close to fifty seven billion dollars in two thousand and seventeen the donor conference comes just two months after iraq's declared victory over the so-called islamic state. south african president jacob zuma resigned this week during his tenure the country saw its bond rating downgraded to junk status and with its second largest city cape town quickly running out of water trust in the country's ruling elite has plunged. growth has declined steadily from more than three percent seven years ago to less than two percent in recent years one of the weakest rates for all of sub-saharan africa. is really thrashing at the moment stability is pretty difficult so you. just before the big say the country is now resting its hopes on a newly elected president cyril ramaphosa a former union leader since his appointment as head of the ruling a.n.c. party in december the country's currency has surged by ten percent against the