The economies of countries of the Sahel and also members of the CFA Zone were captured by the International Monetary Fund IMF in its latest outlook.

Burkina Faso is expected to surpass Mali to position itself as the fourth-performing economy in the Zone.

IMF however says cumulatively, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will boast of sixty-two billion US dollars this year.

Oge Obierika has the rest of the details.