ISLAMIC BANK MAKES 12.3 MLN DLRS OF LOANS
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
approved a total of 12.3 mln dlrs of project loans and
technical assistace to member countries, a bank statement said.
    It said Senegal was given a 5.5 mln dlrs loan for a rice
cultivation project, Guinea 4.6 mln dlrs for construction of
schools and 1.2 mln dlrs for Comoros for petroleum facilities.
    Sudan, Sierra Leone and Gabon were given a total of 980,000
dlrs of technical assistance. The bank also extended a 10 mln
dlrs line of leasing to a Malaysian Bank and 1.9 mln dlrs to a
Tunisian-Saudi Investment Company, the statement said.
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