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Exclusive: Kenya requests emergency World Bank funds to cushion Iran war shocks

Kenya has requested rapid financial ​support from the ⁠World Bank to help it manage the shocks from the war in Iran, ‌its central bank governor told Reuters on Thursday. Like other nations that are heavily reliant on energy imports, ​the East African country is scrambling to stave off shortages of essential commodities including petrol, while managing cost ​increases that ​could drive up inflation. [...]