...

Egypt is targetting between 3 to 3.4 percent growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) next fiscal year, the country's Planning Minister Ashraf al-Arabi said.

(Repeats with no changes to headline or text) By Andy Sullivan March 22 (Reuters) - On President's Day last month, about 40 electric-car advocates gathered under the rotunda of the state capitol in Olympia, Washington, where a lobbyist for Tesla...