Lesley Wroughton

Position: Journalist

Articles

IMF approves $1.7 bln loan for Dominican Rep. November 09, 10:09pm EST 

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved a $1.7 billion loan program for the Dominican Republic to shore up confidence in the government's economic policies and win additional financing from other lenders.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

Limits and potential of aid in Africa

(Ed. note: Reuters correspondent Lesley Wroughton has been traveling with Bono on a six-nation tour in Africa. She interviewed Bono at the end of the trip. Here is what he said.) On working in Africa... ...  Full Article | Comments [8] 

Guinness Ghana

Ghana's stock exchange is the newest and one of the fastest-growing in Africa, having quadrupled the number of listed companies in just a few years to 29. So when Bono landed in the capital Accra on the ...  Full Article | Comments [3] 

You asked, Bono answers

Ed. Note: We received close to 200 questions and comments from readers following Bono's six-nation African tour in our blog. Many thanked the Irish rock star and activist for his aid efforts in Africa, ...  Full Article | Comments [29]