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Desert on the African continent
The Sahara is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic.
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The IMF said the new projection, marginally higher than July’s 4.3%, “masks substantial divergence” within the region.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its 2026 economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa to 4.5% from 4.3% in April, citing ...
The International Monetary Fund raised its growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa to 4.5% this year and its Africa Director Zeine Zeidane praised the continent