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A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Ethiopia to discuss the country's request for financial support, but left without reaching a deal. An eight-year-old girl, the only passenger who survived after a bus plunged off a bridge in South Africa, has left hospital and flown back to her home country.
The IMF said in a statement that it however "made substantial progress" in establishing how it could support the country's economic programme. Forty-five pilgrims were travelling from Botswana's capital, Gaborone, to an Easter service in the South African town of Moria when their vehicle crashed through a barrier and caught fire upon hitting the ground some 50m (165ft) below.
Discussions with Ethiopia's authorities will continue later this month, said the team's head, Alvaro Piris. The surviving girl was hospitalised with serious injuries. She is now in a stable condition.
Ethiopia is on the verge of an economic crisis after defaulting on a $33m (£26m) interest payment that was due in December. Health authorities in the north-eastern Limpopo province, where the crash took place, said the girl flew from Polokwane Airport on Wednesday morning.
The Paris Club - a group of creditor nations - set a condition for Ethiopia to secure an IMF loan by the end of March in order to maintain a debt-servicing deal that gives the country repayment relief until next year. Pictures posted by the authorities on Facebook show the girl being transported to her flight via wheelchair. A blanket covers her face and she appears to have a bandage wrapped round her head.
The East African country's economic difficulties were worsened by the Covid pandemic and back-to-back conflicts. In one image, a teddy bear rests on her lap.
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