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Lebanon is president-less:<\/strong> Lebanese President Michel Aoun left office yesterday following the end of his six-year term, with the country\u2019s parliament yet to agree on a successor. MPs have held four votes to choose a successor but no candidate has garnered a majority, leaving the country in limbo. The outgoing president told Reuters<\/a> the day before his exit that the country was falling into \u201cconstitutional chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ghana could be up next for an IMF bailout<\/strong> \u2014 and the nation\u2019s president was out yesterday doing his best to reassure bondholders that debt relief is not on the negotiating table, according to Reuters<\/a>. The West African nation has been negotiating a loan with the IMF since July after foreign investors exited the country and people took to the streets in protest at rising inflation and a plunging currency<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lebanon is president-less: Lebanese President Michel Aoun left office yesterday following the end of his six-year term, with the country\u2019s parliament yet to agree on a successor. MPs have held four votes to choose a successor but no candidate has garnered a majority, leaving the country in limbo. 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