Erratic energy prices ‘could hit world economy’

TOP finance officials from the world’s eight wealthiest countries said yesterday that the global economy is on track, but warned that volatile energy prices could disrupt growth.

The officials from Germany, Italy, Britain, Japan, Canada, Russia, the United States and France also renewed their calls for better financial governance in Africa and reaffirmed their “commitment to meeting our responsibilities as donors” to the region in the ongoing fight to tackle poverty there.

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