Senegalese Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo returns to his seat after delivering his general policy statement at the National Assembly in Dakar, on September 8, 2026. The Senegalese government has ruled out any "drastic austerity measures" being imposed on the country following the financing agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at tackling the massive debt burden of the West African state, Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo said on Tuesday. His remarks come a week after Senegal and the IMF reached an agreement on a 36month, 2.2 billion USD assistance programme aimed at restoring the country's public finances to a sound footing. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)

Senegalese Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo speaks during his general policy statement at the National Assembly in Dakar, on September 8, 2026. The Senegalese government has ruled out any "drastic austerity measures" being imposed on the country following the financing agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at tackling the massive debt burden of the West African state, Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo said on Tuesday. His remarks come a week after Senegal and the IMF reached an agreement on a 36month, 2.2 billion USD assistance programme aimed at restoring the country's public finances to a sound footing. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)

Senegalese Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo speaks during his general policy statement at the National Assembly in Dakar, on September 8, 2026. The Senegalese government has ruled out any "drastic austerity measures" being imposed on the country following the financing agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) aimed at tackling the massive debt burden of the West African state, Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo said on Tuesday. His remarks come a week after Senegal and the IMF reached an agreement on a 36month, 2.2 billion USD assistance programme aimed at restoring the country's public finances to a sound footing. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)

Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics Co. stock price at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

TOPSHOT - Containers are seen at the container terminal of Nanjing Port, in China's eastern Jiangsu province early on September 8, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

TOPSHOT - A man pushes a bicycle in front of abandoned oil wells in Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela on September 7, 2026. Venezuela and US signed an agreement granting US access to more than 65 billion barrels -- almost 20 percent -- of oil in Venezuela, which holds the largest proven reserves in the world. (Photo by John Chacón / AFP via Getty Images)